fish smell in car vents

[rhonda1955]

Im new at this,but my daughter'sjerk brother-in-law put fish guts and juice in my daughters vents on the hood.Now when she turns the heater on it smells like fish,he did it to my other daughter's also and she is pregant with twins,she can't bare to drive it.does any one have any suggestions to get it out?

[EVH5150]

This dumbass definately has some issues. To me that would be some form of vandalism. Not sure how to get the smell out except to take it in and ask a mechanic if he has any solutions, but whatever the cost, I'd make sure that schmuck pay for the repair of both vehicles. What the hell did he do that for anyhow?!?!

[rhonda1955]

He is one of my daughters,husband brother,he and his wife are getting a divorce,he blames my daughter for the divorce,which she had nothing to do with it.He ran around every weekend for 12 years with the boys,and he was controlling.Good riddens.His soon to be ex-never says nothing bad about him to their young 4 daughters,but he talks about her to them.It sad.My other daughter had nothing to do with this either.It will probably cost like 700 to get the smell out.

[MagicRat]

This is an old and pretty stupid revenge/annoyance trick, but pretty easy to fix.

Go to a car wash, the kind with the high pressure hand-held sprayer.

Go for the soapy hot water spray, and spray directly into the air vent, up and down the length of the vent. The water pressure will blow out the fish residue and flush it out down the drains for the vent.

These vents are designed to keep heavy rain out of the interior, but allow the rain water to drain towards the pavement, so most likely none will get in the car.
But it might be handy to have someone inside the car just to keep an eye out for any water.

[KimMG]

If you are able to prove he did it, file charges, get a restraining order, go to the dealer and get an estimate to have the vents taken apart and cleaned, put the amount of the estimate plus car rental on the restraining order. If the judge rules against you for the costs on the restraining order, then take him to small claims court. If you win and you know where he works, collecting will be easy, you can have his wages attached. The only way to punish jerks like this is to go after their wallets. The restraining order will make it a felony if he ever goes near your daughters or their property again. If he violates the restraining order, he can go to jail for up to a year without a trial (no bail, because it would be contempt of court). If hunting or shooting with the boys is one of his pastimes, it won't be if you get the restraining order, he won't be allowed to possess firearms. At the very least get the restraining order, it is worth it.