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05-15-2018, 06:22 PM
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Beware: Mice find the Cabin Air Filter a Great Place for Nesting
A friend of mine with a 2016 SS called me yesterday looking for info on where the outside air enters the interior. He said for the last two weeks whenever he ran the heater or air conditioner it smelled like something died inside his car. I told him a good place to start would be to check the cabin air filter and sent him this link.
A few hours later he sent me these photos.
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05-15-2018, 06:52 PM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro SS Join Date: May 2018
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Yikes! That had to stink. I found a mouse nest inside a engine with only the distributor missing Whole motor was trashed
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05-15-2018, 06:57 PM
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That means the mouse ate through the corners of the cowling. Tell him to check near where his hood struts are. That's how they get in there...
 You will see chewed up plastic.
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05-15-2018, 08:05 PM
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Drives: 2017 Camaro 1SS M6 Join Date: Apr 2015
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Wow!
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05-15-2018, 11:12 PM
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Drives: 2017 2SS M6 Join Date: Jun 2013
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err thanks for the idea. i noticed a off smell in my car. Out to check the filter
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05-16-2018, 03:35 AM
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just wondering where was he parking / keeping his car? did he drive it every day?
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05-16-2018, 04:10 AM
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That's gross.
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05-16-2018, 07:45 AM
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05-16-2018, 08:08 AM
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Tell him to get one of those electric mouse traps to put under his car. Might prevent a future problem.
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05-17-2018, 07:42 AM
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I set traps around my car. The ones called "black cat" or something worked the best. Must have caught way over 50 through the winter; typically one every day. Had the car parked in my garage bay of the barn.
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05-17-2018, 08:45 AM
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A mouse crawled into my son's Honda engine intake and made a nest. He drove all the way home from college (3 hours), and said, "the car's running a little off, not the same amount of pickup." With the engine running, the intake pulled all the nesting material into the engine air filter.
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05-17-2018, 10:01 AM
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This came out of my '15 Terrain that is my DD, but sits outside. Went to change at 22k per manual. Haven't seen any evidence of the little bastards in the garage since I finished it about 10 years ago though.
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05-17-2018, 10:40 AM
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That or just buy a few cats, put 1 in the garage and rest outdoors.
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05-17-2018, 12:07 PM
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Drives: 2016 2SS, Summit White, A8, NPP Join Date: Apr 2013
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