hey guys, anyone know of a good car detail place that would be able to remove the stench of a dead snake? apparently, my sister's b/f took his eyes off of his pet snake for a few seconds and it somehow ended up crawling into the engine. the smell is putrid. you can't breathe even with the windows rolled down. don't ask me about the details of how it got in. i can't even walk within 5 feet of the interior before my gag reflex kicks in. plus, that's all i know.
I hear those Dodge Viper's are damn fast. It would seem to me that in order to remove the stench you'd have to remove the dead snake first. In which case a mechanic might be more helpful than a detailer.
You really should call "Car Talk" this weekend. Those guys would absolutely love this phone call. ... Freak.
Jerry: So, this morning I go down to the garage to check the car out. I figure by this time, the odour molecules have had at least twelve hours to de-smellify. I open the car door, like a *punch* in the *face*, the stench hits me-- it's almost as if it had *gained* strength throughout the night... Elaine: Y'know I can think of at *least* six known offensive odours that I would *rather* smell than what's livin' in your car. Jerry: What about skunk? Elaine: I don't mind skunk. Jerry: Horse manure? Elaine: I *loooove* horse manure. Jerry: Well, I've never seen anything like this in my life. In fact, I went to the car wash, they want 250 dollars to detail it, and get the smell out. I'm not payin' for that. That's not my responsibility. In fact, I'm drivin' up to that restaurant now, and *demand* they pay for it. Elaine: Absolutely.
So just to get this straight, the snake died somewhere in the engine compartment and it is making the inside of the car smell Well, anyway, there are plenty of places that will detail the the car, including the engine compartment, that should take care of it. The only exception would be if the snake wrapped itself aroung the exhaust manifold and is now burned on to it. The only thing to do then is to scrape as much of it off as you can and wait for the rest to burn off over time, or replace the manifold.
Pie, that's the story i was told. it's gotta be fried somewhere. everything may taste like chicken, but this sure doesn't smell like chicken.
I can only imagine what it smells like. From your last comment it sounds like they never found the snake. Step #1 should be to remove the rotting carcase(sp?) from the car.
I remember watching an episode of MythBusters where they shoved dead pigs into an old 'Vette and let them rot. They were trying to see if they could clean the car afterwards and get all the stench out and re-sell it. They wore gas masks during the cleaning and it was still overpowering them. They had to rip the seats and much of the interior out. They tried to sell the car for parts, but people came by and nearly choked on the smell. Finally some guy came by, acted like he didn't smell anything, and bought it off of them for $2000 (they had been asking for $3000).
I saw the start of this, but I never saw them trying to clean the car. I just remember they kept trying to seal the car with tape and ended up locking it in a trailer cause people were getting grossed from the smell just by walking by it. I can't imagine that it looked real nice either. Did the pigs ever explode? I remember one of the things that they were testing was whether the pigs would bust from the expanding maggots inside.
