Rodent damage?
#16
If you live in a wooded/rural area, critters love to get into your car. I had one use a/c insulation in the engine compartment as nest material.
Tough to keep them away other than garage and even then they will get in. Hate to use control but you could be looking at expensive repair otherwise.
Tough to keep them away other than garage and even then they will get in. Hate to use control but you could be looking at expensive repair otherwise.
#18
Three Wheelin'
Problem is that auto manufacturers use a peanut, palm, or vegetable oil as an additive in the polymer extruded over copper to reduce hydrocarbon use. Rodents smell and love it.
if you drive daily, rodents are less likely to get into your car.
if you drive daily, rodents are less likely to get into your car.
#19
Nordschleife Master
#20
I have a significant background in rodent management. If you live in cooler climates glue boards are a waste of time as the pliability of the glue drops dramatically once temps fall. Maintaining a rodent control program on the site where you store your car is really the only successful measure I have seen in my 30 years in the industry. I have been been working on some devices to help keep mice out of cars and RVs but patent issues have delayed my progress.
About 30 years ago I noticed a burning smell coming from the front of my car, and when I checked I found a little home that mice were building in my engine compartment. After cleaning out the mess, I first tried to seal off the tiniest access points in my garage. That was a waste of time since I discovered that mice can squeeze their bodies through the tiniest of holes. So I then put a pack of dcon pellets in a corner of my garage near the garage door. All the pellets were eaten within a couple of weeks. I then replaced it with another dcon pack, and it went untouched. So every December I put a pack of dcon in my garage, and I haven't had another mice problem. It's a simple and inexpensive solution. My only caveat is its use when there are young children or pets in the house. Dcon is a poison. So either precautions must be taken to protect children and pets or another solution must be found.
#22
RL Community Team
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I live a heavily wooded area(a forest) and my cat kills 30+ mice yearly, I have a few collector cars stored in my garage and never had a rodent problem in 20+ years...
Last edited by Carlo_Carrera; 12-15-2019 at 06:25 PM.
#23
Rennlist Member
But you have to have a cat, right?
I’ll take the cautious rodenticide route.
DaveGee
I’ll take the cautious rodenticide route.
DaveGee