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badgolferman
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:17 am Post subject:
Re: 97 camry recirculation duct location |
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Ray O, 11/6/2005,9:57:28 PM, wrote:
| Quote: | Passenger side.
There is a door that moves from the fresh air intake to the interior
intake when you switch the HVAC control from fresh to recirc. If you
have your head under the passenger side of the dash and switch from
fresh to recirc, you should be able to hear the door make a noise as
it seals shut. If you have your head under the dash with a light,
you may even be able to see the door open and close.
I read in one of your later posts that you sprayed from the outside
and then switched to recirc. That should work, although not as
effectively as spraying through the interior intake.
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I know you probably know what you would be looking for but my neighbor
who works on cars and myself couldn't find it. Yes, we stuck our heads
in there and looked with a flashlight while the other one moved the
switch back and forth. I know it's there, but it must be awfully deep
inside the dash. I decided even if I could see it I wouldn't be able
to get to it easily anyway so that's why I sprayed it from the outside.
Now I've been driving around for a while with the heat on and the fan
on high trying to get the smell of the spray out of the car.
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"They call it golf because all of the other four-letter words were
taken." -- Raymond Floyd
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Ray O
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Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:
Re: 97 camry recirculation duct location |
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"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Ray O, 11/6/2005,9:57:28 PM, wrote:
Passenger side.
There is a door that moves from the fresh air intake to the interior
intake when you switch the HVAC control from fresh to recirc. If you
have your head under the passenger side of the dash and switch from
fresh to recirc, you should be able to hear the door make a noise as
it seals shut. If you have your head under the dash with a light,
you may even be able to see the door open and close.
I read in one of your later posts that you sprayed from the outside
and then switched to recirc. That should work, although not as
effectively as spraying through the interior intake.
I know you probably know what you would be looking for but my neighbor
who works on cars and myself couldn't find it.
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You guessed wrong ;-) I went out and looked under the passenger side of the
dash on our '97 Avalon and couldn't see a thing other than the vent that
blows air to the floor. Of course, I didn't remove the underside cover to
see what was there.
Looking at the '97 Avalon factory repair manual, it looks like the recirc
intake is above the blower motor, which is to the left of the vent that
blows to the floor on the passenger side. It looks like the intake is
behind the center console.
Yes, we stuck our heads
| Quote: | in there and looked with a flashlight while the other one moved the
switch back and forth. I know it's there, but it must be awfully deep
inside the dash. I decided even if I could see it I wouldn't be able
to get to it easily anyway so that's why I sprayed it from the outside.
Now I've been driving around for a while with the heat on and the fan
on high trying to get the smell of the spray out of the car.
--
"They call it golf because all of the other four-letter words were
taken." -- Raymond Floyd
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Good luck!
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Ray O
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davidj92
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:37 am Post subject:
Re: 97 camry recirculation duct location |
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badgolferman wrote:
| Quote: | yjrybano2spam@yahoo.com, 11/5/2005,10:52:51 AM, wrote:
Golferman
I don't think that there is an actual "Return Duct" I think it is
simply an opening in the blower ass'y thru which air gets sucked in
when you are in "Recirc" position. If you can get to the blower you
can spray your stuff in there.
Another(better?) possibility is to set the system for "outside air"
rather than "recirc" and spray you stuff at the base of the
windshield. HTH
JerryR
I took a tissue and held it all over the underside of the dash -- on
top of the blower, all around it, driver's side -- I even held it up
to every vent I could find inside the car. It's incredible to say,
but I can't find any return duct or area that sucks the air back into
the system. I may be forced to use the outside air vent, but the
problem there is the stuff will get diluted with too much outside
air. Maybe I'll have to spray it in then close it back to RECIRC.
Any other ideas, fellas?
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I saw a product on 2 Guys Garage that is an aerosol that you spray in a vent
and it foams up inside the evaporator case, kills the mold and when it
dissolves it drains out throught the evap drain. Don't know if it's any
better, but it might be easier to use.
davidj92
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badgolferman
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:53 am Post subject:
Re: 97 camry recirculation duct location |
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davidj92, 11/10/2005,5:37:28 PM, wrote:
| Quote: | badgolferman wrote:
yjrybano2spam@yahoo.com, 11/5/2005,10:52:51 AM, wrote:
Golferman
I don't think that there is an actual "Return Duct" I think it is
simply an opening in the blower ass'y thru which air gets sucked
in when you are in "Recirc" position. If you can get to the
blower you can spray your stuff in there.
Another(better?) possibility is to set the system for "outside
air" rather than "recirc" and spray you stuff at the base of the
windshield. HTH
JerryR
I took a tissue and held it all over the underside of the dash -- on
top of the blower, all around it, driver's side -- I even held it up
to every vent I could find inside the car. It's incredible to say,
but I can't find any return duct or area that sucks the air back
into the system. I may be forced to use the outside air vent, but
the problem there is the stuff will get diluted with too much
outside air. Maybe I'll have to spray it in then close it back to
RECIRC. Any other ideas, fellas?
I saw a product on 2 Guys Garage that is an aerosol that you spray in
a vent and it foams up inside the evaporator case, kills the mold and
when it dissolves it drains out throught the evap drain. Don't know
if it's any better, but it might be easier to use. davidj92
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That's pretty much the same stuff. However the directions told me to
spray it in through the return duct inside the cabin and since it
wasn't visible anywhere I ended up spraying it in through the outside
air vents. The smell of the spray is still within the venting system
so I can't really tell if the other smell is gone yet.
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