@tiggfigg you really have to mechanically take em apart and vacuum em out if that's the case. But you could try removing the fan motor and spraying water and cleaner in there, it will go out of the drain that way.
dam the bad things about those vents being on the outside is that a certain someone has poured a foul smelling liquid doun them long story short i had to use a water hose some laundry detergent and 3 lysol cans to get the smell out
I wish I could do that on my left leg, damn MRSA !, I hate bacterias...thx scotty I just learned something new today, love your videos, you got a suscriber now !.
SCOTT IS HEAD GASKET BLOWED RAISED THE TEMPERATURE ON THE GAGE?I HAVE BOUGHT THE STEEL SEAL AND HOPE IT WORK BECAUSE THE COMPUTER TEST SHOW THAT MY CAR HAVE NOTHING WRONG BUT ACXEPT THAT I FEEL I LOOSE THE POWER AND JERK WHEN AIR CONDITIONING ON.ORTHER WISE NO.CAN YOU TELL ME AFTER I USED STEEL SEAL IT WILL HAVE STRONGER WHEN PUSH THE GAS PEDAL ?OR WILL IT NOT TO FEEL LIKE COOLANT CAME OUT FROM THE MUFFLER?THANK YOU SIR.
@kevinle692005 MANY things can make an engine overheat, it's best to test for problems before just adding sealer. Watch my video "How to fix an overheating car" and try that stuff first, could be much simplier than a blown head gasket, but do the head gasket test in the video to find out. scotty
Cars now come equipped with a cabin-air filter. The lysol will not make it to the evap core to clean the mold... Spraying on the vents while the blower is running is useless as well because you'd blow the lysol in your face.
Use something called Klima Cleaner... it works alot better and lasts alot longer.
Car's now come equipped with a cabin-air filter. The lysol will not make it to the evap core to clean the mold... Spraying on the vents while the blower is running is useless as well because you'd blow the lysol in your face.
Use something called Klima Cleaner... it works alot better and lasts alot longer.
@rahul1023 you spray it into the intake vents under the dash outside the car as I show. And of course, if you have a cabin air filter, remove it first, that's only logical. Scotty
@scottykilmer Do you still remove the cabin air filter even if your spraying it to the fresh air intake? I've seen other videos where they actually spray it through where the cabin air filter is. Would both of these methods be equally effective?
after my heater has been on for a while it tends to get a burning oil smell (actually its the same smell you get from a burning clutch) would bacteria cause that?
I actually did this today, and it worked out quite well. Bought a bottle of Disinfectant spray and saturated the fvck out of the vents. It helps to have scented disinfectant; now the air my AC blows smells like citrus ;)
@scottykilmer~ scotty u didnt even show them how to PREVENT mold from growing in the first place!
After u use your A/C u turn off the AC but leave the fan on and put it to full heat to dry out the system. Thats what all newer residential AC system do automatically when u turn them off.
Good video. My heater stinks too. Would the procedure be the same and safe for the heater?............. Also, I wonder if some of the mold is still coming from the cooling system? Not sure how to tackle that problem in snow and cold?
@buckeye90210 The best way to get rid of a stinky heater is to run it on high heat, full blast with the car doors OPEN and the car at normal operating temperature. The smell will eventually be burned off the heating coils. This worked for a friend when they bought a car formerly owned by a heavy smoker. You have to open the doors because most heating systems recirculate the air and if smelly air keeps going through the heating coils the particles that stink will go right back to the coils.
Scotty, I must say I enjoy watching your videos I really do learn a lot from them, Thank you! I have also found a good air condtioning cleaning product from Germany made by Einszett called "Klima-Cleaner" The can comes with a 2 foot long tube that connects to the spray nozzle, You empty the whole can into the center interior vent and let it settle for a bit. after using this I had no more funky smell from the A/C. Now the car has a fresh scent when the A/C is in use I highly recommend this!
Dear Scotty, PLEASE HELP!! I have question about your auto air coniditioning spray bacteria elimination teknique. My youngest son, Juan Fernando Hernandez Julias the III accidentally made urine into the air conditioning vents. We tried Lysol, but the car now smell like urine and pine tree from forest. MY friend Hector says to try using power washer straight into a/c into vents....but my slammed 81 Lincoln Continental has very expensive custom interior, I dont want it to be harmmed.
