Disgusting smell in car

[IgnoreMe 5,000+ posts]

So for the last few days when I turn my air on Ive gotten this like, dead fish smell coming out of my vents. first it was like faint and wasnt all the time but today i turned it on and its constant.
you guys think a mouse or something crawled in there and died? or possibly my cabin air filter needing replaced? im going for animal died in my air vent....... its nasty

could be. ive pulled 2 dead mice from cars that ive worked on...granted they werent in the a/c system

 

[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

could be. ive pulled 2 dead mice from cars that ive worked on...granted they werent in the a/c system

wasn't there a thread on here posted by an installer talking about all the weird/gross stuff they've found while working on customer cars?

trying to find it now..

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Close your legs and maybe it will go away //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

I thinks that's the problem.

 

[x2o 10+ year member]

Do you have any dickhole friends?
Now, some one like me, with a friend that likes to draw dicks on my car with a paint pen thing every other night, I'd throw some rank shit in the car.

Me and a couple friends put said dick hole's car on blocks of wood, to lift the tires off the ground just about 1/4". He's going to be pissed when he gets in the car later and expects the car to go anywhere.

That's also why my car is parked in teh back of the doctor's office down the block with a cover thrown on it tonight. Still can't get that ****ing paint pen out of the window stripping.

You never will get the paint out from under the window stripping. Never. My friend's girlfriend painted ALL OVER his IS250's windows about a year ago, and still to this day we find a bunch of paint shit around the windows and stuff. It rained the night she did it so it all ran down, who knows, it's probably all in the door panels too.

PAINT PENS ARE TERRIBLE INVENTIONS.

 

[iamamp3pimp 5,000+ posts]

take the glass out and clean it

problem solved

 

[95ZJ 10+ year member]

The "dead fish" smell reminds me of that old movie "Grump Old Men." //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

well, im 99% sure its a mouse. I popped the hood and next to the battery there is like a small nest between my batt and batt holder....... hopefully it wont be too hard to find......

what kind of cleaning do you think i need to do? take apart the entire AC unit and clean it or as easy as taking out the mouse, where ever it is, and calling it a day?

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

my cousin just suggested it doesnt actually have to be in the AC for it to only smell through the AC that it could be in my engine. what do you guys think? gonna go look now, pics if i find it haha

 

[Banana Balls 5,000+ posts]

well, im 99% sure its a mouse. I popped the hood and next to the battery there is like a small nest between my batt and batt holder....... hopefully it wont be too hard to find......

Jesus Christ. When was the last time you checked your oil??

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

quit being a wuss and just go find out what died under your head and pull it out.

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

quit being a wuss and just go find out what died under your head and pull it out.

now that it might be in my engine im going to go check it out. i just dont wanna rip apart my dash myself. playing madden right now so cant leave till games over.....

Jesus Christ. When was the last time you checked your oil??

whats that got to do with anything? i know how to check oil. just when i thought it might be in the ac i dont feel comfortable ripping out my dash. id rather a professional do it.

 

[Banana Balls 5,000+ posts]

whats that got to do with anything? i know how to check oil. just when i thought it might be in the ac i dont feel comfortable ripping out my dash. id rather a professional do it.

My point is that its been so long since you've looked under you hood, that not only did something crawl up in there and build a house, but it lived its life and died somewhere in you car.

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

So for the last few days when I turn my air on Ive gotten this like, dead fish smell coming out of my vents. first it was like faint and wasnt all the time but today i turned it on and its constant.
you guys think a mouse or something crawled in there and died? or possibly my cabin air filter needing replaced? im going for animal died in my air vent....... its nasty

That Brett Favre is a rascal. Got you too huh?

 

[SRim23 5,000+ posts]

My point is that its been so long since you've looked under you hood, that not only did something crawl up in there and build a house, but it lived its life and died somewhere in you car.

well no, i mean its a relatively new car that i drive everyday. i dont feel the need to check the oil all the time or pop the hood. last friday i popped the hood to check my voltage and disconnect the batt when i installed my new amps and i didnt notice it. it may have been there, it may not have im not sure.

we had a car in our backyard, my old winter beater, that we had parked there for like 3 years always saying we were going to rebuild the motor. well we never got around to it and had the car towed away a couple weeks ago. i bet he lived in it and when we towed it away decided to jump into my car

 

[Fusion_FREAK 10+ year member]

take the glass out and clean it
problem solved

Not on the glass, on the rubber stripping.