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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