My FIL got a mouse chew on the O2 sensor wire.
mice!
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They (rumor has it) are especially attracted to Toyota wiring. And they tear away bits of the hood sound insulator to make nests.
I recently swapped knock sensors on a Camry V6. When I pulled the intake, the area between the block and the intake was filled with fuzz, and nesting material.
There was also a bunch of mouse poison. If was a friends car, and he had recently noticed mice in the garage, so he put some poison containers down. Apparently the mice liked to transport it to the engine, lol.
I also have an S10 that was running real sluggish. So I checked the air cleaner, and it was packed with nuts and fuzz. I also pulled the intake tube, the fuzz was so packed in there I had to use a long rod to shove it out. It was like I picked up twice the power when I got that out, haha. Mice!!!
There was also a bunch of mouse poison. If was a friends car, and he had recently noticed mice in the garage, so he put some poison containers down. Apparently the mice liked to transport it to the engine, lol.
I also have an S10 that was running real sluggish. So I checked the air cleaner, and it was packed with nuts and fuzz. I also pulled the intake tube, the fuzz was so packed in there I had to use a long rod to shove it out. It was like I picked up twice the power when I got that out, haha. Mice!!!
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I hates miceses to pieces....
I don't have so much of a problem with mice and vehicles as I do dirt dauber wasps. They build nests everywhere.....all over an engine and in any opening they can find.
Mothballs work pretty well keeping mice at bay and the few we have had always ate the poison we put out and we have never had one die in the house.
I don't have so much of a problem with mice and vehicles as I do dirt dauber wasps. They build nests everywhere.....all over an engine and in any opening they can find.
Mothballs work pretty well keeping mice at bay and the few we have had always ate the poison we put out and we have never had one die in the house.
Just make sure you do not use the poison if you have cats. if they eat a poisoned mouse they may die also.
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Bounce dryer sheets work very well for deterring mice from an area, and leaving a nice smell
My wife's 2009 Elantra had about a cup of dry dog food in the air box below the filter, nuts jammed ALL around the intake manifold and around the plug wires and a nest on the cabin air filter
above the blower behind the glove box. I want to try some repellents, maybe I'll start with this idea. The car is parked outside and it sits a lot hence the idea that it is an apartment.
Any suggestions on how to rig something? And where do they access the interior ducts? Maybe I can try some mesh if I knew where to locate it.
Bounce dryer sheets work very well for deterring mice from an area, and leaving a nice smell
My wife's 2009 Elantra had about a cup of dry dog food in the air box below the filter, nuts jammed ALL around the intake manifold and around the plug wires and a nest on the cabin air filter
above the blower behind the glove box. I want to try some repellents, maybe I'll start with this idea. The car is parked outside and it sits a lot hence the idea that it is an apartment.
Any suggestions on how to rig something? And where do they access the interior ducts? Maybe I can try some mesh if I knew where to locate it.
Originally Posted By: schuylkill
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Bounce dryer sheets work very well for deterring mice from an area, and leaving a nice smell
My wife's 2009 Elantra had about a cup of dry dog food in the air box below the filter, nuts jammed ALL around the intake manifold and around the plug wires and a nest on the cabin air filter
above the blower behind the glove box. I want to try some repellents, maybe I'll start with this idea. The car is parked outside and it sits a lot hence the idea that it is an apartment.
Any suggestions on how to rig something? And where do they access the interior ducts? Maybe I can try some mesh if I knew where to locate it.
Peppermint oil. Moth balls. Poison bait. Billy the cat.
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Bounce dryer sheets work very well for deterring mice from an area, and leaving a nice smell
My wife's 2009 Elantra had about a cup of dry dog food in the air box below the filter, nuts jammed ALL around the intake manifold and around the plug wires and a nest on the cabin air filter
above the blower behind the glove box. I want to try some repellents, maybe I'll start with this idea. The car is parked outside and it sits a lot hence the idea that it is an apartment.
Any suggestions on how to rig something? And where do they access the interior ducts? Maybe I can try some mesh if I knew where to locate it.
Peppermint oil. Moth balls. Poison bait. Billy the cat.
