Rat ate my M3 Throttle Switch connector

[Slideways]

Opened the hood to check this morning and saw new poops, and a drop or two of clear oily liquid. I was worried that they were covered with brake fluid or SMG oil leaking from the chew up hose. I really can't tell if the liquid drops were released from the rats or belong to the car. It didn't dried up so it must be oil. Maybe it is the byproduct from digestion of soft rubber boot?

I fired up the car and let it ran to operating temperature and anyone in there must had jumped out fast. The weather seals are so good that they didn't get to the drug bin or the DME box.

Yeah, they will pee (clear liquid) and leave droppings all over the place, which is why it is critical to vacuum any debris, soap down the engine bay and scrub the under tray; otherwise, they will smell that and come back. After cleaning, any ultrasonic rodent repeller with good reviews should keep them away.

[sapote]

We have Jumppy the cat but she is not hungry to hunt the rats, or a 11 years old cat is wise enough not to waste times on this. I had seen her looking up the fence when it's noisy in there.

[sapote]

Opened the hood to check this morning and saw new poops, and a drop or two of clear oily liquid. I was worried that they were covered with brake fluid or SMG oil leaking from the chew up hose. I really can't tell if the liquid drops were released from the rats or belong to the car. It didn't dried up so it must be oil. Maybe it is the byproduct from digestion of soft rubber boot?

I fired up the car and let it ran to operating temperature and anyone in there must had jumped out fast. The weather seals are so good that they didn't get to the drug bin or the DME box.

[oceansize]

Cat or Rat Terrier dog. Rat terrier will do the job for sure.

[sapote]

Ultrasonic rodent repeller as mentioned in previous post.

Any brands we should look for? I thought they are all gimmicky products. My neighbor has a tall fence covered with fig vines and I heard the rats in there at nights. Car is next to the fence on driveway.

[Slideways]

Have had a similar problem at my house - except instead of chewing wires they like to build nests out of the insulation in the engine bay / transmission tunnel.

Aside from keeping the car in use has anyone found a good solution for keeping them away?

Ultrasonic rodent repeller as mentioned in previous post.

[sapote]

Aside from keeping the car in use has anyone found a good solution for keeping them away?

having a rat trap near the car all the time.

[dukeofchen]

Have had a similar problem at my house - except instead of chewing wires they like to build nests out of the insulation in the engine bay / transmission tunnel.

Aside from keeping the car in use has anyone found a good solution for keeping them away?

[sapote]

This one didn't like the wires but liked to eat soft rubber or silicone rubber.

[Sid_E46]

Rats are incredibly annoying. I was very surprised to find no chewed-up wires in my engine bay with the amount of rat poop I had to clean out.

[Toby22]

Sorry to see this. Looks to be an easy fix. Thanks for the advice, I often leave my car parked for weeks in the woods too lol

[FBloggs]

Check the drug bins for a nest.
Once they find a food source, they tend to find accomodations nearby.

I bought a car locally, but it had lived in Georgia.
Mice chewed the insulation of the driver side ballast wiring, and were working on the intake boot (yum!).
They had built a cotton castle underneath the ABS unit in the drug bin..

[heinzboehmer]

Thanks. Here is the part from the provided part number. Looks very promising.

Numbers on the boots are the same, so yeah, the part number I posted above is the correct one.

[cobra]

Bummer man, same thing happened to me, except they ate a sensor cable on top of the engine. I always leave the hood open now.

[oceansize]

Will sneak in the driver seat and wait until they started the party into the night, then roar up the 300 hp engine sending them running into the 8000 rpm rotating fan and belts/pulleys.