So seriously, I think something crawled inside my heating vents and died. It's starting to get cold up here and turning on the heat causes everyone in the car to instantly vomit. It's quite gross. Have any of you guys ever had this happen before? I'm about to set the car on fire and claim the insurance money.
If you guys have any great ideas for finding the location of the vermin, let me know. Otherwise give me suggestions on setting "accidental" fires.
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mold/mildew?
frigi-fresh by BG products.
Happens all the time.
We have a car come in every couple weeks with a dead rodent in the heater case or blower motor.
+1 on the frigi fresh if its not something dead.
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NTIman Wrote:Happens all the time.
We have a car come in every couple weeks with a dead rodent in the heater case or blower motor.
+1 on the frigi fresh if its not something dead.
so basically, Hunter needs to buy some latex gloves and go carcass hunting in the vents? have fun buddy!
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Haha same thing happened to one of my moms old cars when I was young. I think she had to end up trading it in
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NTIman Wrote:We have a car come in every couple weeks with a dead rodent in the heater case or blower motor.
I need to go carcass hunting pretty soon, I'm going on a big road trip starting friday and I'd appreciate not arriving at a wedding in Delaware smelling like dead rotting mouse. It smells for heat and A/C, do you think that suggests the blower motor more than anything else?
Evan Wrote:mold/mildew?
frigi-fresh by BG products.
I'll remember that stuff if I can't find any small critters, but the smell seems to be of the dead creature variety and getting more intense by the day.
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flintster55 Wrote:Haha same thing happened to one of my moms old cars when I was young. I think she had to end up trading it in
I hope it doesn't come to that!
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Generally, if theres a dead animal in your blower motor it will be really loud when you turn it on, due to the motor being off balance, or chopping up squeaky the mouse.
Other than that, I can't really tell you where to look, because it could get anywhere in the ducts, heater case, etc.
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What are mice in VT supposed to do? Huh?
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that suuuuucks. put on the gas mask and gloves on and go hunting - take out that blower and near the heater core
squirrels made my roommates engine bay a home during the winter chewing through the ignition cables several times.
sorry man 
Start by smelling each vent seperately, if you find one that's stronger than the rest, it might be there. If they are all the same, dig into the airbox!
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Well I found it last night... dead mouse in the blower. Although it's more accurate to say multiple pieces of dead mouse in the blower. I knew it as soon as I opened up the blower. The smell was so strong I literally puked in the driveway, I'm not even kidding. Possibly the worst thing I've ever smelled in my life.
The puking was my fault though. I had a sweatshirt wrapped around my face to shield me from the odor, but I couldn't smell anything through it at first so I thought I should take it off an take a big wiff to make sure I actually found the source of the smell. So really, I'm a total dumbass.
Anyway, I removed the blower and its casing, scrubbed them down (with a mask), and soaked them overnight in antibacterial chemical crap. So when I get home today I'll be able to reinstall everything.
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I might still track down some of the stuff that Evan recommended in case there's any left over bad smells floating around in vents.
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aw man that sucks! but hey at least it wasn't the middle of summer and that thing was fermenting in there 24/7
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I had to my own vermin removal earlier this year. Got in the car to move it and saw three run from the dash to under the passenger seat. Freaked me out...
One that was caught in a trap sat for 2 days under the seat and it was bad, I can't imagine the smell you had.
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Now everything is back together and it smells pine fresh. Just in time for me to drive to Delaware for a wedding tomorrow.
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