Mouse.... how did you get in there?
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 246
Likes: 1
From: Simpsonville Ky
Mouse.... how did you get in there?
The other day while filling up i was checking my fluids and noticed brown antifreeze in my coolant overflow bottle. When i got home i checked the bottle with a light and what did i see? It was a dead mouse floating in the coolant!
After removing the bottle and the mouse i cleaned the bottle out. The bottle is now clean and new green coolant is in the bottle.
To my knowledge ive never left the cap off of the bottle and the three little holes in the cap are way too small even for a mouse. This mouse must have been in here since i bought the car so at least 3 years.
I wonder if it died from poisoning or from drowning.
After removing the bottle and the mouse i cleaned the bottle out. The bottle is now clean and new green coolant is in the bottle.
To my knowledge ive never left the cap off of the bottle and the three little holes in the cap are way too small even for a mouse. This mouse must have been in here since i bought the car so at least 3 years.
I wonder if it died from poisoning or from drowning.
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 40,156
Likes: 45
From: San Pedro CA
Re: Mouse.... how did you get in there? (rag93vette)
I wonder if it died from poisoning or from drowning.
The only way it would have gotten in there is with the cap off... the tubes are too small.
Team Owner
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 21,510
Likes: 0
From: On a Wisconsin Death Trip
Re: Mouse.... how did you get in there? (bogus)
Those little suckers are amazing. They'll squeeze through a 1/4 crack under a door. I've seen 'em do it. If they can fit their skull through they can fit their whole body. My dad hangs his boat cover on a line in his pole barn (thinking it would be too hard for mice to get in) and those little buggers somehow got into the cover. Never underestimate a mouse!
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 5,818
Likes: 2
From: Alive and well in Burlington NC
Re: Mouse.... how did you get in there? (rag93vette)
I wonder if it died from poisoning or from drowning.
Those little things are contorsonists. They seem to get in anywhere.
Race Director
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 12,263
Likes: 86
From: O'Fallon Missouri
Re: Mouse.... how did you get in there? (rag93vette)
Two years ago I had mouse problems. Put out Decon, the mouse crawled into my Vette's exhaust and died. For months every time I would drive my car, I would smell burnt mouse.
However, how the mouse got into your coolant overflow bottle is a mystery.
However, how the mouse got into your coolant overflow bottle is a mystery.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 9,884
Likes: 3
From: Magnolia Mississippi
St. Jude '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Re: Mouse.... how did you get in there? (rag93vette)
sounds like that was the extra bonus during your purchase.... free mouse with the vette. :D :thumbs:
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,858
Likes: 7
From: Santa Maria CA
Re: Mouse.... how did you get in there? (rag93vette)
When i got home i checked the bottle with a light and what did i see? It was a dead mouse floating in the coolant!
That is incredible. Wow!