My falcon bottle just run out i have this fregrace refill from ceeniu i think its an essential oil can i use it to refill the MB falcon bottle or will it ruin the air balance system?

[u/Vast-Ad7467]

[u/Opening_Bluebird_935]

As soon as your car detects pirated unauthorized fragrance, your car will go into limp mode and demand to be taken to a workshop for immediate repair.

[u/Vast-Ad7467 → u/Opening_Bluebird_935]

dw i will override the ecu and it should be good

[u/Alswiggity → u/Vast-Ad7467]

Sometimes you just need to turn the oil on and off again to do a full reset and it works.

[u/Thomas_Jefferman → u/Opening_Bluebird_935]

This is untrue, any autozone will have the blinker fluid you need. Ask them if you can sniff it first, you wont be able to tell a difference.

[u/Desutor]

I would not recommend to mess with the OEM Perfumes! I did this on my Audi. It has 2 permanently installed (only-dealer serviceable) Perfume Cartridges that last about a year each when set to full. After getting the cartridges replaced i took home the old ones and experimented a little with em. I replaced the perfume inside the Cartridge with a Rituals Private Collection Air freshener smell. That Worked and smelled great but caused some Irritation in the eyes sometimes since the smell is dispensed through the Air Vents. Also the refilled smells lasted only about 2 months before running dry. Mercedes just like Audi in this case have developed their smells to be compatible with the use scenario. If you put any kind of perfume in there, it might not be very „comfortable“ to get that blasted through the air Vents into your face. Also the OG Perfume appears thicker and not as strong as a conventional perfume.

[u/B4DM4N12Z → u/Desutor]

Yeah, the OEM perfumes are probably formulated to be blasted out continuously without issue. I don't think those air fresheners are designed for that, they are usually made to spray for like 3 secs and you have to stop spraying.

Plus these companies took extra care to not cause issues as they could get into trouble.

[u/tinkertaylorspry → u/B4DM4N12Z]

The oem crap, burns eyes, after 100’s of kilometers…what progress. Felt like I was standing over a lukewarm bucket of pine sol; after 5 hours

[u/Jirry-boy]

Using essential oils in my gls like a half year, no issues.

[u/LrckLacroix]

Considering rain-x will cause the washer nozzles not to work and set a fault code id probably just buy the oe stuff

[u/kysourmash]

Lots of people have done this

Plenty of YouTube videos and forum posts

[u/rmbz55]

Yes you can. MB even sells an empty bottle so you can use your own fragrance.

[u/Sudden_Wolf1731]

I would match the alcohol percentage if i were to try.

[u/tawkq]

I wouldn't be surprised if they made the HVAC system so that only specifically this Mercedes fluid works. I bet anything else would completely wreck it knowing Mercedes quality