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Post by drez on May 19, 2020 6:23:52 GMT -6
Wife's car threw a check engine light early into the stay at home orders here. I have a code reader but it would not give me any codes and the engine was running rough. Finally brought it to a shop last week and got it back yesterday. Here are the wiring harnesses to the fuel injectors .. SOB mice!!  |
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Post by Ken on May 19, 2020 8:08:58 GMT -6
Sheesh. Why do animals like to chew on wiring? Attention animals... wiring is NOT food. I assume the car is working fine now. When my wife and I moved into our first house there was a deck in the back with some low-voltage lighting and I really liked it. At some point over the winter some of the lights stopped working. I checked the bulbs but they were fine. Turns out rabbits living under the deck chewed up the wires and I had to replace them. Thanks assbags!  |
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Post by drez on May 19, 2020 8:10:40 GMT -6
Sheesh. Why do animals like to chew on wiring? Attention animals... wiring is NOT food. I assume the car is working fine now. When my wife and I moved into our first house there was a deck in the back with some low-voltage lighting and I really liked it. At some point over the winter some of the lights stopped working. I checked the bulbs but they were fine. Turns out rabbits living under the deck chewed up the wires and I had to replace them. Thanks assbags! Running fine after dropping in $1200 .. UGH!! I am not sure why her car was chosen to be honest. There are 3 cars and 2 are parked closer to the woods/mice habitat. |
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Post by jimdkc on May 19, 2020 10:09:32 GMT -6
Since about 2000 or so, car manufacturers (almost all of them) switched to soy-based wiring insulation.
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Post by jkor on May 19, 2020 10:14:52 GMT -6
I'm really worried about the 911 wiring getting chewed up while parked in the barn. There's a continuous parade of chipmunks running through there. I don't want to know how much the Porsche dealer would change for that kind of thing. I would probably have to start a second job building patios for other people.
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Post by Ken on May 19, 2020 10:21:30 GMT -6
I'm really worried about the 911 wiring getting chewed up while parked in the barn. There's a continuous parade of chipmunks running through there. I don't want to know how much the Porsche dealer would change for that kind of thing. I would probably have to start a second job building patios for other people. LOL. |
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Post by Ken on May 19, 2020 10:22:02 GMT -6
Since about 2000 or so, car manufacturers (almost all of them) switched to soy-based wiring insulation. Sincerely? Why don't they just add whipped-cream to the formula too?  |
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Post by drez on May 19, 2020 10:48:53 GMT -6
Since about 2000 or so, car manufacturers (almost all of them) switched to soy-based wiring insulation. Is there a reason why they made the change? |
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Post by jimdkc on May 19, 2020 10:52:25 GMT -6
Since about 2000 or so, car manufacturers (almost all of them) switched to soy-based wiring insulation. Is there a reason why they made the change? Less expensive and more environmentally friendly than petroleum-based insulation. There was a big lawsuit against Toyota over it, that I think ultimately got dismissed. |
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Post by Ken on May 19, 2020 11:26:34 GMT -6
Mmm, so hungry for soy wire insulation. |
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Post by drez on May 19, 2020 11:52:24 GMT -6
Is there a reason why they made the change? Less expensive and more environmentally friendly than petroleum-based insulation. There was a big lawsuit against Toyota over it, that I think ultimately got dismissed. Thanks |
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Post by chils on May 19, 2020 18:38:08 GMT -6
I've had my run-ins with rodent buttholes. Chipmunks did the pic below overnight after I had cleaned the same mess out the day before. I started sprinkling cayenne pepper on my engines and all rodent activity immediately ceased. Even with zero nesting activity we still had chewed wires happen a few months later. I found out about yankees saying they had no rodent problems on their cars sprayed with Fluid Film. I sprayed all wire harnesses with FF and cayenned the engines and that was the end of the problem.  |
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Post by jkor on May 19, 2020 19:23:19 GMT -6
I've had my run-ins with rodent buttholes. Chipmunks did the pic below overnight after I had cleaned the same mess out the day before. I started sprinkling cayenne pepper on my engines and all rodent activity immediately ceased. Even with zero nesting activity we still had chewed wires happen a few months later. I found out about yankees saying they had no rodent problems on their cars sprayed with Fluid Film. I sprayed all wire harnesses with FF and cayenned the engines and that was the end of the problem. Good tips. I might try that. |
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Post by chils on May 19, 2020 21:22:20 GMT -6
I've had my run-ins with rodent buttholes. Chipmunks did the pic below overnight after I had cleaned the same mess out the day before. I started sprinkling cayenne pepper on my engines and all rodent activity immediately ceased. Even with zero nesting activity we still had chewed wires happen a few months later. I found out about yankees saying they had no rodent problems on their cars sprayed with Fluid Film. I sprayed all wire harnesses with FF and cayenned the engines and that was the end of the problem. Good tips. I might try that. Bad thing is it makes the engine look dirty. Living in the woods though it is about the only way to keep them out. Before I used cayenne I made some pepper spray. Soaked habaneros in alcohol until it turned orange. Holy carp that stuff was foul. Spray, gag, spray, gag. Didn't faze the rodents but would probably repel a rabid, rapist grizzly Bolar Pear. |
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Post by jkor on May 19, 2020 22:11:05 GMT -6
LOL, you got them rapey Polar Bears where you live?
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