BPxtrail
X-TRAIL ENTHUSIAST
Date Registered: 08-2013
Location: Canberra
TOTAL POSTS: 139
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Re: Mouldy and Musty Air-Con Smell
You say that you've changed the pollen filter. Good.
You did the old "spray Glen 20" all around the cabin. Also good.
This only leaves two, yes two, possibilities.....the drain hose is partially blocked, ie, you've got drain water backing up into the air con system. I know you've said that you see the hose dripping after using the air con, but it is a possibility that, with a partial blockage, not ALL of the water is getting away. Remove the drain hose and thoroughly clean it. Also check the air con end, to ensure there's no blockage up there.
Second possibility...are you certain that you have no other water leaks? Around the windows, all doors, front and rear windscreens? Sit inside the car and have someone spray water, at a high pressure, from a hose, and simply observe that there's no water getting in.
If you've got a "mouldy and musty smell", you've got water INSIDE the car.
Good luck. :-)
--- 2013 ST, T31 Series 5, first reg'd Aug 29, 2013
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10/Apr/2015, 3:21 pm
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pinoyxtrail
X-TRAIL NEWBIE
Date Registered: 03-2015
TOTAL POSTS: 7
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Re: Mouldy and Musty Air-Con Smell
quote: BPxtrail wrote:
You say that you've changed the pollen filter. Good.
You did the old "spray Glen 20" all around the cabin. Also good.
This only leaves two, yes two, possibilities.....the drain hose is partially blocked, ie, you've got drain water backing up into the air con system. I know you've said that you see the hose dripping after using the air con, but it is a possibility that, with a partial blockage, not ALL of the water is getting away. Remove the drain hose and thoroughly clean it. Also check the air con end, to ensure there's no blockage up there.
Second possibility...are you certain that you have no other water leaks? Around the windows, all doors, front and rear windscreens? Sit inside the car and have someone spray water, at a high pressure, from a hose, and simply observe that there's no water getting in.
If you've got a "mouldy and musty smell", you've got water INSIDE the car.
Good luck. :-)
Thanks, mate. I will try to crawl underneath my x-trail tomorrow. Thanks goodness I have lost 11 inches of waistline already.
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10/Apr/2015, 8:42 pm
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Revhead Kev
Date Registered: 10-2006
Location: Mona Vale, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
TOTAL POSTS: 6355
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Re: Mouldy and Musty Air-Con Smell
Does your Xtrail have a sunroof ?
If so, there are 4 drain hoses, one in each piller, which can become blocked with dust and stop water draining away from the channel around the sunroof. This causes water to leak into the headlining and if enough, all the way down onto the floor and under the carpets. Check the footwells under the driver's and passenger's seat for dampness too.
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14/Apr/2015, 10:44 pm
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