Sonny: Shampoo the carpet? Use a strong vacuum that can pull from the carpet pad underneath? Just a guess, that the coolant leaked enough to soak the carpet. Or use some kind of dry powder carpet cleaner that absorbs/masks the smell?
Good Luck. Best Wishes, Bernie Bennett --- On Sat, 11/14/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [alfa] Heater core fix...when will the stench end? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:45 PM > For a while I had a slow coolant > loss. Then I started to get smell and fumes in the car. The > smell was like boiling dirty water. Although I would have > expected a smell more like ethylene glycol, I suspected a > corroded heater core, which also happened to be the shop's > opinion. I got a new heater core Thursday. > > Despite the new heater core, the problem with smell and > fumes persists, even though I have driven the car for 50 > miles over the two days since I got it back. The smell is > not as bad as it used to be, but I have to keep my windows > down, and I can feel the fumes in my throat. > > I was wondering if I still have a heater core leak, but the > smell is obvious even when I cold start the engine, so I am > wondering if there might be a reservoir of leaked coolant, > or some other explanation. > > Did anybody else change their heater core and continue to > have problems for a while? > > The car is a 1991 164. > > Cheers, > Sonny > -- > to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi > or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