@platypusone Urine is REALLY hard to remove, but go to a pet store and get some car urine spray smell remover. Then spray that in there. Good Luck, Scotty
Scotty, does this also clean nasty odors from the heat ? Its cold outside and While driving my mom's 4.0 Grand Cherokee 98 to the store i noticed the heat smelt really really nasty. It stunk like old cheese, or a nasty case of foot fungus or something. I had to keep the windows rolled down in the cold to get the smell out it was that bad.
@algrho Scotty reminds me More Of Nigel Farage, the anti EU Parliament Spokes person for their new Liberty Movement, Search: Nigel Farage on who's who in the EU commission
Keep on Trucken SCOTTY!! Ever thought about running for Mayor,
hi skotty.i have 2 questions: my car is a mitsu lancer(mirage) 1994. idle goes up and down when i turn the a/c on. i read that it might be the servo. and some people suggest bypassing the servo. what is your opinion regarding that? also i always get low oil pressure every 500-1000 km. im thinking the car is burning engine oil, but the smoke is white instead of black (or blue). what could be wrong?
Hey Scotty: I have a 1997 Honda Civic DX. I used half a can of Lysol Disinfectant Mold/Mildew Spray a few weeks ago. I use the exact same steps as in your video. Unfortunately the horrible smell is still in the vent when I turn the air on. I don't know if my vehicle has a cabin air filter. Do you know how I can find this information out?
Another tip: be sure to use the heater from time to time to keep the system as dry as possible, you don't have to put the heater on HOT, just set the temperature to 70-75 on those rainy/cold mornings/nights until you feel the cabin's air dry. You can also drive with the windows down and the heater on HOT/MAX to vaporize the bacteria in the system...do this for 5-10 minutes and the system will be odorless for a long time.
Scotty,My a/c is spitting out a black sticky something like little pieces/chunks of material. but the air doesnt stink and the 2 center vents around them on the inner part is black,what can do this and how do i fix it?
I've recently go to a shop to fix my air conditioner on my mazda3. When i leave with the fixed car it had some smell like humidity for like 1-2 days and then that smell stopped. why that smell disappeared?? could it be the gas they put in the car??
Lysol will work, but I prefer to use Febreeze Anti-Bacterial... much more neutral in smell than Lysol is.. stuff worked fantastic on a moldy carpet I ripped out and powerwashed.. so I used it on my AC system and got great results too.
Cabin filter def. needs removed before doing this though.. if your car has one.
Hi Scotty, I have been watching your videos. They are really helpful! Anyway, my friend's Mazda3 shows a P0477 error code (Exhaust Pressure Control Valve Low ). Is this a serious problem? Is there anything that can be done?
Hi Scotty, I have been watching your videos. They are really helpful! Anyway, my friend's Mazda3 shows a P0477 error code (Exhaust Pressure Control Valve Low ). Is this a serious problem? Is there anything that can be done?
@poch723 to fix that code, one of the following is bad and need fixing: A wiring short to ground in that system, a bad exhaust gas pressure control valve, or a bad main computer. Not an easy thing to check out for a non mechanic, except for the possible wiring short. Scotty Kilmer
@squidboy0769 The car I was working on didn't have a cabin air filter, many don't. and the cabin air filter will not stop mold and bacteria, it's not fine enough to filter out such small particles. Bacteria will get by the filter and then grow inside damp parts of the vent system, you can't stop them. Scotty Kilmer
@roxas7300 It's better to leave the car running so you don't drain the battery. You would want the car running for 1/2 an hour to blow the stink out. Scotty Kilmer
@mobes329 Well, I can attest to that. I lived at the university of illinois one summer years ago in an apartment with no AC, and man, was it freaking hot. Scotty Kilmer
Scotty, my Jeep when I turn it on sometimes the RPMs will shoot way up, usual idle speed bounces a little above and below the 1k mark, and sometimes it shoots way up to 3k and my immediate reaction is to shut the car off. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, I love your videos.
