Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 19:53:39 -0800
Reply-To: Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Joel Cort <joel_cort@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Sinky Smell from vents.
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Thanks all, this is quite a thread that I've started.
Thanks for the constructive responses.
I will start looking at the duct work to see how best to pull the darn
thing apart. Should of tackled this in
the summer time when the fingers did not freeze to the
wrench.
I did see that the heater portion has already been pulled apart by the
PO, from evidence of silicone glue forming the seal where those little
metallic clips hold the heater motor/mess together.
Maybe something got in there during the surgery period?
Will keep you updated...
Thanks again
Joel
with a stinky van
---David Katsuki <dkatsuki@WORLD.STD.COM> wrote:
>
> Never had anything die in the vent system, but we just got done
removing
> and thoroughly cleaning the ducts and the inside of the heater on
our 87
> van (have to take the whole dash out) to fix very impressive smell
of mouse
> piss. Also replaced the heater motor at the same time, since it had
> frozen.
>
> I also sealed up the corners of the air vents where mice can get in
on both
> vans with duct tape and wire mesh....
>
> For any geneticists on the list, how about genetically engineering
some
> mice to piss new-car smell? I bet Ron could sell dozens to the list.
>
> Dave
> 87 Wolfsburg (smells much better)
> 90 Westfalia (mice haven't discovered it yet...)
>
> At 02:02 PM 11/6/98 -0700, tonyd wrote:
> >check for dead mouse, lost in-laws, last years frozen burrito.....
> >
> >Joel Cort wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone else experienced a rotten stink coming from the front
vent
> >> system? It is not a coolant/anti freeze smell. It is more like a
> >> raunchy dead something smell.
> >> It has a bit of stinky rubber smell to it so I'm thinking that
one of
> >> the directional vents is rotting away.
> >>
> >> This occurs when I turn on the front heater and the
> >> air is circulating through the ducts. I had noticed
> >> this during the summer but now that its cold and I
> >> want heat, it's REALLY obvious.
> >>
> >> Has anyone else experienced this VW phenomena? What
> >> could be a remedy? Strip and gut the entire vent and heater
ducts and
> >> clean it out?
> >>
> >> Joel Cort
> >> 89 Syncro Westy Stinky
> >>
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