Removing A/C smell

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Evaporator

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My car is ~20 years old and the HVAC system had 20 years worth of crud.

Since the A/C was broken, I removed the evaporator in order to flush the system and replace the TXV.

When I had the evaporator out, I soaked it in bucket of Simple Green solution and got quite a bit of gunk out.

This is far beyond what you can accomplish with the evaporator in car.



Yet... there's the spoilage type smell from A/C. Is there anything I can do other than replace the evaporator core?
 
Wurth EVAPOmat® atomises cleaning and odour eliminating active substances with the aid of three ultrasonic cells. The active substance mist is blown out of the EVAPOmat® by a fan. The fine vapour is distributed in the entire ventilation duct or in the vehicle interior by the supplied application hose and is deposited on the evaporator surface or on the textiles and reliably eliminates unpleasant odours caused by bacteria and fungi. After approx. 15 min. the mist spray is switched off, however the fan continues to run for at least another 5 minutes to cool down the cells.



Outstanding effectiveness, odour molecules are absorbed and eliminated naturally, spreads a pleasant, fresh citrus fragrance.







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Have you used DrivePur to clean /deodorize an HVAC system evaporator core?

Did it eliminate the odours, etc?

 
Is that like a product that requires proprietary costly version of a ultrasonic humidifier? The evaporator core isn't hard to remove on this car and it only costs $60 for a new one.



If I'm going to have to pay $100-125 for this service to have it done I'm just going to replace the core.
 
Yup, what it does is to make the bacteria that are feeding off the proteins, etc not want to eat, so they die.

Bacteria must constantly feed to stay alive, if they don't get their food, they die.



The odor is created by the bacteria, when they die, which can be from 5 seconds to 30 minutes after exposure to the correct product, the "odor" is gone.



The chemical's required to make this happen, are not toxic, if a true "protien alterer", you can drink it without harm. (warning-that is if they product does NOT contain a fragrance, which so many think is what makes thing happen) The nose does not tell "ALL".



The base of this chemical is in Frebreez, several other marketed products etc, but most are in low percentages of active volume.



The "key" is to get the product into all areas where the bacteria are feeding, and that is why so many sell high dollar foggers, as they go all over, in and around the inside of the vehicle surfaces.



Most are used to spraying some cover up fragrances, and this sort of product is not a "cover up", it must make contact where the bacteria are feeding, so there is no "immediant" gratification" of a nice smell.



Grumpy
 
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