A/C Part 4: Shut down Your Air Conditioning THE RIGHT WAY Before It Fails
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Term
AC air conditioning
“AC” is your car’s air conditioner. It cools the inside of the car and removes moisture from the air. This episode is about turning it off the right way so it doesn’t wear out or break early.
Concept
shut that puppy down
They’re talking about the right way to turn your car’s AC off after you’ve been using it. Doing it the proper way can help prevent the AC from failing sooner.
Term
AC system
The “AC system” means all the parts that make your car’s air conditioner work. They’re saying if you don’t turn it off correctly, you can damage those parts and end up with expensive repairs.
Term
air conditioning parts
“Air conditioning parts” are the pieces inside your car’s AC that can break. The host is saying the way you use and shut off the AC can lead to needing those parts replaced.
Term
air conditioning system
Your car’s air conditioning system is what cools the cabin and helps remove moisture from the air. The host is saying you should use it the right way so it stays working instead of failing later.
Term
owner's manual
The owner’s manual is the booklet (or app) that tells you how your exact car is supposed to be used. The host is saying it’s important because it can prevent mistakes that lead to problems later.
Car
08 Nissan Rogue
A Nissan Rogue is a crossover SUV. Here, the host is talking about a 2008 Rogue and using it to show that reading the owner’s manual can teach you how the car’s features work.
Term
max ac
“Max A/C” is the coldest setting on your car’s air conditioning. It tries to cool the cabin as quickly as possible, so the host says to switch away from it a little before you arrive.
Term
fan speed
Fan speed is how hard your car’s blower pushes air. Turning it down can reduce how much the A/C system has to work while you’re finishing your trip.
Term
air conditioning compressor
Your car’s A/C compressor is the main part that makes the air conditioning work. It squeezes the refrigerant so the system can cool the cabin, and the host warns that skipping the shutdown steps can cause it to fail.
Term
head pressure
Head pressure is the high pressure inside your car’s air-conditioning system. The host’s point is that shutting the A/C down properly helps lower that pressure so the compressor isn’t stressed.
Car
Toyota FJ Cruiser
The Toyota FJ Cruiser is a rugged, off-road SUV. The host mentions their own 2007 FJ Cruiser to show that getting car parts can take a long time, which can delay repairs.
Part
tie rod ends
Tie rod ends are small parts that help connect your steering to the front wheels. If they wear out, the steering can feel off and the car may need alignment work.
Term
refrigerant
Refrigerant is the substance inside the A/C system that carries heat away from the cabin. The compressor helps move it through the system so the air can get cold.
Term
defrost
Here, “defrost” means letting the frozen A/C cooling surface thaw. You still want the system to thaw and dry out so moisture doesn’t cause odors.
Term
smelly in car air conditioning
That “smelly A/C” smell usually happens when water stays trapped in the cooling area. If the evaporator doesn’t thaw and dry, it can grow stuff that creates the odor.
Term
antibacterial product
An antibacterial product is something meant to kill germs that cause bad smells. The speaker says the evaporator is buried in the HVAC system, so it’s hard to reach and treat properly.
Term
evaporator core
Your car’s A/C has a part inside the cabin that makes the air cold. Because it gets cold, it also collects water, and if that water doesn’t dry out, it can start to smell and grow germs.
Term
spores
Spores are like tiny seeds from mold. If they land on a wet surface in your car’s A/C, they can grow and make the air smell bad.
Concept
pull the whole car apart inside
They’re saying the evaporator area is hard to reach, so the shop may have to remove interior parts to get to it. That’s why some quick fixes don’t fully solve the problem.
Term
condenser
The condenser is an A/C part that dumps heat outside the car. It’s one of the first places an A/C leak can start, before other connections and seals.
Term
O-ring
An O-ring is a small rubber seal that helps keep A/C connections from leaking. If it fails, the system can leak refrigerant and you may get bad smells or weak cooling.
Term
porous
Porous means the material gets full of tiny holes. If the evaporator core becomes porous, it can start leaking refrigerant.
Term
heater box
The heater box is the main housing for the car’s heating/air system parts. Getting into it can be a pain because there are lots of screws and clips, and putting it back wrong can cause rattles.
Term
dash rattle
A dash rattle is a squeak or rattling noise from the dashboard area. It can happen if parts inside the dash aren’t put back tightly or correctly.
Term
discharge tube
The discharge tube is like a drain for the water the A/C creates. If it gets clogged, water can build up inside and you may hear sloshing or see leaks underneath.
