My car's fan smells bad.... :(

[SOSTrooper]

When I turn on the fan in my car, the wind smells like... the engine. It's not an awful smell, but its uncomfortable. Does this mean its time to change the air filter? I'm a car newbie.

 

[MaxDSP]

cheap solution: crack open all the windows <-------my solution for my POS dodge

 

[anxman69]

Fungus in the air filter. Pretty common; happened on my car. Change the filter and you'll be good to go.

-Ankur

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: anxman69
Fungus in the air filter. Pretty common; happened on my car. Change the filter and you'll be good to go.

-Ankur

 

[notfred]

I thought you were sticking your head behind the radiator and sniffing the cooling fan from the title.

 

[tcsenter]

Fungus in the air filter. Pretty common; happened on my car. Change the filter and you'll be good to go.

Or fungus in the entire ventilation system, that also happens and is more difficult to cure.

Also, you may have a bad heater core that is leaking, or an exhaust leak that is finding its way to the air ducts.