@Sheogorath1518 Watch my video on Fixing a car that idles poorly, then try everything in that video. You may have a dirty idle air control valve, or may need to replace it. Scotty Kilmer
Mine don't smell yet but it does blow out pieces of foam that is super brittle and sticky. It sucks cuz it keeps leaving black marks all over my carpeting. Well that was before my compressor leaked out all the refrigerant. No ac
@upsallysskirt Those foam parts are the inside connectors for joints, as cars age, that crap comes apart and blows out the vents. No biggie, just get em out with tweezers as they hit the vents.
my vehicle sits in a parking garage and when i start of the car, the ac is usually on but starts off really warm and smells like a dirty filter. i'll have to check again next time and see if its a clammy, musty smell. this trick will come in handy. thanks, Scotty.
Thanks Mr. Kilmer for yet another pearl of wisdom. My A/C smells like wet dog thanks to the previous owner. Maybe it's actually the mildew in the vents. I've changed the fuse for my a/c to blow cool air but when I put my car in drive, the fuse pops. Any suggestions on what's going on there?
@palmtrees89 Putting the car in drive and making that fuse blow is one of two things. First, if Ac wiring is loose and touching things, putting it in D will move the engine and cause that bad wire to short out. OR, two, there would be an electrical short in the wiring system related to the D light coming on, usually inside the transmission range sensor. Scotty Kilmer
@lightnslim Well you seem to be about five years old mentally from your comment. I am partly deaf, so complaining about how I talk is RUDE. But, then again, you seem to be a rather crude person, so I suppose it fits your personality. Scotty
@lightnslim leave scotty alone. this man is trying to help people. so of course he has to talk during the video in order to desribe what the f*** he is trying to do.
Scotty there was one other thing I have found to cause odors in cars and that was the molded cabin air filter. My friend's chevy impala CAF is located in a terrible place to catch water and have bacteria grow. He couldn't even turn on the AC with his date and we live north of you in a little place called Dallas. HA Thanks for the video
@jrtorres1337 I did Crank It Up on CBS TV for twelve years. then they ran out of money and the bean counters took over, much to their demise. Long live the Internet where the bean counters have no power. Scotty Kilmer
scotty i took ur advice i listened and noticed today as my car was runing it does a "put-put-put" sound out of the tailpipe putting my hand up to it the exhaust stopped coming out everytime the sound was occuring (every half a second to a second) so this does mean the plugs are the cause right?
In Fl. , works best if you can shut off the compressor, to have a ambient coil; Lysol works quicker on a warm coil rather than one running close to 32 degrees, my Hondas cooperate nicely!! trb
and replace the in-cabin filter
moscowremix 1 week ago
Ayee i live in dallas tx lol mit go visit him so he can teach me how to fix my car
finguin11 1 week ago
i have never had that problem be for and i also am from Houston 1960 area lol
josh198869 1 week ago
Brownsville, Tx
hot as hell too
robertGuerra3 1 week ago
can i spray it during winter?
lexusfan100 2 weeks ago
@lexusfan100 sure, as long as it's not 40 below and it freezes.
scottykilmer 2 weeks ago
@scottykilmer if you live in 40 below weather you probably wont need to worry about bacteria growing anywere
THEJBUDS 2 weeks ago
0:23 NASTY
TradingCarz 1 month ago
Hi Scott, do you have any recommendations to clean out dusty air conditioners/heater?
We travel a lot of gravel roads and it seems like dirt/dust gets into the system.
tiggfigg 1 month ago
@tiggfigg you really have to mechanically take em apart and vacuum em out if that's the case. But you could try removing the fan motor and spraying water and cleaner in there, it will go out of the drain that way.
scottykilmer 1 month ago
Cute Cat!
A2892Z 1 month ago
thanks for another good idea
razmoe2000 1 month ago
Oh man, thank you so much!
er1cmaurer 1 month ago
WHERES ALL MY H-TOWN PEEPS!?!?!??!
negnewt 2 months ago
@negnewt
Right here! Houston represent!
