White Dust From Car Air Vents

It s visible at all of the front vents and it has settled on everything that is in front of the vents.

White dust from car air vents.

The unsuspecting drummers were not impressed with our. It is not coming from outside the car or the cabin air filter would stop it. It also came out of the top vents when the defroster was on. Car year make model.

Smells horrible and yet mechanic can find nothing wrong. Initially thought it was just the cabin filter replaced to no avail then read about air cond fin corrosion potentially associated with failing water pump. It doesn t smell and stops after a few. If there s a smell to the steam or if it s actually smoke you have a larger problem on your hands.

Started the car and noticed something coming from the vents. Terrible smell coming from vents with ac or heat not all the time. This dust is being made in your car. Now the white dust could be aluminum oxide or aluminum rust as the fins break down.

Your a c evaporator is the source of this white powder. Why the heck does this white dandruff looking dust come out of all my vents every time i turn on the heat ac. White sparkling powder comes out and covers the dash. The dust normally has a grit to it rather than normal dust you d find around the house.

The evaporator is made of tubes covered with aluminum fins. If there s a small pinhole which is a small leak typically caused by corrosion in the heater core drivers may have steam coming. Bill allen owner of mechanics plus in casselberry florida says that air flows through a heater core and an evaporator core before exiting the vents. Won t buy another ford.

Checked among other things if the ac was not draining and put in a new air filter but problem still continues. The dust can also be found in the air conditioning vents tucked up against the windshield and on the front of the passenger window trim. Hi over the past few weeks i have also noticed white powder blowing out of air vents on my 2009 auris 1 33 tr about 32k miles.