Der's a rat in me engine, what am I gonna do?

[Catkiwi]

11 minutes ago, impulse said:

Could have been worse.  I had to pull a ground up possum out of my home A/C.  We used to find mice and rats ground up in the cars' blower rotors back when I was a grease monkey.  Usually preceded by customers asking "what is that smell?"

 

Yum. 

[khunPer]

I once had a mouse nest in my car – back in my home country it was – a mice loves to have dinner party with the gourmet isolation on electric wires as main dish...????

 

Always look at the bright side life: My sprinkler hose was untouched...????????

–however the pump has an electric failure...☹️

 

A rat glue trap might work...

[whaleboneman]

On 2/2/2021 at 7:06 AM, Tropicalevo said:

Best thread for a while.

Thank you jaiyenyen

Backing vocals by Bangyai

Lyrics by UB40.

[whaleboneman]

7 hours ago, tifino said:

I'm thinking that one could use a spray that has had some 'blue' coolant mixed into it (bittering agent will give big bad taste)   Also wonder if some could also be mixed into the Reservoir too? - for a nasty shock when next time the rat bites right though...

I think he's trying to stop the rodents from biting right through - not just looking for revenge when they do.

[hotchilli]

On 2/2/2021 at 9:45 PM, jaiyenyen said:

My windscreen washers stopped working. The motor was still running but no water!

I took the truck to the MG garage. They lifted the bonnet and found that something had eaten the rubber hose between the washer motor and the jets.

RATS!!

They replaced the missing section of hose FOC. Thanks MG.

3 weeks later, the same thing happened.

I went online and found that it's a common problem. Modern rubbers and plastics are now made partly from soya bean.

Rats like soya bean....yum yum.

Has anyone else had a rat problem? Can you recommend a deterrent?

Install a Tiger in your engine !

[LukKrueng]

On 2/2/2021 at 9:45 PM, jaiyenyen said:

My windscreen washers stopped working. The motor was still running but no water!

I took the truck to the MG garage. They lifted the bonnet and found that something had eaten the rubber hose between the washer motor and the jets.

RATS!!

They replaced the missing section of hose FOC. Thanks MG.

3 weeks later, the same thing happened.

I went online and found that it's a common problem. Modern rubbers and plastics are now made partly from soya bean.

Rats like soya bean....yum yum.

Has anyone else had a rat problem? Can you recommend a deterrent?

 

Mothballs

[canthai55]

https://www.howtopreventratsfromeatingcarwires.com/

[Foreverford]

guaranteed fix is to set up strong lights around vehicles. The only way I haveheardof dealling with it and this is for mice too. Yes lights will attract bugs but maybe a few strategic buckets of water underthe lights could allow the collection of night insects and then strain them out and feed to the fish or birds or compost

[jaiyenyen]

The rat repellent spray arrived last weekend. I'm giving the engine bay a few sprays very few days. Hopefully no more problems.

Thanks for everyone's advice.

[Dagfinnur Traustason]

Just give the rat something else to eat. You must clearly understand it´s starving, starting to eat your car.

[owl sees all]

I had this problem a few years back. Solved it by lifting the bonnet when the pick-up was parked up and got a cat.

[jaiyenyen]

Yes, the cat's an idea that I'm keen on. I might start looking in the local animal shelters.

[tifino]

and so beginneth the jolly escapades of the new Tom and Jerry  ????      

[pseudorabies]

In case the rat repellent doesn't work -

 

Rats and mice are approximately 10x more sensitive to capsaicin than humans are.  I've never tried this myself but chili oil or similar extract would do it .  Use with discretion.  You may need to change mechanics often.

[DerbyDan]

On 2/2/2021 at 6:45 AM, jaiyenyen said:

My windscreen washers stopped working. The motor was still running but no water!

I took the truck to the MG garage. They lifted the bonnet and found that something had eaten the rubber hose between the washer motor and the jets.

RATS!!

They replaced the missing section of hose FOC. Thanks MG.

3 weeks later, the same thing happened.

I went online and found that it's a common problem. Modern rubbers and plastics are now made partly from soya bean.

Rats like soya bean....yum yum.

Has anyone else had a rat problem? Can you recommend a deterrent?

a live trap with peanut butter bait near your wheel

ammonia in bowl

a strong light left on at night in your engine compartment

kill traps with bait at base of each wheel

spray engine with pepper spray

petroleum based wires (won't always work, they just like to chew)

expensive electronic gadget with high frequencies (depends how hungry the rat is)

good luck

[jaiyenyen]

28 minutes ago, DerbyDan said:

a live trap with peanut butter bait near your wheel

ammonia in bowl

a strong light left on at night in your engine compartment

kill traps with bait at base of each wheel

spray engine with pepper spray

petroleum based wires (won't always work, they just like to chew)

expensive electronic gadget with high frequencies (depends how hungry the rat is)

good luck

Thanks for that DD.

I'm surprised you missed out on the idea of getting a cat, bearing in mind your avatar 555.

[seajae]

last year the brake warning light came on, a rat had chewed the wiring for the breaking system(ABS), cost 10,000 baht to have it replaced

[ChakaKhan]

That sucks....consider yourself lucky as Im stuck with Prince Albert in my Can!!........  ????

 

With the Rat..set up a taxi meter for hitching a ride..should run him off!

[rambling]

Same thing happened to me. One morning started the car, no power steering. Drove it (barely) to the garage. They run diagnostics, no signal coming from the electric power steering module. Physical inspection discovered electric wires were chewed off. They re-wired the connector and all went back to normal. Half a day and 3,000 Baht.