VerticalhorizonXL 1 month ago
Thnks dude
raw415 2 months ago
Great info.
saavwafare 2 months ago
I wonder if Glen 20 would do the same thing, it says it eliminates bacteria and salmonelli and ecoli 99.8%
trulymeparker 3 months ago
your the best scotty.
hondamaki13 5 months ago
dam the bad things about those vents being on the outside is that a certain someone has poured a foul smelling liquid doun them long story short i had to use a water hose some laundry detergent and 3 lysol cans to get the smell out
RyanJPDManriquez 6 months ago
@RyanJPDManriquez I had a cat piss in my A/C vents.
GmTruckCarLove 6 months ago
@GmTruckCarLove yeah that and crap was in my vents, you could see what didn't fall in on top of the vents it was a bad week
RyanJPDManriquez 5 months ago
@RyanJPDManriquez lol Okay.
GmTruckCarLove 5 months ago
I wish I could do that on my left leg, damn MRSA !, I hate bacterias...thx scotty I just learned something new today, love your videos, you got a suscriber now !.
kingcoapa 6 months ago
After your method, could you also turn on the A/C re-circ and spray Lysol in the re-circ intake (usu. near passenger's feet)?
ByTheRiverChebar 6 months ago
@ByTheRiverChebar Yes, Scotty
scottykilmer 6 months ago
@scottykilmer i enjoy your videos they are informative and interesting
makes me feel like i can actually do something for myself
thank you
larrybland007 1 month ago
I love the humor.
jasonism123 6 months ago
helpful & entertaining! thanks scot
badjer1785 6 months ago
hey Scotty, i have a chevy trailblazer that only sticks when i turn on the recirculation setting on. what should i do? thank you sir
jerrywreed32 7 months ago
@jerrywreed32 try this to clean it out, mold is in there. Scotty
scottykilmer 7 months ago
thx man really helped
jerrywreed32 7 months ago
SCOTT IS HEAD GASKET BLOWED RAISED THE TEMPERATURE ON THE GAGE?I HAVE BOUGHT THE STEEL SEAL AND HOPE IT WORK BECAUSE THE COMPUTER TEST SHOW THAT MY CAR HAVE NOTHING WRONG BUT ACXEPT THAT I FEEL I LOOSE THE POWER AND JERK WHEN AIR CONDITIONING ON.ORTHER WISE NO.CAN YOU TELL ME AFTER I USED STEEL SEAL IT WILL HAVE STRONGER WHEN PUSH THE GAS PEDAL ?OR WILL IT NOT TO FEEL LIKE COOLANT CAME OUT FROM THE MUFFLER?THANK YOU SIR.
kevinle692005 7 months ago
@kevinle692005 MANY things can make an engine overheat, it's best to test for problems before just adding sealer. Watch my video "How to fix an overheating car" and try that stuff first, could be much simplier than a blown head gasket, but do the head gasket test in the video to find out. scotty
scottykilmer 7 months ago
i love you<3
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Cars now come equipped with a cabin-air filter. The lysol will not make it to the evap core to clean the mold... Spraying on the vents while the blower is running is useless as well because you'd blow the lysol in your face.
Use something called Klima Cleaner... it works alot better and lasts alot longer.
rahul1023 7 months ago
Car's now come equipped with a cabin-air filter. The lysol will not make it to the evap core to clean the mold... Spraying on the vents while the blower is running is useless as well because you'd blow the lysol in your face.
Use something called Klima Cleaner... it works alot better and lasts alot longer.
rahul1023 7 months ago
@rahul1023 you spray it into the intake vents under the dash outside the car as I show. And of course, if you have a cabin air filter, remove it first, that's only logical. Scotty
scottykilmer 7 months ago
@scottykilmer Do you still remove the cabin air filter even if your spraying it to the fresh air intake? I've seen other videos where they actually spray it through where the cabin air filter is. Would both of these methods be equally effective?
bigjallday1 7 months ago
@bigjallday1 take it out, then clean it, and put it back in. Scotty
scottykilmer 7 months ago
my car only has one vent on the driver side to spray how do i get it on to the passenger side
uricanpapi 7 months ago
@uricanpapi It connects inside, that's fine. Scotty
scottykilmer 7 months ago
after my heater has been on for a while it tends to get a burning oil smell (actually its the same smell you get from a burning clutch) would bacteria cause that?
supertailz 8 months ago
@supertailz candy especially peppermints will cause that
way2easy2love 8 months ago
wow thanks a lot it worked for me.
