On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:31:06 -0700 (PDT), Joe wrote:

On Mar 19, 10:25Â*pm, aemeijers wrote:
I'm sure this has come up on here before, but I can't remember what the
best recommended product was. I think something died in my van, and I
need to de-stink it. I pulled the Â*removable seats loose and did an
eyeball inspection, but found no little corpses. Not yet desperate
enough to pull the carpets and interior panels. Used up my remaining
quarter-bottle of Febreeze, too soon to tell if it helped. As usual with
these things, smell is worst after van has been sitting closed for
several hours. Smell arrived with the warm spell a couple days ago.

Will it dry up faster if I leave it parked in sunshine with windows up,
or windows down? And what is best product to saturate the suspect part
of carpets and end of floor heater ducts with? (No stink apparent from
the dash ducts, or seating surfaces, or underside of the seats I flipped
over)

Does simple mold ever smell like decomp?

If I leave it parked outside for a month and drive the spare car, will
the problem eventually solve itself?

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aem sends...

You likely have a dead mouse in the heating ductwork or blower. Used
to be a common problem in our shop when the sports car owners brought
their toys out of storage in the spring. Datsun 240/260Z's were the
worst, Triumph's right behind. Keep looking and good luck.

Joe
Little buggers used to love to die inside the seat upholstery too.
Never forget my 28 Chevy - had a nest of dead RATS behind the seat
when I got it.