Alright, so maybe it isn't that bad, but the odor is unpleasant nonetheless. My interior has been smelling like mold for a while, so I removed the carpeting and discovered two water leaks. The sound-deadening material underneath the carpet was completely saturated and producing the smell.
I haven't put the carpeting back in, but I reinstalled the front seats and I'm starting to pick up the odor again. It is not nearly as pungent as it was, but you get a good whiff when you open the door for the first time.
I used Lysol on the floorboards and cleaned everything out (can metal even retain a smell?). I've been putting up with the stinky carpet for about a year... in that time, could the seats and/or headliner have contracted the same "stale mold" odor from the carpeting? I sniffed around and just can't figure out where it's still coming from.
One of the leaks is where the heater box and windshield cowl meet. The water was running along the rubber-backed foam insulation behind the dashboard. I haven't removed it, because that entails removing the entire (and I mean entire) dashboard. I thought for sure that was the culprit, but it has a totally different smell. Like a wet dog.
I'm about at my wits end with this. Any ideas?
I haven't put the carpeting back in, but I reinstalled the front seats and I'm starting to pick up the odor again. It is not nearly as pungent as it was, but you get a good whiff when you open the door for the first time.
I used Lysol on the floorboards and cleaned everything out (can metal even retain a smell?). I've been putting up with the stinky carpet for about a year... in that time, could the seats and/or headliner have contracted the same "stale mold" odor from the carpeting? I sniffed around and just can't figure out where it's still coming from.
One of the leaks is where the heater box and windshield cowl meet. The water was running along the rubber-backed foam insulation behind the dashboard. I haven't removed it, because that entails removing the entire (and I mean entire) dashboard. I thought for sure that was the culprit, but it has a totally different smell. Like a wet dog.
I'm about at my wits end with this. Any ideas?