IgOrEcK24 8 months ago
Scotty, Houston is no longer hot and humid its dry and Arrid now.
carntruckfreak4life 8 months ago
I actually did this today, and it worked out quite well. Bought a bottle of Disinfectant spray and saturated the fvck out of the vents. It helps to have scented disinfectant; now the air my AC blows smells like citrus ;)
Thanks Scotty :)
lamiasubs 9 months ago
I instinctively closed my eyes when he sprayed the Lysol at the camera...
sushlet 1 year ago
scotty kilmer, hey man ! thankyou for your videos you make me save a lot of MONEY!!!!!! :) thanks A+++++
Robertsclub 1 year ago
Great video
Check the cabin filter too if your car was a newer car. You won't believe what you may find
imPhungHoangD 1 year ago
would a bottle of simple green do the job as well? plus i like the smell of simple green.
aftoyboy 1 year ago
@aftoyboy no, it's not srong enough.Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
@scottykilmer~ scotty u didnt even show them how to PREVENT mold from growing in the first place!
After u use your A/C u turn off the AC but leave the fan on and put it to full heat to dry out the system. Thats what all newer residential AC system do automatically when u turn them off.
marek0086 8 months ago
@aftoyboy Plus SG is just a surface cleaner.
RacerE7773 11 months ago
@RacerE7773 I'll just lysol it THEN simple green for the smell.
aftoyboy 11 months ago
@aftoyboy True. I used to detail cars at a body shop and it helped get rid of the bondo and paint smells as well as in nasty smelling smoker cars.
jmariah001 11 months ago
@aftoyboy I wish. I love the smell of it! I use it to wash my rims!
PVoyager 8 months ago
Good video. My heater stinks too. Would the procedure be the same and safe for the heater?............. Also, I wonder if some of the mold is still coming from the cooling system? Not sure how to tackle that problem in snow and cold?
buckeye90210 1 year ago
@buckeye90210 The best way to get rid of a stinky heater is to run it on high heat, full blast with the car doors OPEN and the car at normal operating temperature. The smell will eventually be burned off the heating coils. This worked for a friend when they bought a car formerly owned by a heavy smoker. You have to open the doors because most heating systems recirculate the air and if smelly air keeps going through the heating coils the particles that stink will go right back to the coils.
iggy151 1 year ago
@buckeye90210 Yes, bacteria is bacteria. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago 3
@buckeye90210 That's when I did the car we just got in March; it was still cold and such but will do it again now that it's getting warm.
RacerE7773 10 months ago
Scotty, I must say I enjoy watching your videos I really do learn a lot from them, Thank you! I have also found a good air condtioning cleaning product from Germany made by Einszett called "Klima-Cleaner" The can comes with a 2 foot long tube that connects to the spray nozzle, You empty the whole can into the center interior vent and let it settle for a bit. after using this I had no more funky smell from the A/C. Now the car has a fresh scent when the A/C is in use I highly recommend this!
Slovak84 1 year ago
I'm skeptical of spraying half a can of lysol into my vents...actually, that would be the whole can...right (driver and passenger side)? :-o
milackk7 1 year ago
Excellent information! Thanks!
Kntryhart 1 year ago
Just tried this! IT WORKS!! Thanks!
shakenjason 1 year ago
Great video!!! Exactly what I needed
poomunj 1 year ago
Dear Scotty, PLEASE HELP!! I have question about your auto air coniditioning spray bacteria elimination teknique. My youngest son, Juan Fernando Hernandez Julias the III accidentally made urine into the air conditioning vents. We tried Lysol, but the car now smell like urine and pine tree from forest. MY friend Hector says to try using power washer straight into a/c into vents....but my slammed 81 Lincoln Continental has very expensive custom interior, I dont want it to be harmmed.
platypusone 1 year ago
@platypusone Urine is REALLY hard to remove, but go to a pet store and get some car urine spray smell remover. Then spray that in there. Good Luck, Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
Scotty, does this also clean nasty odors from the heat ? Its cold outside and While driving my mom's 4.0 Grand Cherokee 98 to the store i noticed the heat smelt really really nasty. It stunk like old cheese, or a nasty case of foot fungus or something. I had to keep the windows rolled down in the cold to get the smell out it was that bad.
