Pest Infestation In My Engine Bay! - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

DaJo · 11-04-2012, 08:54 PM

I guess it's that time of the year again... Fall/Winter... When pests need a warm place to invade and call home.

So today I decided to open up my hood and check my engine oil level...

Smiling as I opened up my hood; JUST couldn't wait to see the nice clean engine bay... UNTIL...

Cleaned as much as I could with wet napkins and ran the engine and went to do some shopping for rat traps and whatnot and came back; opened the hood... WOW it smelt BAD!

Anyways; what do you guys think? Should I plastic bag the battery, alternator, intake, and pressure wash everything there to get the smell out?

P.S. The car is usually garaged; but the past 3 days it was parked out in the driveway...

636 · 11-04-2012, 08:57 PM

Those damn Canadian mice.

Sloober · 11-04-2012, 08:57 PM

Whatever it was, you scared the shit out of it!

SubarooMike · 11-04-2012, 08:59 PM

Iv been pressure (45 degree nozzel) washing my engine bay once a month for 5 years without covering anything up. I also use engine detail. I'm not saying the way I do it is correct, but it works for me with no problems.:happy0180:

F3dzo · 11-04-2012, 08:59 PM

Serious rat problem... Be careful, they love chewing on anything with an electric charge running thru...

DaJo · 11-04-2012, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 636

Those damn Canadian mice.

Yeah those damn "meese" LOL

DaJo · 11-04-2012, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by F3dzo

Serious rat problem... Be careful, they love chewing on anything with an electric charge running thru...

That's what I'm most concerned about... And the smell of their urine and stool will bring them back to their territory if I don't clean 'er up...

BRZranger · 11-04-2012, 09:08 PM

Do you park outside?

Rampage · 11-04-2012, 09:09 PM

Dirty Rat Bastards!

DaJo · 11-04-2012, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brzranger

Do you park outside?

Normally in the garage; but just for the past 3 days have I parked outside since the garage needed some work...

BRZranger · 11-04-2012, 09:15 PM

Ugh, those pics are pretty gross, cleanup is going to suck. Perhaps you can 3M attach a mousetrap in there!

midnightfrolic · 11-04-2012, 09:23 PM

no offense, but that looks disgusting!!!!!

I feel for you. I am a neat freak and I hate to even see my new car even smudged.

Get it cleaned out asap! whatever it takes.

Guff · 11-04-2012, 09:32 PM

You don't need to cover anything unless you have a air filter exposed or something. Just pressure wash it.

IloveBaldEagles · 11-04-2012, 10:03 PM

Oh wow. I would recommend storing a stray cat under the hood, to fight the rat crimes!

*ba dum tiss*

But that is terrible, just pressure wash it away. And see if you can find a nest. And rat trap the shit out of the garage, hopefully that would keep them away from the car.

11-04-2012, 08:54 PM	#1
DaJo FT86Club Vancouver Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: BRZ Sport-Tech; Drove: MR-S, AE86 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 2,532 Thanks: 391 Thanked 1,178 Times in 633 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Pest Infestation In My Engine Bay! I guess it's that time of the year again... Fall/Winter... When pests need a warm place to invade and call home. So today I decided to open up my hood and check my engine oil level... Smiling as I opened up my hood; JUST couldn't wait to see the nice clean engine bay... UNTIL... Cleaned as much as I could with wet napkins and ran the engine and went to do some shopping for rat traps and whatnot and came back; opened the hood... WOW it smelt BAD! Anyways; what do you guys think? Should I plastic bag the battery, alternator, intake, and pressure wash everything there to get the smell out? P.S. The car is usually garaged; but the past 3 days it was parked out in the driveway... __________________ 1984 AE86 BT 20V 5MT 2007-2012 2000 MR-S 5MT 2010-2012 2013 BRZ Sport-Tech 6AT Since '12 (OEM+ STI tS Build) 2015 Lexus IS250 AWD F-Sport 2 2015-2018 2018 Lexus NX300 F-Sport 3 Since '18

11-04-2012, 09:09 PM	#9
Rampage Senior Member/Old Fanboi Join Date: Nov 2011 Drives: 2000 2ZZ-GE MR2 Spyder HT Location: Back home in Ohio now Posts: 2,446 Thanks: 1,931 Thanked 2,014 Times in 915 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Dirty Rat Bastards! __________________ So many modders have more cents than sense! Last edited by Rampage; 11-05-2012 at 04:27 PM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
FINALLY engine is broken in...engine/tranny smell?	denverizzles	Engine, Exhaust, Transmission	18	09-15-2013 08:12 PM
What ENGINE OIL do they use for the 86/BRZ????	Funky Fresh	AUSTRALIA	12	11-06-2012 12:23 AM
Engine sputtering while idling with check engine light flashing, WTF	speedy racer	Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum	15	08-27-2012 06:50 AM
What will the engine need to go FI?	suprachica79	Engine, Exhaust, Transmission	90	11-29-2011 11:46 PM
STI engine	Aldo the Apache	Engine, Exhaust, Transmission	49	11-03-2011 09:36 PM

11-04-2012, 08:57 PM	#3
Sloober Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: North Carolina Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 23 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Whatever it was, you scared the shit out of it!

11-04-2012, 08:59 PM	#4
SubarooMike Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Subaroooo Location: Delaware Posts: 127 Thanks: 85 Thanked 52 Times in 33 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Iv been pressure (45 degree nozzel) washing my engine bay once a month for 5 years without covering anything up. I also use engine detail. I'm not saying the way I do it is correct, but it works for me with no problems.:happy0180:

11-04-2012, 09:08 PM	#8
BRZranger Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: BRZ Location: Everett, WA Posts: 736 Thanks: 996 Thanked 268 Times in 180 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Do you park outside?

11-04-2012, 09:15 PM	#11
BRZranger Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: BRZ Location: Everett, WA Posts: 736 Thanks: 996 Thanked 268 Times in 180 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Ugh, those pics are pretty gross, cleanup is going to suck. Perhaps you can 3M attach a mousetrap in there!

11-04-2012, 09:23 PM	#12
midnightfrolic Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Scion FRS A/T raven Location: California Posts: 242 Thanks: 136 Thanked 51 Times in 33 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	no offense, but that looks disgusting!!!!! I feel for you. I am a neat freak and I hate to even see my new car even smudged. Get it cleaned out asap! whatever it takes.

User Name		Remember Me?
Password