Originally Posted By: schuylkill
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Bounce dryer sheets work very well for deterring mice from an area, and leaving a nice smell
My wife's 2009 Elantra had about a cup of dry dog food in the air box below the filter, nuts jammed ALL around the intake manifold and around the plug wires and a nest on the cabin air filter
above the blower behind the glove box. I want to try some repellents, maybe I'll start with this idea. The car is parked outside and it sits a lot hence the idea that it is an apartment.
Any suggestions on how to rig something? And where do they access the interior ducts? Maybe I can try some mesh if I knew where to locate it.
Mice, or "bushy-tailed, gray tree rats"??
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Bounce dryer sheets work very well for deterring mice from an area, and leaving a nice smell
My wife's 2009 Elantra had about a cup of dry dog food in the air box below the filter, nuts jammed ALL around the intake manifold and around the plug wires and a nest on the cabin air filter
above the blower behind the glove box. I want to try some repellents, maybe I'll start with this idea. The car is parked outside and it sits a lot hence the idea that it is an apartment.
Any suggestions on how to rig something? And where do they access the interior ducts? Maybe I can try some mesh if I knew where to locate it.
Mice, or "bushy-tailed, gray tree rats"??
In GTMO we have "banana rats" which like to chew up wires, coolant hoses, etc. A lot of vehicles there have chicken wire installed underneath the vehicle and this seems to be the only way to stop them. It is what my mom did with her Sebring and no more droppings were found in the engine bay. Cut open some slits where the oil filter and drain plugs are and then close the slits with zip-ties for easy access during routine maintenance.
Picture of said banana rat:
Picture of said banana rat:
Originally Posted By: RamFan
In GTMO we have "banana rats" which like to chew up wires, coolant hoses, etc. A lot of vehicles there have chicken wire installed underneath the vehicle and this seems to be the only way to stop them. It is what my mom did with her Sebring and no more droppings were found in the engine bay. Cut open some slits where the oil filter and drain plugs are and then close the slits with zip-ties for easy access during routine maintenance.
Picture of said banana rat:
That thing looks BIGGER THAN an otter!!
In GTMO we have "banana rats" which like to chew up wires, coolant hoses, etc. A lot of vehicles there have chicken wire installed underneath the vehicle and this seems to be the only way to stop them. It is what my mom did with her Sebring and no more droppings were found in the engine bay. Cut open some slits where the oil filter and drain plugs are and then close the slits with zip-ties for easy access during routine maintenance.
Picture of said banana rat:
That thing looks BIGGER THAN an otter!!
Originally Posted By: dailydriver
Originally Posted By: RamFan
In GTMO we have "banana rats" which like to chew up wires, coolant hoses, etc. A lot of vehicles there have chicken wire installed underneath the vehicle and this seems to be the only way to stop them. It is what my mom did with her Sebring and no more droppings were found in the engine bay. Cut open some slits where the oil filter and drain plugs are and then close the slits with zip-ties for easy access during routine maintenance.
Picture of said banana rat:
That thing looks BIGGER THAN an otter!!
Yeah they are comparable I'd say. Think of a raccoon with a slightly slimmer hind quarter lol
Originally Posted By: RamFan
In GTMO we have "banana rats" which like to chew up wires, coolant hoses, etc. A lot of vehicles there have chicken wire installed underneath the vehicle and this seems to be the only way to stop them. It is what my mom did with her Sebring and no more droppings were found in the engine bay. Cut open some slits where the oil filter and drain plugs are and then close the slits with zip-ties for easy access during routine maintenance.
Picture of said banana rat:
That thing looks BIGGER THAN an otter!!
Yeah they are comparable I'd say. Think of a raccoon with a slightly slimmer hind quarter lol
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JHZR2
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Originally Posted By: Donald
They (rumor has it) are especially attracted to Toyota wiring. And they tear away bits of the hood sound insulator to make nests.
I thought those divots were due to my car being 20 years old!!
Maybe they are mice-derived!
They (rumor has it) are especially attracted to Toyota wiring. And they tear away bits of the hood sound insulator to make nests.
I thought those divots were due to my car being 20 years old!!
Maybe they are mice-derived!
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