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Mildew Dirty Socks smell from vents

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by smitty99, May 7, 2016.

  1. May 11, 2016 at 11:35 AM
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    El Duderino

    El Duderino Obviously, you're not a golfer.

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    I live on Oahu in Hawaii and my ac is on whether its 6am or 10pm driving and I never get this smell. With the humity and heat here I clean my air filter once a month. I brush it off with a paint brush and wet it and blow dry it and the put it back all good.
     
  2. May 11, 2016 at 11:36 AM
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    Cabin filter or engine air filter?
     
  3. May 11, 2016 at 12:17 PM
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    Maybe you're just using the wrong brand of air freshener?
     
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  4. May 11, 2016 at 12:20 PM
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    Hey smitty, you know of any place I can go climb some steep hills and use my locker?

    Also anywhere where there is loose dirt so i can do some donuts?
     
  5. May 11, 2016 at 12:53 PM
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  6. May 11, 2016 at 12:55 PM
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    Mine started to smell after owning the truck for two months and 9k miles. Yeah I know, I'm pretty savage lol
     
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  7. May 11, 2016 at 3:19 PM
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    smitty99 [OP] I also bought a 4Runner

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    Go out to Sycamore Creek area near Sugar loaf mountain just up the 87 from Fountain Hills
     
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  8. May 11, 2016 at 3:34 PM
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    Just googled "sycamore creek hiking" and found a bunch of nude hiking/gay nude hiking websites. Apparently sycamore attracts a lot of nude hikers lol.
     
  9. May 11, 2016 at 3:34 PM
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    The issue is with the AC off. I just hit 9k and I'd say somewhere around 8k I noticed it. Definite mildew smell. Will replace cabin filter at my 10k. I live in Seattle though, so my truck has been wet almost half of its life. Wish I could say the same about an ex.
     
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  10. May 11, 2016 at 3:35 PM
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  11. May 11, 2016 at 3:37 PM
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    Lawfarin

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    Any lesbian nudist hikers? Lol
     
  12. May 11, 2016 at 3:38 PM
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    Bulldike variety?
     
  13. May 11, 2016 at 3:39 PM
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    Apparently it's mostly just gay guys "looking for action". That's what one person commented in the nudist hiking website. I was trying to see if they had any pictures of babes but no.
     
  14. May 11, 2016 at 3:40 PM
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    We used to 4wheel there all the time in the early 2000s. Never saw a naked person
     
  15. May 11, 2016 at 3:40 PM
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    Were you checking out the photos of the dudes?
     
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  17. May 11, 2016 at 3:43 PM
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    I wasn't checking them out lol.
     
  18. May 11, 2016 at 3:44 PM
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    Is it near butcher jones trail?
     
  19. May 11, 2016 at 3:45 PM
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