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Unwanted Passenger - SHAHZ - 15-12-2017
A week ago Friday gone, was the second time i had driven the car since we had all the bad whether. Mrs had just driven it, so it was warmed up ready to go, turned on the heaters and the smell of death hit me.
Opened up the bonnet to find this
![[Image: 54455483.th.jpg]](http://img215.imageshack.us/i/54455483.jpg/)
Didnt realise what it was until later, a mauled chicken bone with a few droppings around it....no rubbish collections for two weeks!!....yeap a mouse had got under the bonnet.
First i removed the pollen filter, which had droppings on it and bits of the foam it had chewed on the recirculation flap. the bottom corner of the filter was ripped and I thought bo:cursing:ks the little :cursing:has got into the blower and died.
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I then dropped the blower to find some good news and some fluid
......the blower had no droppings in it and neither did the duct leading to the vents....no dead rodent!!......gave the fan a good clean with some dettol!![[Image: 71120535.th.jpg]](http://img215.imageshack.us/i/71120535.jpg/)
Put it all together again and gave it all a good clean, turned on the heaters, smell was no where near as bad but was still there, so put in a new filter and got one of those air con bombs that kills all the bacteria in the system, smells fresh as a daisy now!!
Still aint put the car back on the drive yet, and im paranoid, keep checking the bonnet and pollen filter everday!!
Unwanted Passenger - Lexusboy - 15-12-2017
Crazy mate but they do say Rats and mice are on the increase big time.
Glad you have it sorted.:thumbup1:
Unwanted Passenger - SHAHZ - 15-12-2017
DJ Wozza Let this be a lesson for you Shaz.
DRIVE YOUR LEXUS MORE OFTEN DUDE !! :laugh:
LOL!!....mate if only i could.......but instead i have the lovely privilege of the stinking underground each day:Shooting::Shooting::Shooting:
Unwanted Passenger - Asi - 15-12-2017
i would rather drive it more often than seein that mate. glad you have got it sorted
Unwanted Passenger - SHAHZ - 15-12-2017
Asi i would rather drive it more often than seein that mate. glad you have got it sorted
I know mate, i just dont get a chance to use it, might start making the Mrs alternate betweeen the two
Unwanted Passenger - parthiban - 15-12-2017
That's crazy! Glad it's sorted now though
Unwanted Passenger - deckie77 - 15-12-2017
That's nut's, glad you got it sorted out tho, when i was serving my time a owner of a Volvo came in complaining of the smell in his car when heaters on, eventually found a dead cat in the engine under gaurd, it had climbed in to get some warmth and must have got the shock of it's last life when the big volvo started up again, my journeyman had to go throw up after we got it out:lol:
Unwanted Passenger - SHAHZ - 15-12-2017
I googled it the other day and its quite a common thing.....more so when cars are stored in garages/barns but i suppose with the cold snap the mouse thought that car looks cosy:w00t::w00t:.....im just glad the little :cursing:didnt make a nest, would have been srewed then!!
......heres one of the ones i read......http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=350079
Unwanted Passenger - TM - 15-12-2017
cared:Rats are no good for car wiring:confused:to be safe , check all your wiring under the dash ,under the wheel arches,engine bay etcrats tend to eat the wires, and shorts start,and the next thing is a large bill:cursing:
Unwanted Passenger - Sparkystav - 15-12-2017
Thats crazy, hope the little ****ers gone