Okay so the saturday of Route 66. I woke up for the drive to find a new smell in my car. Wasn't to bad that day but has gotten progressively worse. I can't find the son of bitch anywhere. Try following my nose & that doesn't work. I cannot pinpoint where the smell is coming from. I've left the top off my car & the windows down in my garage. Figured eventually the decomp would be done. Trying to air it out & it does not seem to be getting any better. I've even had my kids come out to smell & try to find the source. I've taken a mini camera deal to get into all the places I can't see. I've found nothing I've looked under the seats, behind the backpad, in my vents, in the tubes in the long, under the dash, in both trunks, all around the gas tank. I'm at a loss . When the smell is obvious & when driving it circulates the air making it worse. Looking for ideas to find it. I'm not going to smell that going to WCR & back

throw your dog in there and watch him sniff it out. sounds like you got pranked at Rt66.

Jack tubes?

I'd pull the tank. There's some areas there that are hard to see or, yank the fresh air box and dismantle.

Mouse died in the longs?

I would agree, put the dog on the job. If it was a prank, I would like my name cleared. I only did some "minor" disassembly. No dead animals. That's a bit low.

On second thought; did you allow Ron in your car then? Some of his farts require scrubbing off.

I looked in the longs with my mini camera deal. I also looked all around the gas tank & under. Camera was on of those on the end of like a 3 foot bending tube. So I could get to a lot of places. The dog is a good idea I haven't tried that

If I find it was a prank I'm going to somebodies 914 up! Thats been driving me nuts for a month & a half

What does it smell like?

Oh, I didn't get near your car.

It's Wills fault for breaking your jack tube cover.

Did something get spilled on your seat(s)?

Did you do a carry-out you forgot from Jemez Springs?

It's a Subie ... they smell bad anyway!

Try pulling of the heater tube hoses that go from the heat exchangers to the longs. Then stick your camera in there...maybe something died inside the heater tubes/mufflers themselves.

Have you looked under the engine tin also? Mouse laying dead on top of the heads...

Pull the rubber plug at the doors and look into the sail panels?

My heater tubes are open. I've got a suby & have looked in there. One place I haven't is up by the steering rack. I suppose it could be up in there

A long time ago I hit a deer that had already been hit. I had to put my car on a lift and wash the underside. I cannot describe how ripe that car smelled without a little bit of bile coming back up.

Good Luck!

I had a rodent crawl into the heater tubes and die in there. Smelled for weeks...


That reminds me, i need to cap off those tubes in the engine compartment, they're still open since i'm running headers.

Pack Rat in the heater tube.....imo

I hit a bird once in my truck - it got stuck behind the grille. I had to take the front grille off to get to it - maggots everywhere - disgusting.

Years ago we spilled whole milk inside my dad's old Ford Ranchero. We could never get that smell out of it and he finally sold it.

Under the gas tank is an access hole (from beneath the car) big enough for a small animal to crawl inside and die.

Look in there with your camera.

Has anyone checked to see if Slits got home

Pull your carpets and see if the smell goes away.

Rattle can paint caps fit perfectly.

Your car is a victim of the "SUBI CURSE". It will smell bad forever. I just hope it doesn't have an Italian steering wheel.

What is your "curse"?

I had a rat climb up into the area of the stearing rack and then under the tank! It took me a while to find it!

That is exactly the access hole I was talking about.

It was probably that old SOB Gustafson...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TRUnJ5JlYw

I think some Movie Star had that same thing happen a few years back. But it wasn't a rat it was a gerbil.

I am not cursed. I've been blessed.

Healthy digestion and perfect farts.

I think it may be in the passenger long. Just weird as I looked int here with my camera & couldn't spot it. I think it is all the way back. Which on the passenger side there is a cap. Which is a little weird as they didn't cap the drivers side. Anyway I am going to open it up & see if that was it. Had a drop of liquid hanging from a drain hole? This hasn't been in the rain. So where could it be coming from. The drop itself didn't stink. When I wiped it with a rag. I did get a smell. So I am pretty sure that is where it is. I will report back when I find out

get ready for the scene from Christmas Vacation when Clark is looking in the xmas tree & the squirrel flies out

up in were the steering rack is ?

I ran over a cat once, was pretty sure I heard it rattle all the through but jacked the car up when I got home just to make sure.

Aw yeah even better...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muhd05GBjMU


Squirrel!!

mice can go from center tunnel to longs...or heater tube to front trunk or interior, down the other side....Mice Stink...........

When I dismantled my car I found 5 squirrel nests fairly quickly. But I found a 6th on top of the glovebox.

Just realized I'm probably in for it...played Mr. YouTube funnyman and I'm installing a larger Subie engine, plus/therefore my heater tubes have been WOT all winter. And it's been a really cold one. Better cap those up stat. Or maybe not that might trap a live animal in there... aaaaaahhhhh! SUBIE CURSE!!!!

Have you showered yet this year ?

I have, yes . Thanks for checking though.

Curious,

Is there a standard bolt in solution for heat in a Subaru conversion?

For the smell....
Hate to say this, but a rodent can crawl in the longs and all the way up to the air box for a nice winter nest....
Can't see that one till you remove it and open it up.....

Rich

It.s a Facehugger....keep a flamethrower near by......

The Rat in mine didn't smell at all. Maybe because it was mummified?

Kinda even looks like a Facehugger!

It was definitely in the passenger long heater tube. Of course that was the one that had a cap welded over it. Pain in the ass to get at. I was able to barely get in there with my drill. Drilled a 3/4" hole as that was the biggest metal bit I had. Pulled the bit out & it was packed with shit. The hole was instantly covered with the sludge. I don't know what the hell it was. The fluid/gunk in there was just so nasty. Had a hard time not puking. The picture below is after I had drilled a couple holes. Then used a pipe to make a big enough hole to get my shop vac hose in there. So this pic is after I had vacuumed what I could. That shit you see in there was completely packed in the tube

So, any bones? You thinking this was a living thing at one point, or food?

Gross!

how does that happen overnight?

Used to mix bands in the Midwest back in the '80s. One night after a show in Kansas, the lighting guy bought some damn anchovies after the gig as we left town for the cross-state drive home. He managed to drop some of them down in the door well of that E-150 van.

That was early in the summer, and we could never find those things. The smell was ridiculous. I'm still chewing his backside out for it today.

Captain Kirk stand alone in the transporter room, communicator in hand. "Spock? Spock? Are you on the planet yet?"