2001 Hyundai Tiburon started to smell like dead rat

Tiny
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  • 2001 HYUNDAI TIBURON
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
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  • 80,000 MILES
Check for anything that may have spilled, or have died inside or under the hood. Car was fine until two days ago. Just a usual trip out of town, next day, just a terrible odor, like mildew, and something rotting.

trying to clean using A/C duct cleaner, but not too successful. Any ideas why the odor so sudden? And how to remove it?

thank you!
Monday, May 11th, 2009 AT 4:42 PM

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Tiny
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If the smell is coming from the duct work, you may have a dead animal in the heater core box, or there could be a coolant leak from the heater core. Is the carpet at all wet on the passanger side?
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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 AT 1:33 PM

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