Rocks in the engine!
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Rocks in the engine!
I am changing the starter in my 2005 Turbo and found these rocks or pebbles in the engine... what's up with that? How did they get in there?
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That's odd. I wonder if there's a certain type of rodent that would bring them up there?
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I've had the car for 3 years and kept it in the garage... it must have been a previous owner that didn't drive it much. I still don't see how anything could get in there!
Crazy!
Crazy!
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Campground for a rodent that found the open area between the intake manifold and firewall.
An exterminator explained that if a pencil will fit in an opening a mouse can as well.
An exterminator explained that if a pencil will fit in an opening a mouse can as well.
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From Don Sutherland, zoologist, Natural Heritage Information Centre, Peterborough, ON: “I’ve never seen this myself. I’ve never seen a definitive explanation for this behaviour. An alternate explanation in the literature has been that this sort of behaviour may be an attempt to disguise food caches and foil cache-pilfering by other squirrels. Gray Squirrels are scatter food-hoarders, caching food items in a wide variety of sites. When squirrel populations become dense and/or when food becomes scarce, the pilfering of caches by other squirrels becomes a problem. Caching stones, pebbles or other items may be an attempt to confuse/foil potential pilferers.”
Well I'll be damned...Wouldn't want a squirrel in my engine bay, that's for sure.
Well I'll be damned...Wouldn't want a squirrel in my engine bay, that's for sure.
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From Don Sutherland, zoologist, Natural Heritage Information Centre, Peterborough, ON: “I’ve never seen this myself. I’ve never seen a definitive explanation for this behaviour. An alternate explanation in the literature has been that this sort of behaviour may be an attempt to disguise food caches and foil cache-pilfering by other squirrels. Gray Squirrels are scatter food-hoarders, caching food items in a wide variety of sites. When squirrel populations become dense and/or when food becomes scarce, the pilfering of caches by other squirrels becomes a problem. Caching stones, pebbles or other items may be an attempt to confuse/foil potential pilferers.”
Well I'll be damned...Wouldn't want a squirrel in my engine bay, that's for sure.
Well I'll be damned...Wouldn't want a squirrel in my engine bay, that's for sure.
Well, these must have been here for a long time then... at least 5 years.