Hi guys,
Really hope you might be able to help me.
I have recently got my partner a 2007 Micra K12 1.2. When the vents are on outside air source the car really stinks. I am not entirely sure what the smell is or how to describe it apart from maybe a musty cheesy pongy sensation. This issue is not there when on internal recirc. I've never smelt this smell before.
To try and find what was causing this I had the internal pollen filter out and hoovered the casing out. It wasn't a particularly dirty filter. I ran the car on internal only without the pollen filter nor it's cover plate in for many days and noticed no smells.
I have replaced the pollen filter with a Bosch carbon activated one however the smell is still there.
At first I thought it might the oil strewn all over the inside of the bonnet. I have cleaned this away and it's not that. You can notice the smell if you sniff near the windscreen cowling through either side of the air vents. I have had this cowling off previously and it didn't look dirty of anything like that, however access is very difficult.
Any ideas what I could look for? I was going to get a air vent cleaner, however am I correct to assume if the vents are not smelly on the internal re-circ then this won't really make much of a difference.
I asked Nissan dealer if they could tell me where abouts the air enters the car from below the cowling so I could try and spray a cleaner in, however their "Master Technician" didn't know.
Really hope you might be able to help me.
I have recently got my partner a 2007 Micra K12 1.2. When the vents are on outside air source the car really stinks. I am not entirely sure what the smell is or how to describe it apart from maybe a musty cheesy pongy sensation. This issue is not there when on internal recirc. I've never smelt this smell before.
To try and find what was causing this I had the internal pollen filter out and hoovered the casing out. It wasn't a particularly dirty filter. I ran the car on internal only without the pollen filter nor it's cover plate in for many days and noticed no smells.
I have replaced the pollen filter with a Bosch carbon activated one however the smell is still there.
At first I thought it might the oil strewn all over the inside of the bonnet. I have cleaned this away and it's not that. You can notice the smell if you sniff near the windscreen cowling through either side of the air vents. I have had this cowling off previously and it didn't look dirty of anything like that, however access is very difficult.
Any ideas what I could look for? I was going to get a air vent cleaner, however am I correct to assume if the vents are not smelly on the internal re-circ then this won't really make much of a difference.
I asked Nissan dealer if they could tell me where abouts the air enters the car from below the cowling so I could try and spray a cleaner in, however their "Master Technician" didn't know.