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today is the air conditioning tutorial wrap-up, so I have five pieces, five things to teach you on how
to shut down your vehicle's air conditioning system 100% properly, and if any of you with an
earshot, you have that air conditioning system that smells, you know what it smells like,
yeah, like a hockey bag, cheesy work boots, we'll throw the work socks in there just to you know
traditional flavor, and a smelly dog, stinky cat, and I don't know what else, there's a hint of
something else in there that I have never been able to explain away, but if that's your vehicle's
air conditioning, then you have missed what exactly what I'm about to tell you, and it could be because
no one really explained it to you how your air conditioning system works in your vehicle, it's
exactly the same way as your AC system in the house, so what I'm about to teach you on how to
shut down air conditioning properly will also save you thousands of needless repairs in your
home air conditioning system as well, you just have to be a little bit intuitive, intuitive, yeah
intuitive, on the ball, sharp as a pin or attack, you choose, so I've got five things for you,
and so again if your vehicle has that smelly air conditioning system, there's a reason behind it
and it's because you were never taught the five steps I'm about to teach you and follow through
with it every single time you use your vehicle's air conditioning system, every time folks, not once
in a while, not like emergency brakes, park brakes, set brakes, whatever floats your boat,
you know what I'm talking about, don't use it, you lose it, and it's going to cost you bucka
bucks and to get your rear brakes working right, so we're going to talk about that as well in more
detail because many of you are not, you're not following how things work, and again I don't
know it's maybe how you've been taught, it's bad habits, it's laziness, it's whatever you want to
give the common denominator there, maybe you weren't instructed how to use it, you didn't
read the owner's manual, probably not because you know that's a collection somebody should get into
because owner's manuals they're absolutely kept in pristine condition in many cases and I have some
vintage vehicles that I went looking for owner's manuals in some very very old junk yards and I
found them where they're supposed to be in pristine condition, so if you're not reading your owner's
manual and you've purchased another vehicle folks, the biggest recommendation is make a big bowl of
popcorn and get through that owner's manual, pick through it, read it, it's good, I know it's going
to be ultimately boring like watching paint dry and grass grow, but there's, you will get a lot of
information and it will enlighten you about you know this year last year late last year we got the
08 Nissan Rogue it was donated to us and we brought it back to life and it's being well used and I'll
tell you I really like that thing it runs on farts and a jar which is amazing it's like tap the
glass is the needle moving um yeah and it comes with its faults and how did I find out I did some
research I've been reading the owner's manual and yes it is super duper boring but I have picked up on
some things that I don't know about Nissan I never owned one I've worked on them just
about every model out there all the way back to the 30s and I've never owned one of these things
it's a new animal so I'm learning a bunch of things about it and going oh that's what that
does oh that's how that works I got it I didn't know there was a interior map light that stays on
this little glowing orange light about the size of the tip of your pinky I didn't know that was a
map light I thought something was staying on at night time so anyways let's jump in here it comes
and again if you follow these five things not only with your vehicle air conditioning system but
also with your house air conditioning system you're going to save a lot of headache heart
ache and a ton of dome because this don't do it this way it's okay with me it really really is
because a man convinced against his will will always be of his own opinion still we all have
that freedom of choice and I can live with that a hundred percent as for me in my house
I do what needs to be done to save buca bucks and prevent unnecessary spending on things that was
if you just understood it a little bit more you'd keep yourself out a whole lot of problems and
there's two ways to own a vehicle in the unknown and the known in the unknown it comes with a lot of
stress heartache and intense moments of fellowship with your partner number two being in the know
and wanting to learn more and wanting to learn the just the basics to keep yourself out of hot water
and keep that older vehicle going because right now the older vehicle the older it is the better
it's going to perform for you right now and I'm not going to get into the politics of that just for
click click bait and whatnot here's what we've known for years when you know vehicles are problematic
and to the point where it's over the top car manufacturers know what they've been doing since
like the early 90s messing stuff up if they're messing it up step away go to another another
flavor and stick with that until they get their poop sorted out that's my best advice for you
I'm not about slinging mud and this and that car manufacturers have been cutting corners for so long
it ain't and it ain't new news it's old news they're making junk and they know it and they're selling
out to profitability over quality they've been doing it for decades and it's just gotten a whole
lot worse so scoot out of this flavor till they get it sorted out go to another flavor of automobile
and go down the road and be happy maybe eventually for all the bad decision making that's going on
behind closed doors that were not included in they don't ask us but you know what how we tell them
