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23-12-2011, 12:42 AM
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Just did a long drive out in the country, and coming back I smell a strong smell of seafood wafting from the front of the car... and I don't like seafood
 . Must be all the bugs that got squashed or sucked into the radiator, and then cooked. Is there something I can use to rid the smell? |
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23-12-2011, 12:52 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Wash your car :p
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23-12-2011, 01:01 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Hot soapy water...you don't have to use car wash solution at that stage until you wash the car properly later, unless you really want to...but some sort of detergent is what you want, to dissolve the gummy bug guts. It could take a while, and use one of those sponges with a mesh on it. The smell you're talking about probably means they're caked on the radiator or trans cooler as well...that will usually mean blasting it out with a hose with a jet nozzle from behind the radiator if you can. That can take a bit longer to do.
Time and elbow grease are the only solution to the problem... Get a fair few bugs out here at night...one memorable time back when we had the Landcruiser we drove through a couple of kilometers of swarming flying ants (termites) that caked the front of the car thickly and literally dimmed the headlights so much that we had to eventually stop and scrub the headlight covers with a rag at a creek crossing... |
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Rid burning bugs smell
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