Weirdest/grossest thing you found in your ventilation system?

Kinja'd!!! "DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time" (dc3ls-)
11/26/2016 at 10:05 • Filed to: Nasty

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So I cleaned out my blower motor yesterday because it was making a clicking sound when running. Nothing but leaves, however I’m sure some of y’all have found some crazy stuff habituating in your cars vent system. What’s the worst of it?

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Kinja'd!!! crowmolly > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
11/26/2016 at 10:08

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Fired up the blower motor on a barn find only to find out it was a dead mouse Gravitron.


Kinja'd!!! gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > crowmolly
11/26/2016 at 10:21

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Did the same thing in a parts XJ I picked up last summer. No dead mice but got a blast of turds and nest out the defrost vents. The windows were cracked when I picked it up, which I thought was weird and in hindsight was a bad sign. If I was pulling stuff from inside it I had to leave the doors open for a couple hours before I could even sit inside, the mouse piss smell was that bad. On the plus side, I’m pretty sure I’m immune to hantavirus now...


Kinja'd!!! RotaryLover > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
11/26/2016 at 10:33

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Mold, due to me leaving the top open on my car during a huge downpour.


Kinja'd!!! OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
11/26/2016 at 10:35

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Ill have to ask my dad what they have found. At least a few dead mice in daily drivers...


Kinja'd!!! deekster_caddy > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
11/26/2016 at 10:44

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I set a fire extinguisher off into the air intake of the hvac once to put out a pine needle fire. Never do that, just let the car burn to the ground instead. Better off to have it totalled than try to clean that shit out.


Kinja'd!!! Funktheduck > deekster_caddy
11/26/2016 at 13:05

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In college my roommate started a grease fire on our electric range (kind with the exposed coils). Got the pan lid on the pan but the oil had splashed so I used the extinguisher. That stuff on those coils killed my throat/lungs. I was hacking so bad I nearly threw up several times. Then we had to clean up.


Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time
11/26/2016 at 14:56

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I’ve been pretty fortunate. The nastiest stuff I ever found in my vents was dried/sticky coffee spillage in my truck. Thanks, previous owner.

Kind of a funny place for GM to put the cupholder, but I was able to clean it up pretty good by popping the directional vent thingy out and soaking it in warm water before wiping down.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > deekster_caddy
11/26/2016 at 17:07

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Duly noted!