There has been a strange rattle and clunking noise going on underneath the hood of my trailblazer for over a week. It is worse when I first crank it up and then the noise would "level out" and I wouldn't notice it again until the next morning. I asked Sam to please listen to the noise every day last week. Finally on Saturday morning, he relented and told me to pop the hood and crank the ignition.
As the fan began to run, I saw what I thought were feathers shoot out from somewhere in the mechanics of the vehicle. No other noise other than the fan clunking and hitting on the housing. Without any further ado, I kiledl the engine and didn't think twice about the incident until this morning. As I walked towards my vehicle, I got a whiff of the worst dead animal smell EVER. My first thought was that it was a coon or skunk that one of the boys had killed south of the house and the wind was blowing the stench towards the house.
Got into my vehicle and cranked it up --- Oh.My.God. My gag reflex kicked in and I truly thought my cranapple juice was going to end up on the ground. And the lightbulb clicked on. I had noticed only two instead of three kittens around the house on Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. I'll be damned. I had a dead kitten underneath the hood and it had been there for two very long and very hot days. I drove to town with all four windows down. Yep, I am still sporting the wind blown look.
Took my vehicle across the street to one of the local mechanic shops. I warned them that there was a dead kitten underneath my hood that would probably need to be tended to before they could locate and repair the clunking noise going on with my fan. A young kid named Billy drew the short stick and he had to disengage vehicle parts in order to completely remove pieces of kitten carcass. That chore took him over an hour. After giving my vehicle time to air out, the water pump was found to be the cause of the noise and it was replaced.
I bought some of those icky smelling Christmas Tree deodorizers (New Car, Vanilla and Pine Tree) in hopes that it will overpower the smell that is still oozing from underneath the hood. I've started with New Car Scent. I really ought to hang one around my ears so the tree can dangle beneath my nose when I drive home this afternoon.
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