Outside smells through AC

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Originally Posted by northiam

Are you running the ac in recirculated air? When following a smoky magna/pajero V6!

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LOL I like that question, when we follow cars up the southern cutting coming out of town we do turn it to recirculate so we do not get the smell

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Originally Posted by OffTrack

If you hold the recirculate button for a few seconds it beeps and goes into a timed operation mode which switches back to normal flow through ventilation after about 5minutes.

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Well there you go after owning the car for 10 years I learnt another new thing :angel:

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Originally Posted by CraigH

Some times car A/C can develop smells from bacteria etc. I picked up a can of Auto Glym air con sanitizer and ran it through the system.
No overpowering perfume, just a nice clean smell when done.

Craig

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Where did you get that from Craig.

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Originally Posted by MarknDeb

Where did you get that from Craig.

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Repco auto parts store

My understanding of the recirc button is if you press it it beeps 7 reverts to fresh air after a few minutes, if you hold it in until it give a double beep it stays on recirc (until you stop the car - when you restart it you have to do this again).
Happy to be corrected if I've got it wrong:)
Alex

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Originally Posted by Alex 110

My understanding of the recirc button is if you press it it beeps 7 reverts to fresh air after a few minutes, if you hold it in until it give a double beep it stays on recirc (until you stop the car - when you restart it you have to do this again).
Happy to be corrected if I've got it wrong:)
Alex

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You are half right.

It works in opposite ways depending if you have the air con set to Auto or manual/economy. If its set to auto it works the way I described. If it is set to manual/economy it work in the way you've described.

I run the aircon on auto 99% of the time. You obviously use manual/economy.

Checked recirc/fresh air damper/flap and actuator by removing glove box.
Found flap and actuator opening and closing but not shutting tight allowing fresh air to enter.
Unplugged wiring to actuator and removed linkage then closed firm with coathanger wire.
Works a treat in keeping dust and bush fire smoke out of the cabin.
Cant see any adjustment to tighten flap closing?
May need to renew foam gasket on flap?
Thanks