Truck almost burnt to the ground

[Webb24]

If you park your truck outside please pop your hood and make sure no rodents has built nests in the engine bay. I took my truck for a drive and when I got home smoke was rolling out of the engine. In a panic I finally got the hood up to discover flames coming from behind the motor! I quickly got a fire extinguisher and put the flames out. I discovered lots of dried leaves and material from rodents building nests. I have no doubt it would of been a total loss had i not had that fire extinguisher. I think everything is fine. I tested all functions I could think of. Rodents seem to love the foam engine cover. Anyone have any suggestions to keep rodents out of the engine bay?

 

[dillard09]

Man! I have had my run in with rodents before. Ate my wife's BMW up. Glad it wasn't worse. Fingers crossed you don't have issues later on.

 

[jabroni619]

Don't have an answer on how to stop them but I had some rodent damage recently. One got on top of the fuel tank and chewed some wires. Truck appeared to run ok but it did trigger a check engine light. Took it to the dealer not knowing the cause and thinking i'm covered under warranty only for them to find the rodent damage. Cost about a grand to fix. Luckily I got it covered under comp with my insurance.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

WOW, there are lots of ideas on line, some different spices and stuff to sprinkle around.

 

[EricM]

A garage is cheaper than a Raptor.

 

[Badgertits]

A garage is cheaper than a Raptor.

Depends on the garage

 

[Pinned]

If you leave the car parked for long periods they love to build nests inside them and eat the wires. Daily driving seems to keep the critters out!

 

[Jeremyslar]

Drive your truck.

 

[sixshooter_45]

Purchase some pure concentrated peppermint oil from a health store and pour it into a spray bottle, from Amazon, and spray around the engine and underneath as I've read this will do the trick because they hate the smell.

You may have to reapply every few months.

 

[MDJAK]

rodents and wires of a vehicle go hand in hand. Matt Moreman of obsessedgarage.com had the wires on his 911 eaten. Cost over 10 grand to replace. Way I see it, ain't nothing wrong with a total loss so long as you are insured.