Tips to clean my engine bay from this... natural disaster - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Yousend · 05-13-2021, 01:37 PM

So, this morning I decided to check under the hood because my A/C doesn't seem to be running properly. It's fairly cold outside here during the morning, so I figured I'd just check if the compressor was running... Well, an image is worth a thousand words. This is what I found.

I already removed the bulk of it, but I have plenty of leaves and small branches stuck between engine parts and what not.

Brz-123 · 05-13-2021, 01:43 PM

Never seen anything like this before. Am sure it can't get in naturally. Did any animal or bird set up a nest there?

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Sapphireho · 05-13-2021, 01:47 PM

This needs way more explanation.

mswbrz · 05-13-2021, 01:58 PM

Hate to see what your house looks like

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Yousend · 05-13-2021, 02:00 PM

I honestly have no idea what happened. I assume a squirrel made its nest in there... I changed my oil a couple of weeks ago and did not open the hood until this morning...

BigTuna · 05-13-2021, 03:03 PM

Definitely a nest. Probably a squirrel or chipmunk. I'd just pull out as much as you can and then give it a good spray down.

bcj · 05-13-2021, 03:54 PM

Had a squirrel drag a bunch of leaves into the engine space.
Had most of them stuffed under the intake manifold trying to set up housekeeping.

With the size of the sticks, are you sure it's not cobra chickens?
Might have been a gas powered wolverine too.

mswbrz · 05-13-2021, 07:23 PM

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scion fr-s · 05-18-2021, 02:16 AM

Looks like a trip to Home Depot. Get yourself a shop vac.

Tcoat · 05-18-2021, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigTuna

Definitely a nest. Probably a squirrel or chipmunk. I'd just pull out as much as you can and then give it a good spray down.

Possum. I had one in my back shed and it identical to that. Squirrels and chipmunks don't usually use so many stick. At least around here.

And for those that seem to imply he faked it

05-13-2021, 01:37 PM	#1
Yousend Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Drives: 2014 FR-S Location: Montreal, QC Posts: 126 Thanks: 54 Thanked 98 Times in 65 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Tips to clean my engine bay from this... natural disaster So, this morning I decided to check under the hood because my A/C doesn't seem to be running properly. It's fairly cold outside here during the morning, so I figured I'd just check if the compressor was running... Well, an image is worth a thousand words. This is what I found. I already removed the bulk of it, but I have plenty of leaves and small branches stuck between engine parts and what not.

05-13-2021, 03:03 PM	#6
BigTuna Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Drives: 2013 WRB BRZ Location: Ohio Posts: 672 Thanks: 258 Thanked 477 Times in 275 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Definitely a nest. Probably a squirrel or chipmunk. I'd just pull out as much as you can and then give it a good spray down. __________________ 2013 WRB "Build" Thread

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Brz-123 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2018 Drives: BRZ Location: UK Posts: 154 Thanks: 74 Thanked 80 Times in 59 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Never seen anything like this before. Am sure it can't get in naturally. Did any animal or bird set up a nest there? Sent from my SM-G781B using Tapatalk

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Sapphireho ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Join Date: Mar 2016 Drives: '15 ultramarine Location: Idaho Posts: 13,192 Thanks: 5,451 Thanked 18,240 Times in 8,609 Posts Mentioned: 155 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This needs way more explanation.

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mswbrz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Drives: 2013 brz limited / galaxy blue Location: Oakdale Posts: 230 Thanks: 151 Thanked 66 Times in 43 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hate to see what your house looks like Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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Yousend Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Drives: 2014 FR-S Location: Montreal, QC Posts: 126 Thanks: 54 Thanked 98 Times in 65 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I honestly have no idea what happened. I assume a squirrel made its nest in there... I changed my oil a couple of weeks ago and did not open the hood until this morning...

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mswbrz Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Drives: 2013 brz limited / galaxy blue Location: Oakdale Posts: 230 Thanks: 151 Thanked 66 Times in 43 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	(ᵔᴥᵔ) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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scion fr-s Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Drives: 2017 PP BRZ Location: California Posts: 201 Thanks: 56 Thanked 53 Times in 43 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Looks like a trip to Home Depot. Get yourself a shop vac.

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