>Subject: A6 2.7t - P.O. was a SMOKER!! Need to change the carbon filter

[joel nevin]

Thanks, for info.
I talked to a friend and he said that detail shops
have an ionizer that you can use that gets rid of
smells, including smoke. I am going to look into that,
it is leather interior so the interior smell isn't
that bad. Just when the heat is on.
J
--- Christopher Ritchie <critchie1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Well I did it.
> >traded in my good ole A4 for a 2000 A6 2.7T 30k mi.
> >
> >The previous owner was a smoker, ughhhhhh, the car
> >itself smell fine, it's when the hot air is blowing
> >through the vents you smell residue smoke.....can
> this
> >be remedied by changing the carbon filter...is
> there
> >one? If so where is it located. Any help would be
> much
> >appreciated as the smell is driving me nuts!!
>
> On the right hand side of the car, at and under the
> base of the windshield,
> accessible from the engine compartment.  You need to
> lift up the black
> plastic shield and rubber gasket that seals off that
> part of the car from
> the engine compartment.  Don't be intimidated by it.
>  It simply pulls up.
> Shop around.  Audi charges over $40 for the filter.
> Maybe your FLAPS has
> it.  My local Autozone didn't have it in stock, but
> they could order it, and
> get it to me the next day for $22.
>
> You might want to search around for ways to rid cars
> of the cigarette smoke
> smell.  I've read that there are various techniques
> that do work.
>
>
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