I went on vacation for a week and came home to discover that mice have chewed up the firewall insulation and carried it into the air intake. The blower is humming and vibrating because it's packed full of mouse nest. I pulled the cabin air filter and removed as much as I could, then reached up into the opening and pulled out even more, but the fan is still making noise and vibrating.
I understand that removing the blower case is a major job and I was hoping I could possibly snake a wire or something into the system ahead of the fan and maybe pull out the offending material. The problem is that I can't figure out where the fresh air enters the system. Can anyone help? Google gives me all sorts of threads on changing the cabin air filters but nothing about coming in from the other side.
It's still under warranty, and they SHOULD cover it because they designed it so mice can get in, but I'm doubtful they will. Better if I can just fix it myself.
TIA for any help.
I understand that removing the blower case is a major job and I was hoping I could possibly snake a wire or something into the system ahead of the fan and maybe pull out the offending material. The problem is that I can't figure out where the fresh air enters the system. Can anyone help? Google gives me all sorts of threads on changing the cabin air filters but nothing about coming in from the other side.
It's still under warranty, and they SHOULD cover it because they designed it so mice can get in, but I'm doubtful they will. Better if I can just fix it myself.
TIA for any help.