Help! Mouse in my ventilation system

My 2002 Explorer was strored for a few months in a garage that had a
mouse problem.

When I started driving it again I got a bad smell out of the
ventilation system. After about 6 months it subsided biut recentlt I
get a bit of dry debris including what seems to be whiskers coming from
the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah.

I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow, died and is
now mummified. Where is the air intake for the vent system located? Is
there some sort of filter or screen that would have prevented the
culprit from getting too far into the system?
Any suggestions?


Thanks, Rob

> wrote in message
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> My 2002 Explorer was strored for a few months in a garage that had a
> mouse problem.
>
> When I started driving it again I got a bad smell out of the
> ventilation system. After about 6 months it subsided biut recentlt I
> get a bit of dry debris including what seems to be whiskers coming from
> the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah.
>
> I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow, died and is
> now mummified. Where is the air intake for the vent system located? Is
> there some sort of filter or screen that would have prevented the
> culprit from getting too far into the system?
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks, Rob
>
Hope it didnt have "Hanta" Virus.........

That's not a mouse -- that's one of the hamsters that was making your Exploder
go....

wrote:

> My 2002 Explorer was strored for a few months in a garage that had a
> mouse problem.
>
> When I started driving it again I got a bad smell out of the
> ventilation system. After about 6 months it subsided biut recentlt I
> get a bit of dry debris including what seems to be whiskers coming from
> the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah.
>
> I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow, died and is
> now mummified. Where is the air intake for the vent system located? Is
> there some sort of filter or screen that would have prevented the
> culprit from getting too far into the system?
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks, Rob
>

Hamsters? I thought they ran on squirrels. I was sure one of the squirrels
died and that was what was rattling inside my engine.

Maybe it's the V8 that has squirrels...

"Todd Grigsby" > wrote in message
...
>
> That's not a mouse -- that's one of the hamsters that was making your
Exploder
> go....
>
> wrote:
>
> > My 2002 Explorer was strored for a few months in a garage that had a
> > mouse problem.
> >
> > When I started driving it again I got a bad smell out of the
> > ventilation system. After about 6 months it subsided biut recentlt I
> > get a bit of dry debris including what seems to be whiskers coming from
> > the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah.
> >
> > I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow, died and is
> > now mummified. Where is the air intake for the vent system located? Is
> > there some sort of filter or screen that would have prevented the
> > culprit from getting too far into the system?
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Rob
> >
>

>the vents, especially the defrost vents in the dsah.
>>
>> I can only suppose that a mouse got into the sytem somehow,

This happened to my 2002 when I was parked up at summer camp. I ended up with a
nest inside my HVAC squirrel cage and one in the air cleaner box. LUckily no
dead mice. Mine also started shooting little bits of dried out leaves and
grass out the defroster vents. The guy at quicklane was pretty amazed when he
went to check the air filter.

Good lord! That might be my problem! My wife saw baby field mice in our
garage on night.