Eliminating cigarette odor

audiodave · Jul 4, 2018

Jon Watkins said: ↑

You can buy the Toyota air conditioning cleaning kit on Amazon for around $25 and it will take you less than an hour to clean the ac system. It comes as two cans (one large and one small) and a hose that attaches to the large can. Also a small tube for spraying the contents of the small can.

Remove the cabin air filter. Now is the time to replace it if needed but don’t put it in until the ac cleaning process is completed. Jack the car up and put it on jackstands so it is level. Remove the passenger side wheel. Look over the suspension control arm and you will see the end of a black hose where the evaporator drains its water while the ac is on. Put the supplied cap/hose on the tall can of the cleaning kit. Shake it up good before you start to use it. Attach the fitting on the large can hose to the end of the evaporator hose. Put some kind of a drain pan near where the hose will drain or you will have a mess on your floor. Shoot half of the can into the evaporator hose. It looks like a white foam that will turn into a clear liquid. Remove the hose fitting and let it drain for 15 mins or so. Reattach the fitting to the evaporator drain hose and spray the rest of the tall can into the evapotator drain hose. Remove the filling and let it drain and you are done with this part.

Put all of the windows up. Turn on the heater to high temp. Set the fan on its fastest setting. Just below the front window on the passenger side you will see what looks like a grate in the plastic cover. Put the supplied spray hose on the small can and shake it up good. Spray the entire small can into the grate opening of the plastic cover by moving it from side to side. Let the car fan run for about 10 minutes.

This completes the cleaning of your ac system. There are YouTube videos on the process that you can review prior to starting if needed. Nutzaboutbolts has a good one.

This combined with cleaning the fabric seat covers and carpets will remove any odor from your car.
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Purchased my AC kit.

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