1ownjoo2 1 year ago
@1ownjoo2 Yep, the heater and the ac evaporator get mold in them, it can work in both. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
Skotty Kilmer is the STEVE IRWIN of automobile management and he reminds of you of JOE PESCI.
algrho 1 year ago
@algrho Scotty reminds me More Of Nigel Farage, the anti EU Parliament Spokes person for their new Liberty Movement, Search: Nigel Farage on who's who in the EU commission
Keep on Trucken SCOTTY!! Ever thought about running for Mayor,
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algrho 1 year ago
hi skotty.i have 2 questions: my car is a mitsu lancer(mirage) 1994. idle goes up and down when i turn the a/c on. i read that it might be the servo. and some people suggest bypassing the servo. what is your opinion regarding that? also i always get low oil pressure every 500-1000 km. im thinking the car is burning engine oil, but the smoke is white instead of black (or blue). what could be wrong?
algrho 1 year ago
Also how I would go about replacing my cabin air filter if it has one (?). I haven't replaced it since I bought it in 1997
ngafb 1 year ago
Hey Scotty: I have a 1997 Honda Civic DX. I used half a can of Lysol Disinfectant Mold/Mildew Spray a few weeks ago. I use the exact same steps as in your video. Unfortunately the horrible smell is still in the vent when I turn the air on. I don't know if my vehicle has a cabin air filter. Do you know how I can find this information out?
ngafb 1 year ago
Another tip: be sure to use the heater from time to time to keep the system as dry as possible, you don't have to put the heater on HOT, just set the temperature to 70-75 on those rainy/cold mornings/nights until you feel the cabin's air dry. You can also drive with the windows down and the heater on HOT/MAX to vaporize the bacteria in the system...do this for 5-10 minutes and the system will be odorless for a long time.
ijaen 1 year ago
@ijaen Good tip, that does work. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
holy scotty batman =)
CAVITYFIGHTER214 1 year ago
Nice Tip
RAJSTA81 1 year ago
How long you leave the car on?
kingofkool05 1 year ago
Scotty,My a/c is spitting out a black sticky something like little pieces/chunks of material. but the air doesnt stink and the 2 center vents around them on the inner part is black,what can do this and how do i fix it?
this is a 01 chevy s10
skinnyhenry 1 year ago
talk about corniness but very helpful.
bri343 1 year ago
You rock dude! Thanks for your super helpful videos!
jonzx1 1 year ago
YOU ARE AMAZING !! MY STEALTH <3's you haha ; )
greekman3000 1 year ago
I liket the Harley better then that plastic rocket.:D
Vappi94 1 year ago
@Vappi94 OK, you go for show, I go for for speed. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago 5
I've recently go to a shop to fix my air conditioner on my mazda3. When i leave with the fixed car it had some smell like humidity for like 1-2 days and then that smell stopped. why that smell disappeared?? could it be the gas they put in the car??
elchicoboy 1 year ago
@elchicoboy No, the cleaner they used just wore off after that time. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
Lysol will work, but I prefer to use Febreeze Anti-Bacterial... much more neutral in smell than Lysol is.. stuff worked fantastic on a moldy carpet I ripped out and powerwashed.. so I used it on my AC system and got great results too.
Cabin filter def. needs removed before doing this though.. if your car has one.
Bimmerfan222 1 year ago
Thanks....u just saved me like 200bucks!!!
glock4348 1 year ago
nice! my car need this!!
minister13 1 year ago
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Hi Scotty, I have been watching your videos. They are really helpful! Anyway, my friend's Mazda3 shows a P0477 error code (Exhaust Pressure Control Valve Low ). Is this a serious problem? Is there anything that can be done?
poch723 1 year ago
Hi Scotty, I have been watching your videos. They are really helpful! Anyway, my friend's Mazda3 shows a P0477 error code (Exhaust Pressure Control Valve Low ). Is this a serious problem? Is there anything that can be done?
poch723 1 year ago
@poch723 to fix that code, one of the following is bad and need fixing: A wiring short to ground in that system, a bad exhaust gas pressure control valve, or a bad main computer. Not an easy thing to check out for a non mechanic, except for the possible wiring short. Scotty Kilmer
scottykilmer 1 year ago
I'm going to do this after I replace the cabin air filter in our car.
