Rotten Odor
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Cruising
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Santa Ana CA
Rotten Odor
We got back from a week of vacation to find that a steak had fallen behind the passenger seat of my mom's C6 before we left. It sat all closed up in the garage for a week and the steak had rotted
. We got some of the smell out but there is still a deffinate funk in there. We changed the carpets and have order new floor mats and sprayed many things in there. Any other suggestions?!
. We got some of the smell out but there is still a deffinate funk in there. We changed the carpets and have order new floor mats and sprayed many things in there. Any other suggestions?!
Cruising
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Sanger Texas
OK, I'm happy to know these things happen to other people. A to-go box left in the back has left lasting "funk" in my car as well. Please... sombody help me. Where is the filter located for the inside air?
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Joined: May 2003
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From: North Augusta, SC
The vette is my only car, so I completely understand the need to carry groceries in it. Best advice I can give is to get one of these.
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From: Ocean County NJ
Shampoo the fabrics with a steam cleaner and simple green (or some other soap), then febreeze the bejesus out of it. Also, clean all vinyl and leather surfaces with a leather cleaner.
Had a problem at the house where one of my wife's cats (spiteful little bastard) urinated on the carpet in an unused bedroom in the house. I used Urine Off, steam cleaner, simple green, some industrial carpet shampoos, you name it (cleaned both sides of the carpet and the carpet padding too...). I could still smell it a bit. I left the window open a crack, febreezed regularly and left a fan blowing and now, no odor at all.
Some other things you can do:
Put a coffee can full of uncooked rice in the car. Supposed to absorb odors.
Put a coffee can full of unused coffee grounds in for the same reason.
Try any of the above for a while and then leave the windows down as frequently as possible to continually change the air in the car. If you have a garage, park in garage with windows down and put a fan near the windows, blowing into the back on an angle to get circulation through the entire car, just not through the two windows. Should work fine.
