XSubsailor Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Ok my turbo got noisy and my car got snowed in around Christmas. I figured I'd leave it be until I got the proper part. Snow's finally melted and I went out and started it up only to find a mouse was trying to make a home out of it. I've got the glove box and everything visible cleaned and like new but the little @#$%! got into the ventilation. How do I clean the vents out without ripping them out or dismantling the whole dash? Should I just blow them out for an hour or so? Maybe poor some cleaner/disinfectant inside and let it dry overnight? Can I pop off a vent up top and maybe run a fish line with a rag on it from floor vents up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I popped the vents out of the dash and used a small shop vac with the skinny attachment and long hose. Just ran it down the duct as far as it would go. I got a couple pounds of fuzz and insulation outta my duct-work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tg118 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Be happy the little critter only left a mess... last winter a mouse got under my hood and on the passenger side firewall there is a rubber knock-out which you 0-2 sensor wire runs through , the little fool chewed the wire too, and that wire is one piece shielded and is pinned right to the ECU, took me a month to find one in a junkyard... O i hate that lil rodent :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s263/aiche_photos/Our%20Children/th_RockyNRat3.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XSubsailor Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Do the vents pop out easily? Do I just go at 'em with a screw driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Yeah, just turn them 90* so they are facing down completely, then pry at one side to pop out hinge thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 They crawl everywhere in there and piss and it lays in the accordian zigzags and you'll smell piss 4 years later you have to take all that apart. If you take out the glove box you can get to some of the flex hoses and remove those and it may have only been on that one side. It just depends on how much is in the heater box and blower and you'll neve get the smell out unless you remove that and wash it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 ^ He's 100% right about that. After I vacuumed it all out I went in with some of those wet cleaning wipes on a coat hanger and tried to wipe it all down the best I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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