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Little RAT bastards in the blower motor

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by boxxed, Jun 4, 2021.

  1. Jun 4, 2021 at 1:30 PM
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    boxxed

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    About 2 weeks ago a bad smell was coming through the vents when the heat or AC was turned on. Found a rat made a home on top of the filer behind the glovebox.
    Cleaned all that out, sprayed some bleach in there hoping to get rid of the smell.

    Is there any place I need to look at to see how he got in there. Not sure if he had to chew through some stuff to set up shop on top of my filter.

    Thanks
     
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  2. Jun 4, 2021 at 1:34 PM
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    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/cabin-air-intake-screen-mod.566441/
     
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    Re: smell- get some Ozeum Spray. The stuff works miracles.

    Good Luck!
     
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