Please Help: Air Conditioner Leaking

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by nisyota

no fixes on this? Ive cleaned out my hose twice this year. im thinking of getting a new hose from homedepot...

its an easy job to unclog the hose, but its annoying that i have to do this....

After looking at the AC section of the service manual, I am mighty glad that I put the filter in within the first week that I bought the car.

If you look at the picture below, without the filter in place, anything that enters the outside intake has a direct path into the air box. With the filter there, you will prevent particulate from getting into the box, where it then plugs the drain and provides a breeding ground for molds. Even if you haven't had the drain fully plugged, the stuff that enters without the filter will stick to the walls of the box. So, if you've run without the filter for any period of time, before adding the filter it would make sense to disinfect the airbox as well as you can with something like Ozium or Lysol.

AC Box.jpg

[R2D2]

Originally Posted by CTScott

After looking at the AC section of the service manual, I am mighty glad that I put the filter in within the first week that I bought the car.

If you look at the picture below, without the filter in place, anything that enters the outside intake has a direct path into the air box. With the filter there, you will prevent particulate from getting into the box, where it then plugs the drain and provides a breeding ground for molds. Even if you haven't had the drain fully plugged, the stuff that enters without the filter will stick to the walls of the box. So, if you've run without the filter for any period of time, before adding the filter it would make sense to disinfect the airbox as well as you can with something like Ozium or Lysol.

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Yet another great reason to check and make sure one's Yaris is sporting a cabin filter (most aren't)! Glad I caught mine early on too.

CTScott you are always quick with the trouble-shooting and diagrams! Someone should give you an MVP (most valuable poster) award!

Thanks,

R2

[Lafiro]

Originally Posted by CTScott

After looking at the AC section of the service manual, I am mighty glad that I put the filter in within the first week that I bought the car.

If you look at the picture below, without the filter in place, anything that enters the outside intake has a direct path into the air box. With the filter there, you will prevent particulate from getting into the box, where it then plugs the drain and provides a breeding ground for molds. Even if you haven't had the drain fully plugged, the stuff that enters without the filter will stick to the walls of the box. So, if you've run without the filter for any period of time, before adding the filter it would make sense to disinfect the airbox as well as you can with something like Ozium or Lysol.

Attachment 25907

Thanks! But I still cant find where the hose is under the car.

Still living with this distgusting smell, cant use the AC half the time.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Lafiro

Thanks! But I still cant find where the hose is under the car.

Still living with this distgusting smell, cant use the AC half the time.

It can be hard to find from under. You can easily access it from about. Just have a pan or bucket under the hose as you clear it, so you don't get the output all over the carpet.

Here's where it is (top left side of the passenger footwell):
AC hose.jpg


Here's what it looks like when you pull it out of the flloor:
AC Hose 1.jpg

[nobodywise]

Originally Posted by CTScott

It can be hard to find from under. You can easily access it from about. Just have a pan or bucket under the hose as you clear it, so you don't get the output all over the carpet.

Here's where it is (top left side of the passenger footwell):
Attachment 26199


Here's what it looks like when you pull it out of the flloor:
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Is this the same for a right hand drive sedan?

I love the back of my car, the front... not so much

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by nobodywise

Is this the same for a right hand drive sedan?

I love the back of my car, the front... not so much

For RHD cars it is the same but on the opposite side of the center console.

[nobodywise]

Originally Posted by CTScott

For RHD cars it is the same but on the opposite side of the center console.

So you mean it would be on the right side of the car and run to the top right of the carpet orrrrr?
I sent you a private message

I love the back of my car, the front... not so much