and remind them that they didn't ask us is when you're not buying their product
that's where the marketing power comes in we have the cookie we do we have the cookie so just move on
I mean if you love pain and suffering carry on soldier but if you don't go to another flavor
down the road you go and that's that's that's why I I changed flavors a number of years ago
I couldn't be happier my neighbor crossed the road actually when he changed flavors
he'd had enough he'd come across and he goes now I know why you drive what you drive he says I'm so
happy I said great all right number one here it is let's unload it because I got to get out of here
on time apparently apparently uh number one this is how to I want to be clear and specific on this
how to shut down an air conditioning system be it household or home as it's the same
that's the same in my motor mouth household or vehicle and this morning we're focusing on vehicle
but the same exact principles stand for your house system 10 and 10 to 15 minutes before you know
you're going to arrive at your destination and look at your clock you know everybody's got one of
those arm pieces now I don't know what the heck it is I'd probably take it and crush it in the
vice personally but yeah this electronic thing I try and stay 33 hours and 59 minutes on
that device all week and get everything done that I need to get done and accomplished so that's just
me I am I do like watches old school yeah old school um 10 to 15 minutes before you get to
your destination here's what we need to do we're now heading into step three get ready I know it's
going to be hot hazy humid the sun's burning down on you you're going to turn off the max ac
you're going to turn the fan step four down to low fan speed no you're not going to die you're not
going to pass out there's not going to be heat exhaustion okay so I'm going to hopefully help
you with all those things that become excuses no no no plus no times no equals no so again
10 to 15 minutes and if you followed me you would see that's exactly what the pilot does in my vehicle
every single time I know when I'm going to be arriving the hour of arrival we'll talk about
that sometime 10 to 15 minutes before max ac turn it off turn the fan speed to low you're
going to have freezing cold air coming out right until you get to your destination but there's
one more step we need to do and this is the step when you skip it any of these steps
you will blow up your your vehicle's air conditioning compressor that's the first mega component
that's going to say I've had enough of this head pressure boom it's going to let go and then you're
going to know about it because the estimator to fix it it's going to be an alley well I'm telling you
it's in this year it's going to be an alley and we're having a time of it getting parts in fact
you know our very own 07 fj cruisers been laid up like almost two weeks more than it should have
it took five days to get tie rod ends here five days yeah and you'll say well well come
it took so long I'll tell you after let's get through this because it's an interesting thing
the the way things are going on with automotive parts right now it is a game and you got to
learn to play the game the parts game and the car game so 10 to 15 minutes why am I
reiterating this because you got to learn it if you want to save your vehicles air conditioning
and a whole pile that cash that you're leaving the house to chase down every single day yeah
you want it's not what you make it's what you get to keep folks that really counts I've learned
that over the years 10 to 15 minutes before you reach your destination reach down turn off max ac
so you're shutting down the compressor you're allowing the the pressures in the system to come
off of the compressor that's what we want to do let the pressures equalize in the system
and get what we call head pressure off the compressor and that's the heart consider the
compressor the heart that's pumping the refrigerant through all the arteries to give you air conditioning
that's the heart if you don't want to do this then you will experience heart failure in your
air conditioning system called the compressor and like I already said it's going to be an
owie this year for parts and delivery it's going to be an owie and if you don't change
the cycle of using the air conditioning you're going to do it again I'm sorry to tell you but
you probably will do it again and I don't buy remanufactured ac compressors there were companies
that were providing really good product but now it's a game changer folks let me tell you when I
go looking for parts I'm hunting parts I have my resources that my go-tos but you know it's
unfortunate that I'm not able to utilize a company I've been buying parts from for 44 years the prices
are out of the world out of this world I don't know what's going on there but the digits don't add up
when I can go shopping to my resources online and I'm paying half the price for the same name
product there's a problem there and I'm not dealing with it I just you know what if I'm shopping parts
for you or myself I'm shopping hard so you're going to turn off that max ac the compressor is
going to take a deep breath and let it out just like LeMans class not saying I've been there so like
that's what we need it to do it just take a
ah and it's relaxed pressures off the main heart in the ac system number four click to numb the
lowest fan speed because it will continue to give you freezing cold air because the system
is still defrosting so the evaporator core which is hidden deep in the abyss of your vehicle they
put it in first and build the car around it that should give you a visual it frosts over
that's what happens to it so when you shut off the compressor the heart of the system and you put
the low fan speed on that evaporator core needs to defrost ladies you'll understand that a lot
