I have a 2000 Hyundai Tiburon with a smelly (stale) air conditioner
odor. Tiburon means 'Shark', but I didnt expect this fishy smell.

What can I do? Thanks in advance.

- tama

 

i have a 2002 santafe and i also have a stale odor when running the ac.
it's like dried milk. it's not rotten, but it's milky. really weird and
makes a me a little freaked out. i have no idea what to do about it. maybe
someone has a suggestion?

"Tama Harbor" <tamaharbor@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a 2000 Hyundai Tiburon with a smelly (stale) air conditioner
> odor. Tiburon means 'Shark', but I didnt expect this fishy smell.
>
> What can I do? Thanks in advance.
>
> - tama
>

 

In article <3f2aae6b_1@news.athenanews.com>, End User
<nothankyou@hotmail.com> wrote:

> i have a 2002 santafe and i also have a stale odor when running the ac.
> it's like dried milk. it's not rotten, but it's milky. really weird and
> makes a me a little freaked out. i have no idea what to do about it. maybe
> someone has a suggestion?
>
> "Tama Harbor" <tamaharbor@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:6p3jivcto0i0kgnsnv0mdtknbvqt63elf6@4ax.com...
> > I have a 2000 Hyundai Tiburon with a smelly (stale) air conditioner
> > odor. Tiburon means 'Shark', but I didnt expect this fishy smell.
> >
> > What can I do? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > - tama

Well, the cabin air filter needs changing occasionally; if you haven't
done that you might give it a try... I'm pretty sure the Santa Fe has
one and the Tiburon probably does too (the lowly Elantra has a place
for one but it's not installed).

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2003 Chianti Red Elantra GT
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On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 14:12:34 -0400, End User staggered into the Black Sun
and said:

Please don't top-post. Message rearranged to comply with Usenet
conventions.

> "Tama Harbor" <tamaharbor@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:6p3jivcto0i0kgnsnv0mdtknbvqt63elf6@4ax.com...
>> I have a 2000 Hyundai Tiburon with a smelly (stale) air conditioner
>> odor. Tiburon means 'Shark', but I didnt expect this fishy smell.
>> What can I do? Thanks in advance.
> i have a 2002 santa fe and i also have a stale odor when running the
> ac. it's like dried milk. it's not rotten, but it's milky. really
> weird and makes a me a little freaked out. i have no idea what to do

I *think* the first thing to try would be to change the cabin air
filter. This is supposed to be done every 15,000 miles IIRC. I heard
that cabin air-filter replacement helped some people who had similar
complaints, but I can't remember if it was on this NG or on the web
forums at newtiburon.com.

I went to http://hmaservice.com/webtech/default.asp yesterday and tried
to find the procedure for changing the cabin air filter on a 2000
Tiburon, but couldn't find anything. Plenty of stuff about the AC
system, but no mention of an air filter for the cabin. *shrug*

--
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We're standing there pounding a dead parrot on the counter, and the
management response is to frantically swap in new counters to see
if that fixes the problem. --Peter Gutmann, ASR 6/18/1998

 

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"Dances With Crows" <danceswithcrows@usa.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 14:12:34 -0400, End User staggered into the Black Sun
> and said:
>
> Please don't top-post. Message rearranged to comply with Usenet
> conventions.
>

 

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> >I'm a top poster and proud of it!!!
>
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>


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