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I'm working on a running problem and in the process dropped the under engine splash guard, to check on a loose ground that ended up going to the AC compressor, and found 2 dead baby mice in the splash guard.
To my knowledge mice have babies in a nest don't they?
My air passage is clear and the air filter is in tact. Nothing in the fan cowl. Nothing on top of the starter motor ...
I drive the car once a week usually.
Where else might mice nest in the engine compartment?
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I'm not near a 240, and can't recall exactly, but.. is there not a space under the battery tray? That's where I'd go if I were a mouse. Well, that, or inside if possible.
Also possible that the nest blew away if you started it prior to looking...and/or that the parent mice abandoned the nest when you started messing with the car.
Mice can get in amazingly small holes. A month or so ago: "Did you see that avocado when you brought in the groceries?" "no.. didn't see it" Guess it fell out of the bag in the Miata"
A couple weeks later, an licked clean avocado pit was found in the car. Mice *LOVE* avocados. And this was inside a fairly tight, modern car (Toyota Rav4/automatic). No idea how they got in, but... ah well. Cute little guys.
And they live in the subaru, and all the Volvos. Have actually never had a problem with wiring in anything newer than about 1953... a British car with braided cloth protected wires. They seem to like that stuff just fine :)
that said.... they most certainly can cause serious damage...
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Nothing under the battery but that was a possibly good place. It s not closed though and would potentially fall out to the side and down onto the road. The hood does not exactly seal out water on my car either so that spot is not particularly dry.
The hood padding was an interesting possibility but my car has none.
It also may be added that the two dead mice pups were on each side (left and right) of the engine glued to the oil sludge in the bottom of the engine splash guard.
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posted by
someone claiming to be CB
on
Sun Oct 7 17:18 CST 2012 [ RELATED]
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My most recent mouse sighting was opening the trunk to put in the groceries. the momma mouse ran from sight with two of the little buggers firmly attached to her teat...the rest left sitting...blind.
Up front in the engine compartment, near the hinges there are "places" where I've cleaned out mouse nests.
my little momma left droppings on the front seat before I got her with the traditional mouse trap. Six in the litter.
there are so many passages in a 240, no way of knowing.
one more: speeding down the interstate at 70mph, Elvis Costello's ...Oliver's Army blasting...rather be anyplace else than here....a mouse jumps into my lap.
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Wow, mice issues. I love this forum sometimes!!
For karmic reasons, I really try to avoid killing living things that aren't directly threatening me, but for those little beasties with continence problems, I've made exceptions. I "hates meeces to pieces" because they piss and poop everywhere, plus their need to chew on everything. In a car that has been stored, they can just about ruin your upholstery, and wiring. So, I've found out that a dish of AMMONIA, or a rag soaked in same, then left in a closed car for a few days, will most often drive them away. I've also heard that FRESH MINT, or RED PEPPER will do the same trick. Get proactive, there are plenty of other places they can go and live. It doesn't have to be in the cloth headliner of your recently restored Volvo PV444!!!
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posted by
someone claiming to be CB
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Sat Nov 10 18:37 CST 2012 [ RELATED]
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"For karmic reasons, I really try to avoid killing living things that aren't directly threatening me"
Google Hanta Virus, then rethink "aren't threatening me"
then go look up Lymes Disease: deer are not the primary vectors, it's field mice that carry the ticks.
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Take the pad off the bottom of your hood.
I could not get them out of my hood pad with moth balls.
I finally bought some traps from a company called Kness - www.kness.com/ They sell retail through a hardware chain.
Their mouse traps - Strong, fast, and the mice cannot steal the bait.
I put a trap right in the engine compartment and left a note on my seat.
I had a mouse problem in my garage,a trailer I used for storage, and a shed - caught 15 mice in one week!
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'96 855R,'64 PV544 driver, '67 P1800 basket case, '72 Yamaha Rd400, '68 Honda 350-4, '12 XC70, the first 5 are mine, heh, heh, 525,000 miles put on 10 bricks James A Sousa
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Unless he added one, his car would not have a hood pad.
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Air filter box
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'75 Jeep CJ5 345Hp ChevyPwrd, two motorcycles, '85 Pickup: The '89 Volvo is the newest vehicle I own. it wasn't Volvos safety , it was Longevity that sold me http://home.lyse.net/brox/TonyPage4.html http://cleanflametrap.com/tony/
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Or the warm air tube to the airbox...
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Hi tbb2,
Do you park in your garage?
Where is your garbage bin and the kitchen?
http://www.ehow.com/how_4556143_repel-mice.html (revolvo mentioned it)
http://www.insectsaway.com/default.aspx?id=5969
I remember when I opened the airbox to change my air filter... The box was filled with empty nut shells. I thought it was some sort of joke at first, but I remembered that previous owner left the car sat on his driveway for a long time. It was the squirrels.
Go far away from you home before you open that airbox! ;-) Otherwise, few survivors may run back to your home.
If they are not in your air filter box, then I would...
1. Move your car and park out it in cold weather.
2. Create a live trap, place it nearby your Volvo.
3. Create a safe passage way to the live trap using lots of newspapers/boxes.
Good luck.
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