needs to defrost and dry out and I'm going to get you there so that's why you're going to continue
to get cold air and if you want to get even fancier put the cold air down to you to the floor
whatever floats your boat leave it coming out of the center dashes or put it down to the floor
because here's the thing we can be as human beings we can be boiling hot stick your feet in a bucket
of cool water and put a cold cloth on the back of your neck and within minutes you know what
your cool is a cucumber so if our feet are cool our body buys into it
so five minutes now before you reach your final destiny you're going to want that fan
on to high speed why are we going to do that motor mouth because as I just mentioned the
evaporator core is the little hummer that freezes over it frosts over as white as a cloud and that's
where you're going to get your cold air coming in even though you've shut the compressor down
we need to get that baby defrosted and dried out because when you don't that's when you get the
smelly in car air conditioning system and I'll tell you right now I can't fix it
and if any tech out there says he can well he's a better ac man than I am because the problem is
we can't get to that evaporator core easily enough to spray it down with antibacterial product to kill
the spores the fungus that's growing on that that evaporator core and how does it get there
hair dander floaties in the car all kinds of particles get trapped on that that evaporator
core because it stays damp so then that material is on there and it's wet and it holds moisture
and just like at home wet towels in the laundry basket smells like what ladies
yeah like a really bad hockey bag why because the towels got put away in the laundry hamper wet
again or left on the floor in a bedroom they smell well your ac system does exactly the same thing
if that evaporator core can't get dried off it's going to build spores and bacteria which
isn't good for anyone in your vehicle that has cardiorespiratory issues or allergies because
that's bacteria it's fungus and as I said I've got hoses with this kind of nozzle on and and I've
tried products boxes of products we can make it smell yummy and and flavorful for a while but
that's not going to kill all the bacteria we leave a little corner quarter inch corner of
bacteria it will grow again it will return usually within about a month so it'll smell good
and everything's happy because we put some smelly on there and killed some bacteria but it will
come the only way to make sure 100% that doesn't come back is we got to take half your car apart
to get that evaporator core in front of us so we can clean it off brush it off spray it down dry it
out and make sure that we've killed all the spores because it grows back very very quickly
and the reason being is you'll you fall back into your own habits of not shutting the air
conditioning system down properly so even my neighbors have said you know when you you know
why do you sit in your car for like five or so minutes what are you doing I said you know usually
a puzzle or you know you know today's a teaser out of the newspaper or you know I'm working on a
an afghan yeah and I go no I said I'm making sure I dry out my evaporator core on my air conditioning
don't just shut it off oh that's what I do I go well it's gonna stink in there oh it does already
how do you fix that I go I can't fix it I can't I got hours and probably eight to
ten hours of labor to get to your evaporator core to spray it down I have the products on the shelf
that will kill the spores but I you know putting a hose down the dash and you know hoping that I
blast the thing is only gonna I said it's only gonna make your car smell for a few days and then
that's gonna wear off and then the smell is gonna come back because I can't see what I'm shooting
you know it's like a blind hog can find an acorn once in a while exactly that's the same
procedure so I don't offer that I stopped offering that procedure in my shop on the Hamilton mountain
because it's a shot in the dark I you know I got to charge you some time to spray some smelly in
there some antibacterial that will kill the spores it's designed specifically for that
and if I don't get it all then the job's not done it's it I can't produce a hundred percent fix
and then if I can't teach you how to shut your vehicle's air conditioning system down correctly
then we're not going to win it's going to start all over again from the very beginning so even
if I were to spend eight or nine hours to get to your evaporator corn spray it down for you
and kill all that bacteria if you don't know learn these steps on how to shut your ac system down
we're back into it so what got corrected nothing really it was just a you know a short term thing
and my time is money I gotta bill it out I gotta bill out my time so that's why I'm saying you
gotta learn how to do this and you gotta do it every single time so if you have multiple drivers
on one vehicle in the home then this is the tutorial that they need to pay attention to
because that smell is not going to go away ever and there's nothing you're going to do to fix it
unless you're willing to invest two things someone like myself that gets excited about pulling your
whole car apart inside and it's not good I don't even want you around when I do it because you'll
think I'm wrecking your car no it's what I gotta do to get in there because like I said I wasn't
trying to be funny is they put the evaporator core in and then they build the car around it
it's the stupidest thing I've ever seen because where do a lot of ac leaks start usually condenser
next it may be a line fitting a connection a gasket an O-ring but many times it's the evaporator
core because that moisture rots it out it's aluminum and it eventually makes it porous because
