Smelly Ford Focus

My colleague's 2008 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCi has suddenly developed a an awful smell inside. Carpets are clean and nothing has been dropped on them. Smell dissipates when blowers are on full blast. Any ideas?

Asked on 4 December 2013 by CL, Kent

Answered by Honest John

It will either be damp under the carpets, or a dead mouse in the vent trunking.

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