Does it smell like plastic burning? Because you said "choking" or "sticks to the throat"...
Car Smell When Idling in Traffic, Traffic light, jam, etc.
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 Nov 14 2023, 06:38 PM
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QUOTE(Helldiver @ Nov 15 2023, 01:39 PM) Thank you so much for the recommendations! I’m not an expert but I’d be worried whether something behind the firewall is coming into close contact with the engine and during idling, there’s reduced heat dissipation and hence the smell enters the cabin. Might need to expand the search to beyond the air conditioning system….So I tested today, whole morning in traffic just trying with blower on + AC off... lo and behold, the smell is not there. I also tried turning the AC on after a while in traffic jam and the smell came back after a minute or two, then it lingers a while after I turn off the AC. Seems like it's an AC issue --could it be the cooling coil? Not exactly, but I'd say it's thereabouts plastic / chemical smell  That RM900 is to disassemble the whole dashboard and replace the cooling coil, that's not something I'd be comfortable doing   Good luck my friend! |
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