# Something Nasty Crauled into the Ventilation and Died!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-nasty-crauled-into-the-ventilation-and-died/43167>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** pontiac, smells, g6\
**Created:** [January 25, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-nasty-crauled-into-the-ventilation-and-died/43167 "2010-01-25T00:22:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ccottrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@ccottrell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ccottrell)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-nasty-crauled-into-the-ventilation-and-died/43167/1 "2010-01-25T00:22:06Z")

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We have a 2008 Pontiac G6 and live in SW Florida. A nasty cold snap hit and some little critter must have climbed into the ventilation system and died (a mouse perhaps???). When I turn on the fan it smells most nasty, really dead and nasty…no fan…no smell. I removed the air filter (nothing there, no smell). I looked in the ventilation area by the windshield and can’t see anything, but oh what a smell.  
  
  
  
 Any clue as to how I can access the system to search for the remains of a nasty little critter?  
  
  
  
 Would go to the dealer but in the words of the first plumbers as caught by Gary Larson…“hmmmm, this no look cheap.” And on a church minister’s salary, we need to be frugal.  
  
  
  
 THANKS for any help!!!

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**Author:** ![mshugna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mshugna](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mshugna)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-nasty-crauled-into-the-ventilation-and-died/43167/2 "2010-01-25T00:28:16Z")

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“removed air filter” … was that the cabin air filter? Our smelly mouse had built a nest on the filter and then died there… If all else fails turn on blower and spray lysol into the air intakes…it will take a while but the odor will go away…cheaper than taking plumbing apart.

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**Author:** ![ccottrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@ccottrell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ccottrell)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/something-nasty-crauled-into-the-ventilation-and-died/43167/3 "2010-01-25T02:16:27Z")

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Thanks! No, that was the air filter for the motor, turns out the G6 does not have a cabin filter (checked it out, has a cutout, but it was not installed). That Lysol idea has merit, before we engage in a full tear down…thanks!