HVAC Window Shaker Maintenance

hi dr. zarkloff,
please please help! we are renting an apartment and our landlord has installed our window unit in such a way that it would be hard to remove it. however, we may soon die because of the awful awful fish stench coming from the air conditioner so i would find a way to remove it if i had to! so far i have cleaned all filters and grills and have hosed down (water only) and dusted the condensor and evaporator coils. the unit has vents on the portion of the hangs outside the window, so i could kind of hose off the blower wheel and other inside non- electrical components. i also poured bleach into the condenser tray to kill whatever could be growing - but after two days or so, the smell comes back (plus i am worried i will kill us because we'll be inhaling fumes). is there something else that could be making things smell so darned awful? is there a way to clean the coils without removing the unit from the wall?
thanks Dr Zarkloff!

LMAO... I didn't do it! my husband did! but it's good to know what not to do and what you should do~! :)

ok, that's good to know :P

Yes. Just as itscool1968 stated, the compressor oil moves out of the compressor. It will take about 24 hours before she'll be able to start it up after putting it upright.

I was just waiting for someone to send in a video question.

Very good. You're absolutely right. I was going to say something about it. But then, I figured that it might not make such a good TV stand if you did that.:)

i was told setting a window ac on its back like the viewer has hers is bad for the compressor as the oil separates from the freon and that you should sit it back up the right way for at least 24 hours before turning it on for the season is this true?

thanks for the video i was hopeing you would get to do one soon

hi i had gone to school for HVAC anyways i was told not to put your window AC or anyting like that upside down as it could hurt it is that true? if so why did you not tell her she should not do that? lol

I didn't know that either. I guess we both learned something here.

Hmm I did not know that you can use a window shaker as a portable TV stand lmao.

That was very well put together :)

clean that house before you clean that window unit!! lol!!

Thanks.

5 stars all its true.