Air con smell/leak and wet carpet

If it is related to the air conditioning, there is a drain line running from inside the car/under the condenser body to the outside. If it is plugged or kinked, that could cause condensate to end up on the passenger side floor.

I wouldn't think it'd explain an oily smell though...

Thanks, I'll check that out.

Perhaps oily was not the right description but it's a bit sharper than the usual air-con musty smell. Perhaps it's the carpet going manky.

Thanks and Regards

your post made me look under my seat/carpets, cos like you I have been running my aircon/climate control for a few weeks and at the beginning of this week noticed stinky smell just after starting up.

I didn't find any water/dampness and the smell was not there last night.....perhaps it was just the local SS stirring the pot.

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A smell when starting up isn't unusual- it's bacteria in the piping. You can buy an aerosol from Halfords that will help cure that.