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Old Apr 29, 2003 | 07:27 PM
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Exclamation New info for A/C odor!
Patrick an MBZ tech from europe responded to my tech post about the a/c smell for the first few seconds the ac is turned on. He states the the MBZ star laptop can change the programming to allow increased draining of condensation from the evaporator.
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Old Apr 29, 2003 | 07:29 PM
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Re: New info for A/C odor!
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Patrick an MBZ tech from europe responded to my tech post about the a/c smell for the first few seconds the ac is turned on. He states the the MBZ star laptop can change the programming to allow increased draining of condensation from the evaporator.
thanks, thats pretty cool how they can do that.
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Old Apr 29, 2003 | 07:38 PM
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It is indeed, I wonder what other cool things that laptop can do!
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It is indeed, I wonder what other cool things that laptop can do!
yea, i bet lexus cant even do this:P
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Old Apr 29, 2003 | 07:50 PM
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A lexus's ac probably doesn't have the smell to begin with! LOL:p
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Thanks for the info, RJC.

For the MB novices out here, what is a "MBZ star laptop"? I assume that the dealership service department would have one?

I'd like to bring this up the next time I'm in for service.
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A lexus's ac probably doesn't have the smell to begin with! LOL:p
One of my in-laws just put his ES300 in for this. It was about a year old.
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One of my in-laws just put his ES300 in for this. It was about a year old.
My $61,000.00 MBZ started doing this within the first week of driving! so the $35,000 Lexus after a year of driving has done well compared to my car.
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Originally posted by SDChargers
Thanks for the info, RJC.

For the MB novices out here, what is a "MBZ star laptop"? I assume that the dealership service department would have one?

I'd like to bring this up the next time I'm in for service.
The star laptop is an IBM laptop that works with the computerized systems in all MBZ's (Mercedes Benzes), all dealerships should have them.
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The star laptop is an IBM laptop that works with the computerized systems in all MBZ's (Mercedes Benzes), all dealerships should have them.
This must be the laptop Jack Bower uses to hack into top security systems. So MB must have the same system for a/c.
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ack, you replied to a 7yr old thread .. ewwww
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lol. One other nifty trick that I learned form my dad was to put your car on a Heat blast for 15 mins. Leave it running with the Heat at max for around 15 with everything closed and see if the smell goes away. It worked in my car a few weeks ago. Got the stinky smell out :P
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RJC interesting find, will have to try this out
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fwiw, if there's any bacteria in the system then no amount of "software draining fix" will cure the smell. Bacteria is tough to get rid of. Colloidal silver in the system will kill the bacteria and the smell will be gone. Then you can do the software fix.
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fwiw, if there's any bacteria in the system then no amount of "software draining fix" will cure the smell. Bacteria is tough to get rid of. Colloidal silver in the system will kill the bacteria and the smell will be gone. Then you can do the software fix.
+1 any moisture/mold build up in the system would need to be treated first.

On a side note, this is a very old thread.....
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