Interior Smell

[YoBro]

I detailed my moms Lexus SUV, all went well except for the smell inside. It smells kind of musty, it also blows a bad smell out of the AC. She is not a smoker and doesnt know when or how the smell started.



Any recomendations on a product or procedure? I tried some Febreeze but that seems like a temporary solution and doesnt help the AC smell. Let me know what you guys do..



Thanks

 

[papi_jay]

Change the filter , place bowls with 2" of baking soda under the seats for a few days .

Then spray some meguiar's odor eliminator into al the vents .

Wet/dry vacumm every inch of carpet with oxyClean and hot water & dry possibly headliner also

then use a scented bomb spray .

Do not enter car for a few hours , then open doors and or windows to air out some .

 

[brwill2005]

The easiest solution would be to find someone with an odor fogger or ozone machine. They both will completely eliminate the smell. An odor bomb is another option, but not as thorough as an ozone machine or odor fogger.

 

[imported_Burlyq]

Ozone and odor fogger are good tools I use them all the time but your mom needs a vent treatment. I specialize in odor problems these days it is somewhat of a niche of mine, your mom either has an AC plug clogged or a kinked hose, either way you need to treat the vent from outside with a pressureized mold bomb. You can use an ozone machine if it is strong enough, say about 6000 MG/HR, but be very careful these machines are dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. You have to build a vent flush with the ozone with PVC and tape, then turn the machine on for probably two hours, and don't touch the car for an additional hour and everything will be safe, the ozone turns back to O2 and the off gas from the dead mold will be dissapaited by then. Anyhow, I would also encourage your mom to recharge he AC first, then treat the vent system and I would bet that will cure the entire problem. If you don't treat it it will only get worse. As a quick fix you can spray a bunch of lysol in your moms vents, sometimes that is enough. Spray the vent from the hood area, not the cockpit area. Usually the vent is by the bottom of the windshield.