Rats !!!!!
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Instructor
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Rats !!!!!
Just returned from a two week cruise. Started the garaged Corvette; oh sh-t, coolant leak. The dealership informed me not a warranty problem, but a mouse or rat problem. The little bugger chewed a hole in the coolant return line, a transmission coolant line, the windshield water reservoir and the hydraulic brake reservoir. Eight days and $1300 later the baby is back in the garage. Has anyone else experienced this and what did you do to prevent a occurrence?
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My garage is like a room in my house so I'm always on the look out for rodent droppings or other signs of intrusion, mostly around the parameter walls.
I live in Florida now but when I was living in the midwest, whenever I stored my Corvette for the winter, or for long periods, I would put the dryer sheets inside and then stick steel wool into the exhaust tips. I would then place good ol' mouse/rats traps around the car and corners of the garage and check regularly.
I live in Florida now but when I was living in the midwest, whenever I stored my Corvette for the winter, or for long periods, I would put the dryer sheets inside and then stick steel wool into the exhaust tips. I would then place good ol' mouse/rats traps around the car and corners of the garage and check regularly.
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There is a mint smelling oil you can buy too. Simply soak a 1" square sponge with a little of it and place near you car, the little buggers hate that smell. Google peppermint mouse repellent.
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Rat poison. Once rats got into my garage. Poison killed them all. A good rat is a dead rat. Found a nest of baby rats so I crushed them with a 2x4/and whipped them all in the trash.
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My garage isn't attached to my house so die out there is ok. I rather them be smelly and die than spend 1300 on damage. If the poison is always in the garage, there's minimal chance they will crawl in your car and die.
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This happened to the coolant line on my Chevy Silverado HD2500 PU, however it's parked in the driveway not in the garage. It was out of warranty, but the service writer at the dealer made up some bs story, and I was able to get it fixed for free.
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Bar Bait, works great, when they die if still in garage don't make a bad stink. Make sure your Schnauzer or Jack Russell can't chew the bar bait or you will disposing of more than mice or rats. Good luck.
