Rodent in Engine

[Ajolives]

Anyone have any advise on how to deter this damn animal from hanging out in my engine bay?

My undercarriage trays are complete and in good shape, as well as the seals along the hood openings. Not sure how this assholes getting in here.

Any help/products/remedies would be much appreciated. Happy holidays!!!

[Pig Farmer]

Originally Posted by Ajolives

Anyone have any advise on how to deter this damn animal from hanging out in my engine bay?

My undercarriage trays are complete and in good shape, as well as the seals along the hood openings. Not sure how this assholes getting in here.

Any help/products/remedies would be much appreciated. Happy holidays!!!

I decided to do a bunch of preventative maintenance at 50K miles including plugs, coils, throttle actuators, and a bunch of other things. When pulling the plenum, I found a rat nest right in the “v” behind the throttle actuators. I read somewhere that rats & mice can’t control their bladders and basically pee while walking around. They follow the pee trail back to their nest. I don’t know how accurate this is, but I cleaned the engine bay with a fairly mild petroleum based cleaner (Black Magic Engine Shine). The rat has not been back in 5k miles.

[wfdeacon88]

Originally Posted by Ajolives

Anyone have any advise on how to deter this damn animal from hanging out in my engine bay?

My undercarriage trays are complete and in good shape, as well as the seals along the hood openings. Not sure how this assholes getting in here.

Any help/products/remedies would be much appreciated. Happy holidays!!!

a cat or rat poison..

[Ajolives]

Originally Posted by Pig Farmer

I decided to do a bunch of preventative maintenance at 50K miles including plugs, coils, throttle actuators, and a bunch of other things. When pulling the plenum, I found a rat nest right in the “v” behind the throttle actuators. I read somewhere that rats & mice can’t control their bladders and basically pee while walking around. They follow the pee trail back to their nest. I don’t know how accurate this is, but I cleaned the engine bay with a fairly mild petroleum based cleaner (Black Magic Engine Shine). The rat has not been back in 5k miles.

Thanks for the tip, I was planning on cleaning it up this weekend but I'll make sure to be extra thorough.

[Ajolives]

Originally Posted by wfdeacon88

a cat or rat poison..

If I can find somewhere to place the poison I'm the car...wife gets the driveway, I'm in the road.

[roastbeef]

This

[wfdeacon88]

Originally Posted by Ajolives

If I can find somewhere to place the poison I'm the car...wife gets the driveway, I'm in the road.

Oh hahaha yeah I assumed it was garaged and was mostly kidding.. but, you could potentially put some traps with food out under the car/front end while it's sitting on the road and who knows?

[pbonsalb]

Drive the car more.

[Ajolives]

Originally Posted by pbonsalb

Drive the car more.

It's my daily

[Scharbag]

Originally Posted by Ajolives

It's my daily

I have heard that rodents do not like rosemary. Some say to grind up rosemary with water and spray the area where you park.

Not sure if they actually works though. Worst case, your parking stall will smell nice.