Snake in The Vette! (or a mouse)
05-24-2018, 09:51 AM
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Snake in The Vette! (or a mouse)
Getting an awful odor of a dead mouse or snake when the vent air is turned on. Looked all over in the engine compartment but couldn't see anything. I assume it's inside the air duct somewhere.
Do I wait until the damn thing is decomposed an no longer stinky or is there a way to see and remove it?
TIA
Do I wait until the damn thing is decomposed an no longer stinky or is there a way to see and remove it?
TIA
05-24-2018, 09:58 AM
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It’s probably just mildew. Buy a spray can of Lysol disinfectant and spray it into the cowl air intake. Have your a/c on full and turn off the recirculation. Make sure your windows are open.
My Ford Edge has this problem from time to time. It smells like a locker room and this fixes it.
My Ford Edge has this problem from time to time. It smells like a locker room and this fixes it.
05-24-2018, 10:14 AM
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If it is not just mildew and is a dead critter, I would make it a point to get it out soon. Not sure if there is an easy way to see exactly what it is and where it is located.
05-24-2018, 11:09 AM
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It may be worth pulling the fan out of the passenger foot well and checking it. When I bought my car, it had sat in a garage for a few years and a mouse had camped in there one winter and died. No odor issue by the time I bought the car. Just an off-balance fan whirling its corpse and a few nuts in circles like a blender.
Edit: you will also want to check / empty your 3 bladders on the driver side up inside the fender well. If a critter was in there and died, it brought food, and in my case the bladders were clogged with nuts.
Edit: you will also want to check / empty your 3 bladders on the driver side up inside the fender well. If a critter was in there and died, it brought food, and in my case the bladders were clogged with nuts.
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05-24-2018, 12:21 PM
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^^^^this^^^^ I bet whatever it is is most likely stuck in the fan squirrel cage or close by it.
05-24-2018, 04:11 PM
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05-24-2018, 08:01 PM
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You have 3 udders in the driver's side and 1 in the passenger's side. See pictures below:
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05-25-2018, 07:55 AM
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It may be worth pulling the fan out of the passenger foot well and checking it. When I bought my car, it had sat in a garage for a few years and a mouse had camped in there one winter and died. No odor issue by the time I bought the car. Just an off-balance fan whirling its corpse and a few nuts in circles like a blender.
Edit: you will also want to check / empty your 3 bladders on the driver side up inside the fender well. If a critter was in there and died, it brought food, and in my case the bladders were clogged with nuts.
Edit: you will also want to check / empty your 3 bladders on the driver side up inside the fender well. If a critter was in there and died, it brought food, and in my case the bladders were clogged with nuts.
I'll check that squirrel cage. Thanks.