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#41 of 50 shovelhead by okko1 May 19, 2007 (3:03 pm)
i agree and then there is always the Bill Murry option. these critters are pretty smart to try not to piss them off
#42 of 50 Van Smells - Dead Animal Probably by maryh3 Nov 11, 2008 (10:40 am)
About 1 week ago I put my minivan seats into the floor to carry a bicycle. A few days later we began to notice an odor. After searching and smelling and cleaning we all agree that it smells like a decaying carcass (perhaps a mouse) and it must be under the upholstery in the back seat. I think it crawled into the seat and wedged itself, then when I put the seat down I must have squished it.   I have been driving another vehicle and I am leaving the van open hoping to get rid of the smell but I need advise on what I should do.   Do I need to get the animal carcass out of the seat - if so how much will this be?   If it is deemed best just to leave it in the seat, how long will the nasty odor stay?   Anyone else have a similar problem ever.   The van is a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country. Replies to this message: jipster (Nov 11, 2008 5:26 pm) okko1 (Nov 13, 2008 5:57 am) isellhondas (Dec 07, 2008 1:11 pm)
#43 of 50 Re: Van Smells - Dead Animal Probably [maryh3] by jipster Nov 11, 2008 (5:26 pm)
Replying to: maryh3 (Nov 11, 2008 10:40 am) Might be awhile for the corpse to rot away. I'd try to figure out where it came in at and remove it.
#44 of 50 Re: Van Smells - Dead Animal Probably [maryh3] by okko1 Nov 13, 2008 (5:57 am)
Replying to: maryh3 (Nov 11, 2008 10:40 am) get rid of the carcasss. the odor will be absourbed by the interior if you don't. some foods will cause the same odor. chicken comes to mind. once entrenched the odor may not be able to remove.
#45 of 50 Re: Van Smells - Dead Animal Probably [maryh3] by isellhondas Dec 07, 2008 (1:11 pm)
Replying to: maryh3 (Nov 11, 2008 10:40 am) Get rid of it, no matter what!   Even when it's gone, the small will linger for a long time.
#46 of 50 Squirrels Could be Culprit by waterwomen2 Mar 28, 2009 (4:27 am)
Had a massive gas leak in my truck. Shop investigating. Squirrels were brought up by the shop as a possibilty for gas leak. Read article about squirrels getting under vehicles and eating away at rubber/fuel line, etc. It's awful. I use my vehicle regulary (go to work, shop, etc), so it doesn't sit in drive way all the time. However, I now have a damage fuel system and my truck is in the shop. Investigation takes place today. Pepper spray was recommended... Never would have thought of using that. Any other suggestions out there to keep pests from going under and into my vehicles? Replies to this message: richardson (Mar 28, 2009 4:50 pm)
#47 of 50 Re: Squirrels Could be Culprit [waterwomen2] by richardson Mar 28, 2009 (4:50 pm)
Replying to: waterwomen2 (Mar 28, 2009 4:27 am) Deer Off seems to work down here in Florida.
#48 of 50 Keep your interiors free of food! by isellhondas Apr 06, 2009 (1:32 pm)
We recently had to replace a interior wiring harness on an Odyssey.   This pigsty of a car had been used as a rolling restaurant. Besides feasting on huge quanities of Cheerios, candy and other junk, the rat decided to chew through the wiring harness for dessert.   The interior was disgusting and I think that rat could have lived a year on the crumbs and Mc Donald's leftovers that were in this car.   I felt bad for the tech who got stuck with this job.   All of the time, he feared the rat would appear and bite him. For this tech, it wouldn't have been the first time!   Keep your cars food free!
#49 of 50 Mice in my Elantra by dkalmer May 02, 2009 (10:41 am)
I live in a rural area, and park my 2005 Elantra in a barn. I have had problems with mice somehow getting into the air ducts, and building nests on the cabin air filter. The first time this hapened, I put 1/4" hardware cloth (galvanized screening) over the air intake vent drains. It just happened again, with the screen in place. The windows are closed, how can mice be getting into the ventilation system? Thanks, Doug Replies to this message: yooper53 (May 27, 2009 9:10 am)
#50 of 50 Re: Mice in my Elantra [dkalmer] by yooper53 May 27, 2009 (9:10 am)
Replying to: dkalmer (May 02, 2009 10:41 am) wish i had an answer for you. some years ago i changed my air filter and found perhaps a half a cup of decon poison pellets in the airbox. the decon didn't work in this case. :o)

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