Rodent in car
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Ugh... this reminds me of the time one of my clients had some rats climb up the tailpipe of his NSX one winter... They got into the engine bay and chewed through pretty much ALL the electrical, then they climbed back in his exhaust and died in the catalytic converter. That phonecall almost made me cry thinking about that poor, gorgeous car...
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Originally Posted by Runawayrogue
Ugh... this reminds me of the time one of my clients had some rats climb up the tailpipe of his NSX one winter... They got into the engine bay and chewed through pretty much ALL the electrical, then they climbed back in his exhaust and died in the catalytic converter. That phonecall almost made me cry thinking about that poor, gorgeous car...
i'm glad is out of my car.
and into your gf's car now thats funny
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Originally Posted by kozmo
i work at Lexus and we see this a lot it is actually rats and not mice..we find dead rats in cabin air filters and intakes. :o
today I detailed both engine bays ( http://home.comcast.net/~michael.coh..._Hand_Book.pdf ). and while I was waiting for them to dry off I checked both cabin air filters to make sure that the rat has not been there anymore.
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Originally Posted by planedriver
Originally Posted by kozmo
i work at Lexus and we see this a lot it is actually rats and not mice..we find dead rats in cabin air filters and intakes. :o
today I detailed both engine bays ( http://home.comcast.net/~michael.coh..._Hand_Book.pdf ). and while I was waiting for them to dry off I checked both cabin air filters to make sure that the rat has not been there anymore.
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UPDATE:
went in to the garage today and looked at the traps and the boxes of decon. one of the boxes of decon is not as full as the other ones and there is crumbs of decon on the side of it. i hope it will continue eating that stuff so it can die soon...
will update as soon as i find anything new.
went in to the garage today and looked at the traps and the boxes of decon. one of the boxes of decon is not as full as the other ones and there is crumbs of decon on the side of it. i hope it will continue eating that stuff so it can die soon...
will update as soon as i find anything new.
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the rat has been eating the poison (most of the boxes of decon have crumbs all around) that's the update for now.
don't know where it's going die but hopefully it is in the garage so i can at least have peace of mind.. hehe
don't know where it's going die but hopefully it is in the garage so i can at least have peace of mind.. hehe
.....damn rats......
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I have an Easy Fix..
Wow Rodents of Unusual Size...
I have an Easy Fix. I live in Minnesota and used to live on a farm here, they like going in your car in the Winter, it's warm! Not really unusual unfortunately. I got in my car one morning to go to work, turned the defrost on high and it sounded like a blender full of ice and all this dog food crumbs came flying up out of the vents in the dash. I was not happy, I cleaned out the heating system, set traps, poison, etc. Still, kept getting in there. I have an Uncle that retired from being in charge of the Fleet Vehicle Maintenance for a very large County in Illinois. I was talking to him and told him what was going on. He told me they have that problem every Winter in the fleet vehicles, and that the solution was to take a sheet of Bounce fabric softener and put it over the face of the cabin filter. Claims there is something in it, a chemical, the smell, whatever, but the rodents hate it and leave. I put the Bounce in my cars and never had an issue again. It's cheap and easy, and your car smell April fresh, give it a try and let me know if it works for the huge alien rodents you have in your location.
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I have an Easy Fix. I live in Minnesota and used to live on a farm here, they like going in your car in the Winter, it's warm! Not really unusual unfortunately. I got in my car one morning to go to work, turned the defrost on high and it sounded like a blender full of ice and all this dog food crumbs came flying up out of the vents in the dash. I was not happy, I cleaned out the heating system, set traps, poison, etc. Still, kept getting in there. I have an Uncle that retired from being in charge of the Fleet Vehicle Maintenance for a very large County in Illinois. I was talking to him and told him what was going on. He told me they have that problem every Winter in the fleet vehicles, and that the solution was to take a sheet of Bounce fabric softener and put it over the face of the cabin filter. Claims there is something in it, a chemical, the smell, whatever, but the rodents hate it and leave. I put the Bounce in my cars and never had an issue again. It's cheap and easy, and your car smell April fresh, give it a try and let me know if it works for the huge alien rodents you have in your location.
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