Started to smell a faint damp sock smell so changed the cabin filters for the first time. Done 29k miles over 3 1/4 years in a low pollen, low pollution area of Scotland.
Here's the state of them, to be fair, I've seen worse:
The filters didn't smell too bad, so cleaned the A/C condenser whilst there (thinking that may be holding the smell) with some Liqui Moly 4087. It's a spray can, used about 150ml of the 250ml and using the nozzle attached, sprayed over the grills where the filters sit:
Left that to sit for 10 minutes, then ran the heating on full blast for 10 minutes, then the aircon on full for a further 10 minutes. I removed some parts of the air intake to allow for better air flow:
I was prepared to remove and clean the entire assembly, but it was clean of debris, helped by the net/filter that I placed on top of the intake just after I bought the car.
I caught the waste from under the car, expecting it to be a brownish colour, but that came out clear too. Probably not worth using condenser cleaner at this point, maybe again in 5-6 years time.
Replaced the original cabin filters with some Basenor "OEM" versions as Tesla didn't have them in stock, they look identical so I'm sure they'll be fine.
Put the car back together again, can't smell anything funky now.
That was the most maintenance I've done to the car so far. About an hour in total of which 30 mins was waiting around for the condenser to heat/cool.
Here's the state of them, to be fair, I've seen worse:
The filters didn't smell too bad, so cleaned the A/C condenser whilst there (thinking that may be holding the smell) with some Liqui Moly 4087. It's a spray can, used about 150ml of the 250ml and using the nozzle attached, sprayed over the grills where the filters sit:
Left that to sit for 10 minutes, then ran the heating on full blast for 10 minutes, then the aircon on full for a further 10 minutes. I removed some parts of the air intake to allow for better air flow:
I was prepared to remove and clean the entire assembly, but it was clean of debris, helped by the net/filter that I placed on top of the intake just after I bought the car.
I caught the waste from under the car, expecting it to be a brownish colour, but that came out clear too. Probably not worth using condenser cleaner at this point, maybe again in 5-6 years time.
Replaced the original cabin filters with some Basenor "OEM" versions as Tesla didn't have them in stock, they look identical so I'm sure they'll be fine.
Put the car back together again, can't smell anything funky now.
That was the most maintenance I've done to the car so far. About an hour in total of which 30 mins was waiting around for the condenser to heat/cool.