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Old 09-13-2006, 03:13 PM
Fidelis K Fidelis K is offline
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Default Foul Odor in '06 ES330

When the air intake mode is the "outside mode" or when the A/C is on, I
smell a foul odor in my '06 ES330. What causes this? This started to happen
recently.


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Old 09-13-2006, 04:20 PM
Charles Brand Charles Brand is offline
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Default Foul Odor in '06 ES330

Perhaps it's time to replace your cabin air filter.

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When the air intake mode is the "outside mode" or when the A/C is on, I smell a foul odor in my '06 ES330. What causes this? This started to happen recently.


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Old 09-13-2006, 05:33 PM
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"Charles Brand" <cbrand@erols.com> wrote in message
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Perhaps it's time to replace your cabin air filter. Fidelis K wrote:
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When the air intake mode is the "outside mode" or when the A/C is on, I smell a foul odor in my '06 ES330. What causes this? This started to happen recently.


I never knew there was a cabin air filter. I bought it in February, so
probably it's time to replace it.


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Old 09-13-2006, 05:35 PM
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Default Foul Odor in '06 ES330

If the 'foul odor' smells like rotten eggs, that's normal with cars equipped
with catalytic converters (by 'cars' I mean ANY car, regardless of make and
model, manufactured with a US Government-mandated catalytic converter since
the late 1970s/early 1980s when converters were made mandatory on all cars
sold within, or if purchased abroad but to be operated within the US). I
read long ago in a Chilton's or Haynes manual that the 'rotten egg' smell is
normal when, PERIODICALLY, the catalytic converter vents accumulated, but
neutralized, pollutants to the surrounding air.

Needless to say, if you smell that 'foul odor' constantly, then take the car
to your dealer (this applies to all makes and models of all cars).



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When the air intake mode is the "outside mode" or when the A/C is on, I smell a foul odor in my '06 ES330. What causes this? This started to happen recently.



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Old 09-13-2006, 06:11 PM
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Default Foul Odor in '06 ES330

This makes sense. The odor was strong a few days ago but today it was pretty
much gone. Well, anyway, I'll have a 5k mile check-up on Monday, so I'll
ask.

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If the 'foul odor' smells like rotten eggs, that's normal with cars equipped with catalytic converters (by 'cars' I mean ANY car, regardless of make and model, manufactured with a US Government-mandated catalytic converter since the late 1970s/early 1980s when converters were made mandatory on all cars sold within, or if purchased abroad but to be operated within the US). I read long ago in a Chilton's or Haynes manual that the 'rotten egg' smell is normal when, PERIODICALLY, the catalytic converter vents accumulated, but neutralized, pollutants to the surrounding air. Needless to say, if you smell that 'foul odor' constantly, then take the car to your dealer (this applies to all makes and models of all cars). "Fidelis K" <maplestrat@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Tg0Og.51$W27.50@newsfe10.lga...
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When the air intake mode is the "outside mode" or when the A/C is on, I smell a foul odor in my '06 ES330. What causes this? This started to happen recently.



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Old 09-13-2006, 06:45 PM
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Default Foul Odor in '06 ES330


where's mcbrue? calling mcbrue!!! He'll inform you that the smell you
are smelling is related somehow in some absolutely ludicrous way to the
lag in the transmission and that you will die from it when a cement
truck with no brakes comes barrelling towards you in an intersection
and this stench is so awful because its from the laggy transmission
that you can't even manage to get your foot on the gas, then you will
pass out from the smell before you engage said laggy transmission which
will kill you anyway.


Ha ha ha, oh mcbrue!!


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Old 09-14-2006, 08:17 AM
Rumple Stiltskin Rumple Stiltskin is offline
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Default Foul Odor in '06 ES330

The cabin air filter should last much longer than that. Only reason I would
suspect the air filter is if something crawled up there and died with its
claws sunk into the filter.


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"Charles Brand" <cbrand@erols.com> wrote in message news:GoWdncT5mPbUPZXYnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@rcn.net...
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Perhaps it's time to replace your cabin air filter. Fidelis K wrote:
Quote:
When the air intake mode is the "outside mode" or when the A/C is on, I smell a foul odor in my '06 ES330. What causes this? This started to happen recently.
I never knew there was a cabin air filter. I bought it in February, so probably it's time to replace it.



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Old 09-14-2006, 05:12 PM
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NYLexSC <NYLexSC.2e3t5n@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> quipped:
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where's mcbrue? calling mcbrue!!! He'll inform you that the smell youare smelling is related somehow in some absolutely ludicrous way to thelag in the transmission and that you will die from it when a cementtruck with no brakes comes barrelling towards you in an intersectionand this stench is so awful because its from the laggy transmissionthat you can't even manage to get your foot on the gas, then you willpass out from the smell before you engage said laggy transmission whichwill kill you anyway.Ha ha ha, oh mcbrue!!



don't forget that in the twenty some odd Benzes he's owned (all of
which were superior to the Lexuses he keeps buying), never had this
problem.

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