Everytime I run it, it omits this foul odor?? My dad thinks it's normal, but he's a hillbilly. I KNOW it's not normal. I must know what it is.
You probably need to change the vacuum bag. I clean houses for a living and your vacuum cleaner will smell like whatever you suck up. If I clean a house that has a lot of animals and I suck up a lot of pet hair and then I clean another house after that without changing the bag, the vacuum will emit that animal hair smell into the other house.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree honey. Change the bag for goodness sake.
Filters can be cleaned in the dish washer on normal cycle top rack only. Sprinkle baking soda on the filters after washing them dry. Stick one or two scented dryer sheets into the vac bag and on the bottom of it too. If you see smoke then the drive belt is going or if it smells like burning rubber then the brush and beat arm belt is going bad or stuck.
You may need to change or wash the air filter, empty bag often.You don't say what type of cleaner it is so it's hard to give a proper answer.If it's like a burning electrical smell then it may be the wiring or the motor. try the above first if that does not work take the cleaner to a repair place.
If it takes a bag, it could be that it needs to be emptied out, if it has a canister that collects all the stuff it picks up then you probably need to replace the filter. If it's a burnt rubber smell, then it's your belt for sure. * If you can not replace the entire filter then have your dad blow it out with a compressor.*
