Ammonia Smell...

[tucker266]

Left the van for a few days and came back to a strong smell of ammonia inside. I suspect it’s something to do with the ad blue but wondered if anybody had experienced anything similar.

Grateful for any help thanks very much

Anthony

 

[Airhoguk]

Is your van on charge? It could be the battery venting off gas?

 

[Lightning]

I had someting like this a while ago after my van was in for some work. It was most prominent when the windscreen demister fan was turned on. I changed the pollen filter and squirted antibacterial down the scuttle panel. I also tried air con fog bombs. Didn’t work. Eventually it just cleared itself after a couple of months.
My van is petrol, so it wasn’t AdBlue.

 

[Ch1pbutty]

Could be a dead mouse

 

[Ting Tong]

The most common cause of an ammonia like smell is a kaput leisure battery. Is the battery getting hot? AdBlue doesn’t smell of ammonia.

 

[rod_vw]

Gas given off by a charging battery is Hydrogen, once smelt never forgotten.

I've been in a few big battery rooms in telephone exchanges and remember it from then. By big batteries I mean those with individual cells that are much bigger than a double kitchen cupboard unit!

 

[tucker266]

The most common cause of an ammonia like smell is a kaput leisure battery. Is the battery getting hot? AdBlue doesn’t smell of ammonia.

Thanks everybody. This seems the most plausible cause- battery/van is about 4 years old and not really heavily used. Could it be done already? I’ll send it in for a service this week...

 

[Ting Tong]

Blimey don’t go near a VW dealer fro that...they’ll charge you over £400 + labour for a rebadged battery when you can buy the identical one for £160. If it’s hot and not holding charge then change it.

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