then the refrigerant leaks out and at that point there is no choice but to pull the whole take the
seats out pull the dash carpet back so I can get in there and get to the evaporator
core and split the heater box so I can get in there and get to it it's a lot of work and it's
hundreds and hundreds of screws and clips and fasteners that all have to go back in so we don't
create a dash rattle or a squeak so again how to shut down your vehicle's air conditioning
in the house same thing if it's in a cycle that's what we call it if the air conditioning is deep
into a cycle it's blowing cold air just don't shut it off you got a window shaker at home
that will blow that compressor out of that window shaker in no time whatsoever because it can't handle
the pump cannot handle head pressure that's what blows it up inside it's not designed for that
so if your home air conditioning is in a cycle it's blowing cold air you need to tell it just
change the thermostat to tell it to back off and let it finish its cycle and then if you're
wanting to shut it down completely that's when you turn it off off so if it's a window shaker
you need to do the same principle right here that I'm teaching you on your car if you want that
window shaker ac unit to last many many many years this is how you do it 10 to 15 minutes
before you get to your destination turn off the compressor that's the max ac button
hit it to low set fan speed so you continually get slow moving air across that
frozen frosted over evaporator core and it will keep you cool for quite a while then five minutes
before you hit your destination turn the fan speed up to high speed we're now wanting to air dry
the evaporator core off so it's defrosted at this point now it's dripping and that's why
people say what's dripping under my car that's the frost off your evaporator core coming out what
we call the discharge tube that's what you want to see is you want to see the water hitting the
ground underneath your car and a lot of times that tube gets plugged with a spidey crawls into it
and I just put a little piece of wire up there and fish that down because if you don't the heater
box fills up with water and you may hear this sloshing noise when you turn the fan on faster
you hear water moving and you're thinking I hear water moving yeah it's because that that drip tube
has got a spidey in there and he's got it plugged up and living in his nice humid
circumstances that he wants so you got to fish him out so that that water comes out you got to
get that water out of the heater box again mold mildew spores bacteria you give you give the
heater box all the elements it needs to create the stinky that's what happens so the high fan
speed will the evap is defrosted at this stage high fan speeds are going to help dry it down
and that's why I had to explain that to my neighbors I sit in my car after I've had the AC on
and I'm letting it dry out so I don't get a stinky car when my air conditioning's on
and I fj's almost 20 going to be 20 years old in July it doesn't smell the 99 Honda Civic DX
has air conditioning and pumps out penguins it doesn't smell anything that we have that has
air conditioning doesn't smell why because I do this five step pattern not once in a while
every time because I'm not pulling that dash apart for anybody that is a job and a half let me tell
you so that wraps up today and that wraps up the series and it's a it is a four part series
that called the I entitled it the AC tutorial so now you have all four pieces you shut down
your home air conditioning units the exactly the same way you will avoid thousands of dollars in
needless repairs but again it's always your choice as for me in my house 44 years I do not like
wasting cash and I do everything and anything possible to learn something to prevent that from
happening so if we're not debriefing all the time to know and learn if you're you know as my prof would
say the mind is like a parachute Jenkins it only works when it's open you got it I said yeah I got
that yeah 10 times jumping out of a perfectly good airplane at 2.5 vertical miles I got that yeah
exactly the mind is like a parachute it only works when it's open I hope you have a great
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About this episode
Nile Modermount Jenkins lays out a five-step way to shut down a vehicle’s A/C so it doesn’t fail or start smelling. The routine focuses on turning off max A/C before arrival to relieve compressor stress and then drying the evaporator core—because trapped moisture leads to “spores and bacteria” and odors that can return. He also warns that skipping steps can “blow up your…air conditioning compressor,” and that ignoring small repairs can snowball into big bills.
Original notes
Most people turn of their air conditioning system the wrong way every single day....and it can lead to mouldy evaporators, terrible smells, moisture build up, and even expensive compressor damage. In Part 4 of this A/C tutorial series, we break down the simple 5-step shut down process every vehicle owner should know - and yes, it works for home air conditioner too.
Think shutting off your A/C is as simple as pressing the button? Not Quite. In this final part of the Motormouth Tutorial Series, we explain the proper shutdown procedure for automotive, window, and central sir - conditioning systems to help prevent moisture buildup, evaporsaor contamination, foul odours, and costly compressor failures.
We walk through the exact 5-step pattern:
✅ When to turn off Max A/C
✅ Why low fan speed. still keeps the air cold
✅ How to properly dry out the evaporator core
✅ Why high fan speed before shutdown matters
✅ The simple habit that can save thousands in repairs
If your vehicle smells like a gym locker, hockey bag, or wet work boots every time the A/C kicks on...this episode is for you.
👉 This is Part 4 of our complete A/C tutorial series.
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