dead smell...

[kks_john]

yeah. my 411 smells like death inside.

 

I have baking powder socks in it to absorb some moisture and smell, but it ain't cuttin' it. I already stripped the carpet out, removed all the seats and cleaned them, and I vacuumed it out.

 

anyone have any suggestions?

 

thanks

-John-

[zerow]

I can only suggest, but when I was in the Army, we would have our annual test of our gas masks. The CS gas they used could probably cut the smell of death down real quick. Maybe an Army surplus or even a police outfitter could source it for you?

[djlotus]

id check your vents and such, little critters can get in there and die

[Gensaiken]

febreze works wonders on stuff.

 

I had the horrible smell of some one's body sweat soaked in to the seats in my wagon. Thankfully it was only in the seats. Once they came out the smell was gone but oh man I wasn't sure if I could actually drive it like that. :eek:

[Cuts metal like mad]

yeah, vents under the dash, behind pretty much any panel... those little stinkers can into some strange places. I pulled a motor and tranny on a car and it had a squirrel nest in there on top of the tranny, 2 dead squirrels... mostly bone but still had some fur and skin. When I pulled the engine cover on my bros van, I found bones and some nesting of some kind, no longer recognizable stuff...

 

You may have to go as far as pulling the heater core... could be behind that inside the ducting, but I'd save that for last resort.

[City Hunter]

yeah go through the whoel dash and clean everything. I believe vinegar will kill odor causing bacteria once you find the source.

[SHADY280]

check above the headliner and in the doors too, could be some other stuff hiding there. id say gut the truck out, improve anything screwed and clean everything, and put it back together

[ppeters914]

Once you've checked all the ducting, door pockets, trunk, etc, etc.....strip out all the carpeting. Probably need to toss it. Wipe everything down with diluted Chlorox and/or ammonia....NOT AT THE SAME TIME!!!!! :eek: After you think the chemical cleaners have done their job and have been properly aired away, follow-up with Frebreeze.

 

Basically, you're trying to kill all the mold spores as well as whatever died.

[Moisabamf]

check the trunk for dead bodies, that happened to me once:lol:

[City Hunter]

yeah, it sucks forgetting about them hookers, they dont clean up nice.

[lynchfourtwenty]

damn john, the 411 is stinkin eh?? got anything done to it since blue lake?

[LAYEDOUTB2K]

i had a real nasty smell in my 1200 and i was already gonna put new carpet in it. when i pulled the old vinyl mats out, the smell got way worse because the padding underneath was nasty and really moldy. once i pulled it out and put the carpet in the smell was gone. so you might want to look at the padding underneath your carpet or vinyl.

[racerx]

maybe a dead mouse or something

[kks_john]

I already stripped the interior and cleaned everything. the car had the worst carpet EVAR!! it also had a rat's nest the size of texas under the rear seat.

 

all I have to take out now is the dash and all that. I think I'll re-wire everything too...

[datzenmike]

Check for critter nest in the heater or the air plenum. Probably full of leaves anyway. Mice tend to pull padding from seats and floor for nests.

[MikeRL411]

Pop the hood and remove the 2 screws holding the heater air intake slotted cover in front of the windshield. It's removable [not like 64 and 65 Mustangs] and you will probably find well rotted leaves from every tree your 411 was ever within 100 yards of. If you have corrosion in the corners, now's the time to fix it, the trapped water plus rotted vegetation will leak into the insulation pads below the dash and really stink! The woven fiberglass cloth and polyester kits sold for glassing small boats works wonders on pin hole leaks in the corner of the plenum.

[kks_john]

thanks for the tip on that, I removed the grill there that came with the car because one of the other 2 I have was in better shape. I looked in there when I swapped it and everything looked fine, but I will look again.

[zed]

I picked up a Volkswagen Polo, with a serious bad smell in it - like sour milk. I think that was why I got it cheap. Anyway, took a lot of work to get the smell out. I started with a vinegar/water solution in a spray bottle - soaked all the seat cloth and carpets, vacuumed it all out. Then a solution of carpet cleaner, vacuumed it. Let it dry in the sun completely in between. Then a real strong car perfume, sprayed all over. The car smells like a perfume shop now - real sweet.

[lynchfourtwenty]

wow a south african ratsun member, now thats cool.. i didnt think we'd made it that far yet.. but then again we have some aussie members too, whats a v912 head btw? im guessin flat tops are "flat top" su carbs??

 

sorry for the thread jack john :(

[Skib]

Wipe everything down with diluted Chlorox and/or ammonia....NOT AT THE SAME TIME!!!!! :eek:

 

 

LOL deff. DO NOT do that, youl get one of the following if you mix them:

 

a) Chlorine Gas: "The gas tears into your nasal passages, trachea, and lungs by causing massive cellular damage. Obviously, chlorine gas causes a very painful death."

b)Nitrogen Trichloride:"Nitrogen trichloride is a very toxic chemical to humans, and even if you did get close enough to ingest it, it would probably explode in your face first, as it is also a very volatile explosive. "

c)Hydrazine:"A component of rocket fuel, This last equation is of particular interest because of the amount of heat it produces. The heat is so great that it usually leads to an explosion."