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Old May 1, 2007 | 10:16 AM
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Default Interior car smell, help please!!!!!
Not sure wich forum this thread falls into so i will start here. A skunk went through my garage last night and now my car smells oh so nice . I tried febreeze and it works for a while but the smell keeps coming back. The skunk didn't get into my car, but i cannot permanently get rid of the smell. Is there anything i can do/buy that will get rid of the smell????
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Eesh...you can try putting some dryer sheets in the car, under the seat or something. I don't think anything other than time is going to get rid of it 100% though. Just going to have to wait...and air it out as much as you can.
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Might be dumb Q but have you driven around yet? Back where I am from when you'd pass where a skunk got hit you'd smell it for about a minute or 2 till it cycled through the system. Since it didnt get in you car take it for a spin with the air on high and see if that helps.
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I have been driving it for a few days now, the smell is going away, but i just wanted to know if i could just spray something or do something to totally get rid of the smell.
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put a bar of soap under the seat. Leave it in the box and poke holes in the top/sides.
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dealerships have something they use to get the smell of smoke out of trade in's. take you car to one and see if they can help
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dealerships have "ozone machines" that will get pretty much any smell out, just go to the detail shop at a local dealership they should be able to help
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Keep dryer sheets in your AC vents for about a week or 2. and drive around alot with both windows down and AC runnin.
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thanks for the good ideas guys.
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Originally Posted by JTH2000SS
dealerships have something they use to get the smell of smoke out of trade in's. take you car to one and see if they can help
its called an ionizer or something we had one when i worked at saturn the car kinda smells coppery for a little while but it does work for smoke
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put a box of baking soda in the back seat when your not driving. That works really good.
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