2001 Hyundai Tiburon started to smell like dead rat

2001 HYUNDAI TIBURON
80,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • MANUAL
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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!
May 11, 2009 at 4:42 PM
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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?
Jun 2, 2009 at 1:33 PM