The AC smells musty when it switches to recirculation mode.

Can you 'sterilise' the internals or does it have to go to a dealer? Has anyone tried to de-odorise it?

Does anyone know where the recirculation inlet on the system is located? I could maybe put some air-freshner near it.

There is some stuff you can buy in halfords that will do this.

Yup - Wynn's AIRCOL - great stuff it is too

I could not find the recirulated ventilation inlet in the passenger footwell or any reference to it in the handbook, so I contacted Lexus and got this message:


Dear Mr Carpenter

I have spoken to the technical department. I have been informed that the recirculated air intake on the 1999 GS 300 is behind the glove box.

If I can be of any further help or assistance, please do not hesitate
to
contact me.

Kind Regards,

Tim Cayless
Lexus (GB) Customer Account Manager
0845 278 8888

So it is on the passenger side, but not one of the vents that you can see. I think that the best bet is to remove the filter housing blanking panel in the glovebox beneath the CD player and spray the de-ordoriser behing the filter or even take the filter out and spray it in directly.

JC

thats what i did to mine now it smells super

Hi there,

Does anyone know where it is in a Mk1 GS300?

Do I have to take the glovebox out, and what does the filter housing blanking plate look like? what is it next to?

any help much appreciated!!

thanks, thats useful. on fireing up I sometimes get a bit of a wiff. I'll spray some Lynx deoderant dont the back of the glovbox when I get it back!

Loz

Don;t think that'll help too much Loz. The pong is due to bacteria growing on the evaporator - the splerk you get in Halfords kills the bugs

how long does it last ?

or will i have to keep spaying every week or so

I do mine about once a year - better to keep the a/c on all the time, stops the bacteria growing

cheers 4 that rodders

Hi all,

does anybody actually know the location of the inlet vent you spray the stuff into on the MK1, i've had a look around mine by getting my head down into the passenger footwell, and looking as best I can behind the glove box

is it a glovebox out job and what does the vent look like?

hope you can help!

Andrew.

Redkenny :

I spoke to a service guys at Lexus yesterday and he said when they do an AirCon clean on the Mk1 or Mk2 they have a bug-bomb type canister that they let off in the car with aircon in recirculation mode. Takes about 10mins

They will sell one for about £18 + Vat

Just spoken to Lexus Hatfield who couldn't have been more helpful.

Part number: ZBOMB @ £10 +vat

Ordered mine, going to do the IS as soon as I get it

i get a smell when i turn the air con off
lasts for about 15 mins

is this what this thread is about ?