Car odour

jamoor · 12 Jan 2010 at 12:23

I went away for 2 weeks on holiday, car was ok before then, I returned and a few days later the car smelled as though something has died inside, I have had the car about 2-3 months (st220).

I have cleaned out the car, under the seats etc and can't find anything.

The smell is really really bad, bordering on undriveable.

[TW]Fox · 12 Jan 2010 at 12:25

merlin borrowed it to dump someones body but I think he got sidetracked on the way and never got round to actually dumping it.

OT: How come you have an ST220 *and* a 530? You seem to have about 800 very similar cars

jamoor · 12 Jan 2010 at 12:29

[TW]Fox;15716447 said:
merlin borrowed it to dump someones body but I think he got sidetracked on the way and never got round to actually dumping it.

OT: How come you have an ST220 *and* a 530? You seem to have about 800 very similar cars

Yeah, I just always wanted one for the lulz,
although it's not as much lulz as the clio which was chronically bad and awesome at the same time, I regret selling my mx5 though

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Note to all, don't get emotionally attached to your cars.

The_Abyss · 12 Jan 2010 at 12:45

Get a dog in there, and see if it will go to the source of the smell.

Finglonga · 12 Jan 2010 at 13:15

Bacteria in the Air con matrix type of stink?

Lob a air con cleaner bomb in there and clear it out.

jamoor · 12 Jan 2010 at 13:16

Finglonga said:
Bacteria in the Air con matrix type of stink?

Lob a air con cleaner bomb in there and clear it out.

No, it's definatley not that.

Defcon5 · 12 Jan 2010 at 13:20

Could something have crawled into the cabin air intake and died? A rabid squirrel or something?

jamoor · 12 Jan 2010 at 13:32

Defcon5 said:
Could something have crawled into the cabin air intake and died? A rabid squirrel or something?

Possibly, now where do we find this?

alexthecheese · 12 Jan 2010 at 18:28

Mine generally smells a bit farty.

TurbotH · 13 Jan 2010 at 00:20

No signs of damp anywhere? My car smells bad because of rotting food, check for that...

AmDaMan · 13 Jan 2010 at 12:36

I once spilt something on the carpet in my old car, so I dabbed it up and gave it a clean.. 2 weeks later it STUNK, so I peeled the carpet back and there was stuff growing.. It needed serious cleaning.

Defcon5 · 13 Jan 2010 at 12:59

jamoor said:
Possibly, now where do we find this?

Maybe sniff the vents and see if its any worse coming from there

Matt82 · 13 Jan 2010 at 13:31

the seats have got wet and not dried properly?

only way out of that would be to wash it all again, let it dry properly and use fabreeze

whitecrook · 13 Jan 2010 at 16:51

Once a fried of mine had prawns hidden all throughout his car. He got most of them out, but there was one he missed and a few days later it totally stank.

mrk · 13 Jan 2010 at 17:02

whitecrook said:
Once a fried of mine had prawns hidden all throughout his car. He got most of them out, but there was one he missed and a few days later it totally stank.

Lol, prawned!

I get around · 13 Jan 2010 at 17:40

Use your head, more importantly your nose, find the source of the smell.