Rodent odors

avell007

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Anybody have any ideas how to get rid of mouse urine odors ? I bought my ride site unseen and found a serous urine odor , changed the carpet ,pulled the heater core box ,seats ... I found two nests and three dead mice but the smell won't go away.About ready to trade it back to the scum car dealer..:(
 
most home stores carry odor products intended for basements try them
 
most home stores carry odor products intended for basements try them

I tried that stuff .. I got screwed . .all I can say is stay away from Coyote Classic cars in Iowa !!!!!!!!! No way they did not know it stunk they just found an online sucker that took their would on the condition . .:mad:
 
Sorry to hear that, if you google "mouse odor neutralizer" you will find other products you can try. What part of the car is the odor coming from, the seats, sounds like you cleaned other areas?
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Pet Smart has products for this problem.

Pet odor carpet cleaners are avaliable at Walmart.

My wife says to try white vinegar........its a natural neutralizer.

"The pH scale runs from 2 to 14 with 7 being neutral, 2 to <7 being acetic, and >7 to 14 being alkaline. The pH range of human urine is 4.8 to 8, with 6.4 being normal. The average pH of mouse urine is 5.3, acetic."

Caution!! Use gloves and a mask as the mouse droppings and urine are real Toxic and can cause death!

Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
Sorry to hear that, if you google "mouse odor neutralizer" you will find other products you can try. What part of the car is the odor coming from, the seats, sounds like you cleaned other areas?

I can't tell where the smell is coming from , very strange if you sniff around you cant really find it but if you drive the car the smell hits you in the face right away.. it's gross you will smell it for the rest of the day in your nose..
I did pull the heater box and all the duct work out and found Nothing , it seems to be coming from the front when the car is moving but when stopped if you climb under the dash you smell nothing ... if I pull the rear seat I get an odor but not strong I wonder if the odor is swirling around and coming up towards the front when driving.Thanks for the tips and ideas :)
 
Even though a pain to do, Id pull the seats and carpet , get new carpet pad from your local home carpet store and clean the rest of everything and let them sit in the hot sun for a day. Somewhere I read today mentioned that the sun helps kill the smell somehow.

Doug in P.R.:cool:
 
the car should have air intake vents in the area where the wipers park, try turning the interior fan on high and spray Lysol into the vents.
 
I left the top down for two days in the sun seems like it helped a little , I would like to get a new bench seat or new upolstry for it ...I did clean out all the vents even pouring a gallon of Simple green down the cowl openings... the car runs so good after I went through it ,what a shame :rolleyes: hopefully I will get to the bottom of this issue soon! :cool:
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Did you check under the air cleaner on top of the intake and valve covers? You mentioned you smelled when you started driving.

Maybe inspect the whole engine compartment, I can think of a few crevices where rats could nest.
 
All odors gone! Between mice nests , dead mice , rain water soaked seat , after all was found and removed I loaded the car with Bounce dryer sheets all the smells are now gone :D
Thanks for all the help
 
great to hear that
 
I'm glad to hear that.

In case anyone read this thread in the future, I would like to repeat how important it is to wear mask and gloves when dealing with any mice either alive or dead or their bodily fluid: salive, feces and urine.
Anything that came in contact with it should be either set in the sun for at least a day or cleaned with a solution 1 part bleach and nine parts water.
Don't vacuum and don't sweep. Wipe clean with the above solution. If you can't do either, ventilate and wait several weeks, even a month. The virus should be dead. ALWAYS WEAR A MASK AND GLOVES!

I'm insisting because I know what I'm talking about. It has been a tough lesson to learn since my husband passed away from Hantavirus. It's very rare yet it is real.
I don't mean to freak anyone out but I care about everyone's safety. The symptoms are flu-like so it looks rather harmless. I can't speak for everyone and I'm not an expert. All I can do is share my husband's story hoping it can help others.
My husband thought he had the flu for two or three days and rarely went to the doctor since he was in his prime and very healthy. He was a gardener, a firefighter, a prison guard and the Teen Center coordinator. He is the one that first introduced me to the world of cars and mechanics. We spent hours together checking the hood of either our 2000 Chrysler Neon or the 1995 F150. In Canada's northern wilderness where cellphones don't work, he got me to change tires, how to use a jack properly and how to do an oil change.
He taught me everything he could so I would be independant and able to survive on my own. He was always helping in the community, getting involved in tasks no one else would do such as cleaning old people's garages infested with rodents. We didn't even know about hantavirus so we never wore masks or gloves.
One unprotected act of kindness killed him. In the Yukon (actually Atlin, BC which is close to the Yukon border) it wasn't a bear, a chainsaw or even a car accident that killed him. No, just some mouse's urine!
Anyway, time to wrap the story up. He happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when he cleaned that garage. He did what all of us do everyday: he breathed. The virus from the urine mixed with the air and that deadly mix got into his lungs. It took a couple of weeks of incubation-no one knows exactly- then a couple of days after new Year 2013 he got sick.
His condition got worse. On the 8th he got to emergency room. No one knew what he had. He fell in a coma. Within 14 hours of him getting to the hospital he was gone.
Sorry for making the story so long but since it would have been his 49 th birthday tomorrow, I guess I needed to get it out of my system. Thank you all for reading and make an informed choice if you have to deal with any rodent.
Finally, I would like to include a link I wish I had read long time ago:

https://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001382.htm

If you have any question, feel free to ask.
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That's some good advice I will for sure wear gloves and a mask next time around , sad to say this car is a mouse magnet all summer long parked in my driveway mice get in , I leave traps inside and will get a mouse here and there but there is no smell ... I am thinking the nest is outside and they just go in the car looking around . I did move the car for the winter to a different location in a garage so far I got one mouse back in November nothing since.:)
 
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