Anybody get smoke out of their a/c vents?

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Does anybodies A/C blow smoke out of it every once in a while? All of a sudden this week, if I turn on my A/C it blows white smoke out of the vents for a few mintues then goes away. It doesnt smell like anything or affect the performance, but its kind of wierd.

 

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It's water vapor, mang. It is the remaining condensed water that collects after you shut your car off while having run the a/c.

I always run my vent for the last few miles of my commute to get rid of the moisture issue.

If you store it like that, you might get a nastly mold/mildew smell.

 

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Ohhhhh, cool, thanks for the tip dude. I wondered how that nasty smell used to get in my vents on previous cars.

 

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spederman said:

Ohhhhh, cool, thanks for the tip dude. I wondered how that nasty smell used to get in my vents on previous cars.

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Yup, every car will be affected by it. One thing also helps: turn the vent to "max a/c" and it will open up the fan baffle to provide for increased ventilation from the a/c cooling fins.


EDIT: turn to max after you shut the car off and it'll breathe better..