RacerE7773 1 year ago
@RacerE7773 It works even without the filter changed (as yet).
RacerE7773 1 year ago
B6 Audi A4's are notorious for smelly air after the AC is turned off.
al1500321 1 year ago
This guy must be Canadian, haha.
TheArfdog 1 year ago
@TheArfdog NO, but Close. I'm originally from Niagara Falls, but on the American side. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
For some people, the source of the Odor is their top lip.
DigableDude 1 year ago
Cool! Now I know what to do
DJEddieXZ 1 year ago
Isn't this the job of the air cabin filter? Also, shouldn't you remove the air cabin filter if you're going to disinfect your a/c system in this way?
squidboy0769 1 year ago
@squidboy0769 The car I was working on didn't have a cabin air filter, many don't. and the cabin air filter will not stop mold and bacteria, it's not fine enough to filter out such small particles. Bacteria will get by the filter and then grow inside damp parts of the vent system, you can't stop them. Scotty Kilmer
scottykilmer 1 year ago
How long do you leave the car running for? Do you need to start the car to do this?
roxas7300 1 year ago
@roxas7300 It's better to leave the car running so you don't drain the battery. You would want the car running for 1/2 an hour to blow the stink out. Scotty Kilmer
scottykilmer 1 year ago
Yoooh! scotty you the bomb!! hells yeah HTX
yoooh69 1 year ago
@yoooh69 Yo man Houston is the IAH, not HTX.
TheArfdog 1 year ago
Thanks for this video. The AC in my Scion tC was smelling very bad. Spraying the Lysol really helped.
gammatnt 1 year ago
Yep same thing happened to the ones on my motorcycle. I wish the foam pieces were a bit more durable.
I look forward to your next vid
upsallysskirt 1 year ago
That is great ! I like how you show us all how to save a few bucks....Yes it can get pretty humid here in Illinois as well. Thanks for the tip !
mobes329 1 year ago
@mobes329 Well, I can attest to that. I lived at the university of illinois one summer years ago in an apartment with no AC, and man, was it freaking hot. Scotty Kilmer
scottykilmer 1 year ago
@scottykilmer uic?
shivam220 1 year ago
Scotty, my Jeep when I turn it on sometimes the RPMs will shoot way up, usual idle speed bounces a little above and below the 1k mark, and sometimes it shoots way up to 3k and my immediate reaction is to shut the car off. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, I love your videos.
Sheogorath1518 1 year ago
@Sheogorath1518 Watch my video on Fixing a car that idles poorly, then try everything in that video. You may have a dirty idle air control valve, or may need to replace it. Scotty Kilmer
scottykilmer 1 year ago
Great tip :)
Mine don't smell yet but it does blow out pieces of foam that is super brittle and sticky. It sucks cuz it keeps leaving black marks all over my carpeting. Well that was before my compressor leaked out all the refrigerant. No ac
upsallysskirt 1 year ago
@upsallysskirt Those foam parts are the inside connectors for joints, as cars age, that crap comes apart and blows out the vents. No biggie, just get em out with tweezers as they hit the vents.
scottykilmer 1 year ago
@scottykilmer Thanks, I was wondering where all that foam was coming from. I had a lot of that coming out of my A/C on my 97 Honda Civic.
virtualwebman 1 year ago
Great stuff, thx scotty !
gomerfa 1 year ago
my vehicle sits in a parking garage and when i start of the car, the ac is usually on but starts off really warm and smells like a dirty filter. i'll have to check again next time and see if its a clammy, musty smell. this trick will come in handy. thanks, Scotty.
braaaainz 1 year ago
Thanks Mr. Kilmer for yet another pearl of wisdom. My A/C smells like wet dog thanks to the previous owner. Maybe it's actually the mildew in the vents. I've changed the fuse for my a/c to blow cool air but when I put my car in drive, the fuse pops. Any suggestions on what's going on there?
