Air Conditioner Drain Line Clogged ~Fix!

The Air Conditioner condensation drain line recently became clogged on my 2006 Prius after changing the cabin air filter at 60K miles. I bought the car factory certified from a Toyota dealership with 55k miles on it. I decided to change the filter and discovered it had never been changed before. Not sure why it wasn't changed on a Toyota Certified used car? Some of the debris on the filter must have fallen into the AC system upon removal. Water backed up into the cabin saturating both driver and passenger sides of the floor. This is how I fixed the problem:

1.) I hooked up a Shop Vac to the Air Conditioner Condensation drain line and sucked the clog out. I have read where other have blown compressed air into the line, but unless the debris is removed it may become clogged again.

2.) I removed the carpet and floor board pads and washed the floor boards with a warm water / bleach mix. I then set the carpet out in the sun to dry. I used paper towels to pick up as much water as possible. I then sprayed the carpet padding with the water / bleach mixture to kill the mold and let it sun dry. Below are pictures of what my Prius looked like with the carpet removed.



I'd like to thank Steve of AutoBeYours.com for selling me a set of replacement floor board pads for this job.

Mylar

 

It was extremely dirty and contained debris such as pine needles and maple seeds and leaves on top of the filter when it was pulled. It definately wasn't pulled and changed prior to buying the car and I can't find a service order for the Cabin Air Filter being changed in the Toyota Service Log for my vehicle. The previous owner had used Toyota Dealerships exclusively for car maintainance.

Mylar