Ozium New Car Smell Major Issue - Rancid

[Fordiesel69]

A month ago I had a mouse build a nest in my defroster grate of my ford fusion. I cleaned, and sanitized it, then shot some new car smell thru the hvac system. I also gave the floor mats a quick light spray.

Now today the air blows very rancid like my ozium spray went bad. How can I fix this?

 

[Arc]

A month ago I had a mouse build a nest in my defroster grate of my ford fusion. I cleaned, and sanitized it, then shot some new car smell thru the hvac system. I also gave the floor mats a quick light spray.

Now today the air blows very rancid like my ozium spray went bad. How can I fix this?

Ive always had luck using the armor all smell remover but they are all strong smelling for a day or so before it gets rid of the problem. Armor all even has the fogger can that you set off inside the car.

 

[walterjay]

There are foggers for this. I don't know which is best.

 

[SC Maintenance]

If it suddenly "went bad" after a month - you sure you don't have another mouse?

 

[dishdude]

If it suddenly "went bad" after a month - you sure you don't have another mouse?

This was my thought as well. One might have got in, but didn't get out.

 

[Fordiesel69]

It smells like burned maple syrup. I have had aerosol cans of ozium go rancid and didnt know it, and when I went to spray it, the smell was idenitcal. So i am confident it is that.

I did spray a lot thru the duct work

 

[Rand]

ozone generator?

 

[Fordiesel69]

Good idea. I will try that.

 

[IcarusLSC]

You could try a Chlorine Dioxide odor bomb like Adams/P&S/Bio Bomb/etc make. You can even get little aerator to make them work faster.

 

[JRay’07]

If your car comes equipped with a cabin air filter you should try to find one with an activated charcoal element. This will help absorb any remaining chemicals.

 

[Fordiesel69]

3 hrs of ozone did not work. I may steam clean all the vents again, and re-ozone overnight.

 

[melk]

You could try a Chlorine Dioxide odor bomb like Adams/P&S/Bio Bomb/etc make. You can even get little aerator to make them work faster.

I just used a chlorine dioxide product on the CRV I am rehabbing and could not believe the difference it made. Really impressed. It comes in a little dry-powder satchet that you mix with water and then let it sit 24 hours.

 

[crashz]

I tried the Mother's bomb in my wife's beetle after our niece borrowed it and smoked weed in it. It had the Lysol effect. Attempted to cover up the smell and made everything worse. I'll try the chlorine and cabin filter (if it has one).

 

[michaelluscher]

Pull the blower motor for a more thorough inspection
Kick panels/cowl too

The Chlorine Dioxide bomb on recirculate for a while could be the answer too

Consider an A/C refresher kit to clean the evaporator
Most of the kits are the same, only Toyota bothered with the video

 

[Rmay635703]

3 hrs of ozone did not work. I may steam clean all the vents again, and re-ozone overnight.

Ozone can take days full blast with everything closed, needs to be a pretty powerful/dangerous unit in some cases, car need not be running

 

[Fordiesel69]

UPDATE:

Wait till you hear this one........

After the ozone treatments, the rancid chemical smell did not resolve. I steam cleaned each vent port for over 5 minutes each while running the ozone as well. I found the smell to be concentrated on the drivers side vents much more than the passenger. Like over 2 times more potent.

Come to find out, I got a free 12 oz bottle of grain alcohol hand sanitizer back during covid, and it worked its way back deep in the drivers side door pocket. My state map, a few blue paper towels, hid this bottle from view. Here the rancid gel / grain alcohol forumula exploded and the paper soaked it all up. Whenever the AC was on, it would draw the odor in, and blast it in your face out the vents.

 

[wbwanzer]

Glad you got it figured out. Make note to self: don't lend car to niece.

 

[Finklejag]

Most of the hand sanitizer was coming from China during covid. Who knows what they added to the chemical list?

 

[vwmaniaman]

The Chinese probably added Covid to it