Thread: RATS ARE EATING MY D3

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Originally Posted by wardh

WARNING! with the season we have had rodents have built up and with winter approaching they are seeking out warm shelter. Namely my much loved D3. Yesterday I lifted the hood and on top of the engine cover was a pile of foam, bits of plastic, paper and dry grass. To the right in front of the main battery compartment the wiring harness was chewed through exposing the copper in the cables. I removed the plastic cover from the top of the engine and the whole engine top was covered with chewed up foam, paper, and grass all packed around the oil filter and every little space you could see. Turning the engine cover over revealed 1/3 of the sound proof foam had been stripped off the cover.

Now the scary part is this all happened over ONE NIGHT the previous day I had been to Brisbane and as I aways do had done a complete under bonnet check before the trip.

So yesterday was spent removing the debris from the top of the engine, luckly there was no damage to the wireing or hoses on the engine. I then split the chewed harness in front of the battery and repaired the wireing, heat shrinking joins and tapeing the damage.

In the afternoon I went to the produce store and bought a large box of rat poison and 4 traps and set it all around the vehicle in the garage. I left the engine cover off because I will have to repair/replace insulation on cover and I left the bonnet up with a trap set in front of the battery.

This morning I checked the traps, nothing but bait had been taken from all the stations. A carefull look around the engine bay revealed no damage but plenty of droppings with a slight tinge of green, I sort of got a satisfied feeling hopeing that the bastered had a real gut acke, but it was then I spotted the pile of insulation and plastic on the floor under the D3 below the transmission.

Last night as far as I can see the rat has been working away at the foam and plastic above the transmission about where the selector lever is. Now I need help! How do I check this. Is it possible a rat could access the centre console from there and get inside the vehicle. How can I access and look inside the console.

Help please, "Rats are eating my D3"

Howard

I park my car in the shed and I live on rural property. I purchased a Big Cheese electronic pest system that emits a high frequency pulse and it keeps the geckos, mice and cockies out! A must have!!