That Smell ...

[The Strat Dude]

When the smell comes back in a week or on the first warm day, do it again with the Fabreeze.

My wife sprays so much fabreeze I’m using it as cologne

 

[Bowmap]

A few year before the snake incident... I had a 2002 325. I drove to my clients office to do work for the day. About 50 minute drives mostly highway. All seemed normal and went in to implement some software changes. In the evening I came out and noticed something leaking under my car in the rear. I got some on my fingers and took a sniff. Fuel! I had a field leak. Lucky for me the dealer was about a mile away. I drove it there and the sent me home in an X3 (1st year for X3). The next day when I went to the shop, I was shown picture of a mouse nest on top of the fuel tank right where the fuel line goes in. The little buggers had munched into the fuel line.

The was my introduction to what happens when you build your house in their territory. All snakes welcome except for water moccasins. They are too aggressive.

That reminds me... I need to get some more spearmint satchels. They hold up for about 3 months before needing replacement.

 

[nosmo]

Mice and I always have to battle. I mostly keep them at bay. But one year I drove my wife and hour to the shopping center so she could pick up her cosmetics. We took the Jeep Grand Cherokee. She went on in to get her things and not a fan of hanging around the cosmetic counter. So I stay behind. While listening to the radio something starts crawling out of the driver side A/C vent. A few flicks of the tongue as his/her head emerges. Black head, white under chin. My first thought was roll down a window and give it some place to go. Out it slithered, wrapped a coil around the mirrow and dropped to the ground. All 6 feet of black rat snake. Well the mice weren't a problem for a long while.

Last year I went to start my 328 only to find it totally dead. No lights, no clicks, no moaning and groaning. Well the last two sounds I made. I couldn't even jump start it. Swapped the battery and still nadda. I had to get it hauled to the shop. A couple days later (I let the guy know he could take his time with it as it was not my primary car), he sent me a photo of under the back seat...

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That was just one spot. there were a couple more. I shouldn't have let that snake go but just put him in my BMW. This as it turns out, is not uncommon. Mice like soy. Guess what, to help the environment, BMW switched to soy based plastics I was told by my dealer.

I sympathize totally. Several years ago my GMC truck started having weird electrical problems. Mice had chewed most of the wiring in the main fusebox under the hood. I spent an entire Saturday and Sunday rewiring, insulating, splicing, etc. My fault for parking it next to the firewood pile where the little buggers live. Someone suggested putting mothballs in the fusebox because the mice hate the smell. Tried it and they didn't come back. But then the truck stank like mothballs for a couple of months.

 

[Tone Deaf]

Nature's Miracle ( liquid state already )
or
Odor Mute…( powder, mix w / H2O )

Organic enzymes ( right up your alley )
Spray and let dry
Odor gone

Thanks for the tip on Toyotas
Mrs & I are in process of buying a Camry for
our 'Adopted daughter'.

 

[Wrighty]

I had an estate car with folding rear seats. Went food shopping, came home and put away our purchases……..all except the liver, which was missing. Checked everywhere, including in the car and around, eventually decided it had been left at the checkout or dropped in the car park. Forgot about it. A week of hot weather followed. One afternoon on a day off I opened the car door to be hit by a stench that made my eyes water. Began searching, found nothing. Remembered the liver. I now knew what it was but not where it was. Eventually saw something glowing green and, I swear, slowly moving, inside a box section under the seat. It just had to come out. With a damp towel over my mouth and nose and a lot willpower I eventually sucked it out using an old vacuum cleaner. Flushed it down the loo. I then just threw two or three buckets of hot water, lemon washing up liquid, bleach and soda down the hole. Not sure what was down there but by this time I didn’t care. Nothing went bang. Left the car with the windows open overnight, no one was gonna nick it. Next morning it was considerably less pungent and the water had all drained away, though I wasn’t sure where to. Judicious use of air fresheners and windows open driving followed and the pong disappeared. It was a company car, luckily I had no other staff or customers riding in it for the duration. Could heave thinking about it even now.

 

[StratUp]

I had an estate car with folding rear seats. Went food shopping, came home and put away our purchases……..all except the liver, which was missing. Checked everywhere, including in the car and around, eventually decided it had been left at the checkout or dropped in the car park. Forgot about it. A week of hot weather followed. One afternoon on a day off I opened the car door to be hit by a stench that made my eyes water. Began searching, found nothing. Remembered the liver. I now knew what it was but not where it was. Eventually saw something glowing green and, I swear, slowly moving, inside a box section under the seat. It just had to come out. With a damp towel over my mouth and nose and a lot willpower I eventually sucked it out using an old vacuum cleaner. Flushed it down the loo. I then just threw two or three buckets of hot water, lemon washing up liquid, bleach and soda down the hole. Not sure what was down there but by this time I didn’t care. Nothing went bang. Left the car with the windows open overnight, no one was gonna nick it. Next morning it was considerably less pungent and the water had all drained away, though I wasn’t sure where to. Judicious use of air fresheners and windows open driving followed and the pong disappeared. It was a company car, luckily I had no other staff or customers riding in it for the duration. Could heave thinking about it even now.

I had a similar experience. Bought some chicken with a bunch of other stuff. Unpacked the groceries at home - no chicken. Checked the trunk where the groceries were. Nope. Back inside the house - not there. Check the car again. Nope. Decided I must have left the bag at the self-checkout in the supermarket. Or it fell out in the parking lot when loading. Checked again the next day with the assistance of daylight. Nothing.

A few days later the car starts to smell a bit. Then worse the following. I go hunting again. I find the chicken slipped down in a place I didn't think anything could fit. Smell was overwhelming at this point.

I considered pulling everything out including the carpet and washing the carpet as well as seats out of car, ozone generator, etc. But, I decided to try the fabreeze since I knew the smell was local to the trunk. I had an advantage in that it is a convertible and I can get lots of sunshine and air. Reapplied daily, then every few days, then weekly. After a couple weeks, the passenger compartment stopped smelling. Took almost a month for the smell to go away entirely.

 

[rolandson]

Well that was delightful...!
Just shy of a grand.
Lingering remnants of disinfectant but no more stink. Little sh!ts had made themselves right comfy, but fortunately had not decided to sample the wiring.
I didn't ask what became of them. I suspect that I would feel guilty about it.
Ignorance has its rewards I guess.
No word on how they got in, so....

Next time, Just gonna nuke em. And the car.

 

[3bolt79]

My dog has killed a bunch of mice/rats that were living in my back yard, and I’ve never seen them in my garage. Haven’t had vermin for a few years now.
She has also killed a bunch of snakes every so often. Haven’t seen any of those for a couple years.

 

[33db]

"lingering molecules" That's my status message for the day...

 

[33db]

Well that was delightful...!
Just shy of a grand.
Lingering remnants of disinfectant but no more stink. Little sh!ts had made themselves right comfy, but fortunately had not decided to sample the wiring.
I didn't ask what became of them. I suspect that I would feel guilty about it.
Ignorance has its rewards I guess.
No word on how they got in, so....

Next time, Just gonna nuke em. And the car.

Just put a cat in there, no more rodents.