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Source of weird organic odor in my V70 V70-XC70 2004

posted by  artdrectr on  Sun Apr 16 10:19 CST 2017
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Rain or shine, my 2004 V70 doesn’t get a garage.
For the past few months the interior has been smelling bad.
Smells like mildew or mold or something organic (not radiator fluid, fuel or exhaust smells).
I did replace the cabin air filter, shampoo the floor mats, and sprayed some Lysol down the air inlets (under hood/cowl).

There isn’t a pollen filter on this car.

I can’t generally determine by smell where it’s coming from.
It smells immediately when you get in before starting the car.

So, this is probably mildew hanging out somewhere.
Any ideas how to find/remove this smell?

Don






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