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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 12:04 AM
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Had the AC compressor replaced and now for about the first 15 minutes of operation a bad smell blows from the vents into the passenger cabin. But AC works fine otherwise.

Anyone know what can be causing this?
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 12:24 AM
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Ahhh the old fish in a buddies air vents trick! Lol

Really tho care to elaborate a little more, what kind of smell? melted rubber, burnt oil, old car...
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 04:16 PM
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Ahhh the old fish in a buddies air vents trick! Lol

Really tho care to elaborate a little more, what kind of smell? melted rubber, burnt oil, old car...

The smell is like a dead animal.
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 07:31 PM
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sounds like you have a dead animal that crawled in your vents
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 08:07 PM
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do you think it was dead when it crawled into the vents
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