check the drain hose on the out side of the fire wall, most time on the pass side. if its cloged un cloge it and clean out the heater box
Bad heater core.
Most of the time it is caused by a hole in the heater core, do you smell a sweet smell? The sweet smell would be the antifreeze.
Either you have a blockage present or your vents on your sewer lines have become blocked or you need to install more vents.
Depends on the smell. What does it smell like?
The "antifreeze smell out the AC vents" would mean only one thing, you have a small leak in the heater core.
The most likely cause would be a vacuum leak at the rear of the engine or a defective selector switch.
I have a 2000 olds alero and the signal light only work sometimes, What would cause that?
hi - we have a 2004 olds alero and have question about fuel milage . we get at best 16.3 mpg city ,is this normal ?
Is it a fish smell or a rotten egg smell ? FISH SMELL COULD BE A BAD HEATER CORE, THIS WOULD CAUSE YOU NOT TO HAVE HEAT IN THE CAR , BUT IT MIGHT NOT CAUSE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON UNLESS MAYBE CAR IS LOW ON COOLANT. ( THERE MIGHT BE A LOW COOLANT SENSOR TO TRIGGER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT) ROTTEN EGG SMELL COULD BE A CLOGGED CATALYTIC CONVERTER , WHICH WOULD CAUSE THE OXYGEN SENSOR TO TRIGGER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, BUT IT WOULDN'T CAUSE THE LOSS OF HEAT.
The Alero is made by Oldsmobile not Chrysler. My first suspicion would be a failed fuel pump or clogged fuel filter.
a bad sensor. the alero is notorius for many bad sensors. not an expensive replacement though
Changing ac components under the hood should not cause a chemical smell. If the smell changes by changing the air settings from recirculate to fresh, then there may be some chemicals on the outside of the parts. It is also possible that you damaged a part of the heater core system and the smell is antifreeze.