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DSPRING
New Member
United States
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 Posted - 10/28/2008 : 09:17:58 AM
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| WE HAVE A (THOMAS 1408S) FROM YEAR ONE IT HAS HAD A DEAD FISH SMELL.IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN HEATERS ARE ON. WE HAVE CHECKED.HEATER,HOSE COVERS,AND HEATER BOXES.WE HAVE HUNTED THIS ALL YEAR LONG. THANKS FOR ANY HELP |
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bbird66
Top Member
USA
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Posted - 10/28/2008 : 12:24:48 PM
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1408S??? what is that?
What year is it? could be the seats, mold in them?, under em', plywood might be rotten. Bus from Louisianna? |
Were gonna miss you "Brent"..Good luck in "Heidi land"
"I know you miss the Wainwrights Bobby, but they were weak and stupid people...and that's why we have wolves and other large predators" .. The Far Side
"On a two hour delay when will my child be picked up??"
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DSPRING
New Member
United States
2 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2008 : 1:53:26 PM
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| Sorry. 2008. thank you for the 411 |
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Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4547 Posts |
Posted - 10/28/2008 : 2:35:54 PM
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| Check the battery box. We had a prankster put a skunk (dead) in there once...yikes. |
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Dravo
Senior Member
USA
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Posted - 10/28/2008 : 3:05:06 PM
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!. Could be gassing from overcharging batteries.
2. If it's a dead fish, after you remove the fish, rent a commercial Ozoneator and run it full blast with the windows closed and the heater on. I've removed dead rat smell from a vehicle with an Ozoneator. |
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chevybb
Active Member
USA
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 3:11:51 PM
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| I'd also check for a very small coolant leak---the new stuff smells fishy to me. |
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Rich
Top Member
United States
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Posted - 10/31/2008 : 4:14:32 PM
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| Yeah I'd go for the coolant... that scent can be terrible! |
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partsman_ba
Administrator
United States
377 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2009 : 08:58:52 AM
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I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to weigh in on this. We had this problem with several BB A3RE's - they think the problem was the green John Deere spec coolant reacting with either the silicone heater hoses or the solder in the redesigned radiators they had to use when Cummins went to their ISC07's - fix for us (our dealer) was flushing out and refilling with Cummins blue coolant and changing hoses permeated with that fish smell. |
"Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional." |
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bwest
Administrator
United States
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Posted - 11/03/2009 : 09:21:30 AM
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| This is interesting. I wonder what, if anything, he found out. |
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hardybusman
Advanced Member
United States
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Posted - 11/03/2009 : 4:11:32 PM
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| We have had similar smell "at least the kids said it smelled like fish". I simply mixed 5 to 1 bleach and water and misted all the seats and left the bus open over night to air out. It has no longer had the smell. Good Luck!!! |
Mr. Courtney Hardy
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