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Chewed Electrical Wires (rodent)
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Posted by reekola (My Page) on Mon, Nov 24, 08 at 17:16
| My son had 4 sets of wires in the engine compartment chewed up, presumably by a rodent. He said he saw a little pile of leaves near them and assumes they were making a nest. He doesn't drive the car every day so some mice probably thought it looked like a nice place for a condo.
Any ideas on how to keep them out of there and keep them from chewing up more wires? Am having the chewed up ones repaired now.
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RE: Chewed Electrical Wires (rodent)
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4 sets of what engine wires ? I'll run this by you. Our
insurance company writes off any vehicle with rodent damage. They must know something. How long does this car sit ? I live in the bush and have no mouse problem. Where is the car parked ? Someone said moth balls in the car
prevent mice. Try that. Put some under the hood too. |
RE: Chewed Electrical Wires (rodent)
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| One set went to ABS something, one to headlights, one to starter fuse?? (car would not start), not sure of fourth. Son is in college and rides his bike to classes when weather is good, so car can sit for several days. Last spot was outside and next to the garage. They noticed a few mice in the house a month ago and trapped several. I told him to park in the street away from the house. I'll try the mothballs under the hood. I was wondering if I could put some kind of metal sheathing/conduit around the wires to prevent the chewing. Aluminum foil (probably too thin)? |
RE: Chewed Electrical Wires (rodent)
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| **Our insurance company writes off any vehicle with rodent damage. They must know something. How long does this car sit ? I live in the bush and have no mouse problem. Where is the car parked ?** What do you mean by 'writes off'? Your luck doesn't isn't an indication of a thing. Just last week the check engine light came on in a pick up at my work. Problem was traced to mouse chewed wires near the distributor. This vehicle gets driven 5 days a week at least. Evidence of critters is frequently found under the hood of my daily driver. Don't know what a person could do other than set traps when something starts to take up residence in your vehicle. |
RE: Chewed Electrical Wires (rodent)
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" Write off " as in gone. Total loss. Sent to the crusher.
They will allow one mouse claim in wiring but if it is inside the cab of the car, truck, or motor home it is gone.
A very serious health hazard that will never be cleaned
properly without major cost. |
RE: Chewed Electrical Wires (rodent)
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| I've had problems in the past in vehicles that were on the carport. One was driven regularly and the other one, very seldom. At the time, I was feeding the dogs on the carport and often found dog food in the engine compartments, and even inside of the car and truck. I finally quit feeding them on the carport, and have not had a problem since. I'm wondering if some glue traps wired in place might help you. They are certainly not humane, but what is that kills varmits. I never liked the idea of poison due to them maybe dying within the vehicle, and then maybe having to tear the vehicle apart to try and find the stinking thing. A friend had a mouse in her car and wanted it gone/killed. She parked it in the blazing sun in the summertime. Sure enough, it died, and the smell was awful, as they couldn't readily find it once it started stinking. Lesson leanred the hard way. |
RE: Chewed Electrical Wires (rodent)
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I would try Rataway Fragrance from
Rataway Fragrance stops Rabbit, squirrels, rats, mice, woodpeckers, dogs, cats, vols,odors, and nesting in car engines,
homes, motorhomes, boats, equipment, etc... Rataway fragrance protects car engines, motorhomes, boats, homes, trucks, heavy equipment,plastic water lines, heating & air conditioning equipment, duct work,
attics,etc.. |
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