Air filters inside the car?
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From: Devil's_Advocate on 18 Mar 2010 23:33 "homepc" <wiebe008(a)gmail.com> wrote : > > If you ever happen to get that rotten egg smell while starting your car > with the defrost on, and then decide to recirculate the foul air while > driving, your super duper air cleaner will probably take much longer to > remove the offensive odor that it would if you just vented fresh air > into the cabin for a while. > > Constantly recirculating air while your air conditioner is running may > cause problems down the road for you too. The air conditioner core can > develop a musty odor if it is never allowed to dry out properly over > time. It's dry here in Denver when we use the AC. I generally shut the compressor off a few minutes before arriving someplace, so the coils dry out. No problem. I've been using cars with AC here since 1979 with no probs.
From: Devil's_Advocate on 18 Mar 2010 23:35 "homepc" <wiebe008(a)gmail.com> wrote : >> > If you ever happen to get that rotten egg smell while starting your car > with the defrost on, and then decide to recirculate the foul air while > driving, your super duper air cleaner will probably take much longer to > remove the offensive odor that it would if you just vented fresh air > into the cabin for a while. We have skunks down by the stream here, but rarely smell them when leaving or coming home at night, because the small amount that does get in, with recirculate, is sucked up by the cleaner.
From: Ray O on 19 Mar 2010 02:12
"Devil's_Advocate" <Devils_Advocate(a)devils_.xyx> wrote in message news:Xns9D3FBBAFFD277DevilsAdvocatedevils(a)216.196.97.142... > "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote : > > >>> Do they have sulfur in the gas? >> >> I am not a chemist, but I believe so. > > I know I've sometimes seen the semi trucks outside of the city, and > pouring > out white smoke. Not sure if they burn high sulfur fuel out on the road, > or > what. > Big truck engines have big crankcases which potentially hold more condensate than a car engine. While the engine is warming up, the moisture in the crankcase comes out the exhaust looking like white smoke. Another possible cause of white smoke from a diesel is incorrect injector pump timing. I am not current on diesel technology, but I would imagine that injector pump timing issues are a thing of the past so my guess would be moisture. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply) |