palmtrees89 1 year ago
@palmtrees89 Putting the car in drive and making that fuse blow is one of two things. First, if Ac wiring is loose and touching things, putting it in D will move the engine and cause that bad wire to short out. OR, two, there would be an electrical short in the wiring system related to the D light coming on, usually inside the transmission range sensor. Scotty Kilmer
scottykilmer 1 year ago
i wonna punch u 4 talkin like.. im sure no 1 here is 5...
lightnslim 1 year ago
@lightnslim Well you seem to be about five years old mentally from your comment. I am partly deaf, so complaining about how I talk is RUDE. But, then again, you seem to be a rather crude person, so I suppose it fits your personality. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
@lightnslim leave scotty alone. this man is trying to help people. so of course he has to talk during the video in order to desribe what the f*** he is trying to do.
itubethisonyou 1 year ago
@itubethisonyou Good comment. Scotty knows what he's talking about, unlike the ehow videos. I took them off my subscription list.
RacerE7773 1 year ago
Scotty there was one other thing I have found to cause odors in cars and that was the molded cabin air filter. My friend's chevy impala CAF is located in a terrible place to catch water and have bacteria grow. He couldn't even turn on the AC with his date and we live north of you in a little place called Dallas. HA Thanks for the video
irishmexican06 1 year ago
As usual, good video, keep em' comin'. You ought to make a CD of all yor tips and sell it. A little advertisement and U-tube, could make it a winner
JOEWOLCHAK1 1 year ago
Helpful as always,thank you sir!
UltrakupraRebirth 1 year ago
i love your videos!
doesn't bore me at all
shoefrmperu 1 year ago
I LIVE IN HOUSTON TOO!!!
Scotty you're the coolest dude on youtube, no joke.
people don't realize it, but you're saving them THOUSANDS by showing DYI steps for so many things!
thanks!
ahmer9800 1 year ago 23
hi scotty does it work same for heating system??if you dont have ac thank you
MrHarjider 1 year ago
@MrHarjider Yes, just turn the heater on full blast with outside air blowing in. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
scotty motha fucken kilmer does it again!!!
pomonasss 1 year ago 24
I bet the same will work on a home A/C that sits in a window.
T69bonez 1 year ago
@T69bonez Yes, it would work in ANY AC system. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
What Brand and model is the Tire on the back of your motorcycle?
wvin2008 1 year ago
@wvin2008 It's a Michellin Pilot, pretty good tire, haven't shredded it yet. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
LMAO at the cat's look....
nightmathzombieethan 1 year ago
AHHHHHH! Scotty no wonder ive heard of you! haha you live in houston too!
Were you ever on any local shows here?
jrtorres1337 1 year ago
@jrtorres1337 I did Crank It Up on CBS TV for twelve years. then they ran out of money and the bean counters took over, much to their demise. Long live the Internet where the bean counters have no power. Scotty Kilmer
scottykilmer 1 year ago
@scottykilmer Ah ha! that explains alot, i watched your shows when i was younger! You had stunning advice!
jrtorres1337 1 year ago
scotty i took ur advice i listened and noticed today as my car was runing it does a "put-put-put" sound out of the tailpipe putting my hand up to it the exhaust stopped coming out everytime the sound was occuring (every half a second to a second) so this does mean the plugs are the cause right?
Matthew55904 1 year ago
@Matthew55904 It means the engine has a miss. Could be spark plugs, or many other things. Try the plugs first. Scotty
scottykilmer 1 year ago
I'm going to try this on my wife's a/c tonite. It smells like mildew something awful.
fixinggrace 1 year ago
In Fl. , works best if you can shut off the compressor, to have a ambient coil; Lysol works quicker on a warm coil rather than one running close to 32 degrees, my Hondas cooperate nicely!! trb
trbfshmn 1 year ago
that is pretty slick. i've never even thought of that trick. i'll have to try it!
southeast40 1 year ago
i would have never tried that. thanks for the tip!
fordbroncodave 1 year ago
Scotty i use liquid Frabreze and dump it in the vents like u did ....works great..
ding0925 1 year ago
@ding0925 does using fabreze actually make it smell as if you used it in the home?
southeast40 1 year ago
@ding0925 Just be VERY careful not to pour too much liquid in, as it can short electrical parts out a lot easier than a spray. Scotty Kilmer
scottykilmer 1 year ago