Smelly door rubbers

you sure its the door rubbers & not the pollen filter given off the smell ? what sometimes happens is the filter doesn't get changed, clogs up with all sorts of s**te and then starts to rot giving off a smell, if it has been changed perhaps air con bacteria smell, that's if air con is fitted of course !

Wipe them down with a citrus wipe. Cleans them and gives a nice lemon/orange smell.

Oh no, it's *definitely* the rubbers. If you sniff them, it's almost enough to make you heave!

I wasn't able to track it down to anything specific, until I accidentally smelled the edge of the door.

A "Feng Shui 'Metal'" Air-freshner from Halfords has also done the trick. I think this is the same one the original owner used, and it's nice & coconutty.

Pete.

Thanks, I'll give that a go.

It's nothing specific to the environment, because my wife's car's door rubbers just smell of rubber.

Pete.

Perhaps the door rubbers have been cleaned with something that disagrees with the rubber?

Anyhoo, I'd try 'Febreeze' and see if that kills the smell.

sponix

When filling the screen-wash, I sniffed the engine rubbers too. They smell strange.

I don't *think* the previous owner went to that extent. I'm not even sure who the owner was. It was registered on behalf of someone, care of the Ford Motor Company.

I'll give that one a go too. I've got 4 sets of door rubbers, 1 boot rubber and a bonnet one. I'll try one solution on each one, and see which smells the best :-)

Pete.

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My screenwash has got infected with something that makes it smell like a Turkish wrestler's jockstrap. Dunno what it is, but I took it off and washed it out a while ago, along with flushing the pipes through with Milton, but it's back. Smells OK when freshly filled, but after a week incubating it's seriously offensive.

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

I hesitate to ask... but... how do you know?

Try straight Domestos.

We had a mildewy bath mat (the rubber anti-slip sort) which had mildew, so I followed the "Extreme bleaching" on the back of the milton.

Not a thing.

Neat Domestos - no problem!

Pete.

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Inference. When I squirt the windows there's a smell like a Turkish wrestler's jockstrap which goes away as the water disperses.

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

No, no, no - you misunderstand... How do you know that's what a turkish wrestler's jockstrap smells like?

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That's next, but I'm wary of getting it everywhere.

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Oh - I see. Easy, it smells just like my washer bottle after a few days.

I had this a few years ago on a Peugeot 405. I dropped a capful of Dettol into the (nearly full) washer bottle and it never returned. Perhaps worth a try before moving onto stronger stuff?

...Nick.

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Ah, that's a good idea.