Home  |  Forums  |  914 Info  |  Blogs
 
914World.com - The fastest growing online 914 community!
 
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way.
Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
 

Welcome Guest ( Log In | Register )

2 Pages V  1 2 >  
 Reply to this topicStart new topic
> 912E hosts "critters"
dr914@autoatlanta.com
post Jul 10 2024, 12:15 PM
Post #1


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,033
Joined: 3-January 07
From: atlanta georgia
Member No.: 7,418
Region Association: None
this is what happens when you do not store your car properlyAttached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
dr914@autoatlanta.com
post Jul 10 2024, 12:16 PM
Post #2


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,033
Joined: 3-January 07
From: atlanta georgia
Member No.: 7,418
Region Association: None
Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Superhawk996
post Jul 10 2024, 01:30 PM
Post #3


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 6,419
Joined: 25-August 18
From: Woods of N. Idaho
Member No.: 22,428
Region Association: Galt's Gulch
Not unique to 912’s

Seen it on Bugs, 914s, and 911 engines. I’ve even seen it on lawn equipment. Pretty much anything air cooled with a shroud.

This is why I always advise someone buying a used engine that’s been sitting to at least remove the tin and see what’s hiding in there. I’ve found tools, spark plug insulators, cigarette bits, etc. makes you go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)
Attached Image
Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
windforfun
post Jul 10 2024, 02:54 PM
Post #4


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,936
Joined: 17-December 07
From: Blackhawk, CA
Member No.: 8,476
Region Association: None
QUOTE(Superhawk996 @ Jul 10 2024, 12:30 PM) *

Not unique to 912’s

Seen it on Bugs, 914s, and 911 engines. I’ve even seen it on lawn equipment. Pretty much anything air cooled with a shroud.

This is why I always advise someone buying a used engine that’s been sitting to at least remove the tin and see what’s hiding in there. I’ve found tools, spark plug insulators, cigarette bits, etc. makes you go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)



Find any Rolex watches?
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
nditiz1
post Jul 10 2024, 05:05 PM
Post #5


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,202
Joined: 26-May 15
From: Mount Airy, Maryland
Member No.: 18,763
Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
I did not find that in my 912e, but did in this 3.0 I picked up recently. As Phil said not 912e specific.

Shamless plug while on the topic of 912e, my bastard backdate is for sale (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
burton73
post Jul 10 2024, 05:36 PM
Post #6


burton73
****

Group: Members
Posts: 3,632
Joined: 2-January 07
From: Los Angeles
Member No.: 7,414
Region Association: Southern California
QUOTE(nditiz1 @ Jul 10 2024, 04:05 PM) *

I did not find that in my 912e, but did in this 3.0 I picked up recently. As Phil said not 912e specific.

Shamless plug while on the topic of 912e, my bastard backdate is for sale (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)


I thought your 912 E was sold a while ago. The brown one?

Best Bob B
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
technicalninja
post Jul 10 2024, 06:30 PM
Post #7


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,807
Joined: 31-January 23
From: Granbury Texas
Member No.: 27,135
Region Association: Southwest Region
I've got WORSE!

If you turn your car off in "fresh air" versus "Recirculation" you leave a HUGE hole open into the HVAC system.
Most modern cars have a horizontal down draft cabin air filter which makes a "Jim Dandy" nesting surface for rodents.

They have their litter of mini rodents on TOP of the air filter which they chew on...

You jump in your car and suck those puppies into the blower motor.

They DIE!

And then they leak!

And your car smells like a carcass a few days later...

I charge MORE if I'm violently retching during the repairs.

Wiping the resultant "scum layer" out of the blower motor housing is a job I'd rather never do again!
User is online!Profile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
bkrantz
post Jul 10 2024, 07:13 PM
Post #8


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,004
Joined: 3-August 19
From: SW Colorado
Member No.: 23,343
Region Association: Rocky Mountains
Need more of these.


Attached image(s)
Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
nditiz1
post Jul 10 2024, 09:07 PM
Post #9


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,202
Joined: 26-May 15
From: Mount Airy, Maryland
Member No.: 18,763
Region Association: MidAtlantic Region
Snakes in the vents would freak me out.

@burton73

I picked up another one :-D

Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Jack Standz
post Jul 11 2024, 07:38 AM
Post #10


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 353
Joined: 15-November 19
From: Happy Place (& surrounding area)
Member No.: 23,644
Region Association: None
QUOTE(dr914@autoatlanta.com @ Jul 11 2024, 01:15 AM) *

this is what happens when you do not store your car properlyAttached Image


Tribbles?
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
wonkipop
post Jul 11 2024, 08:26 AM
Post #11


Advanced Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 4,574
Joined: 6-May 20
From: north antarctica
Member No.: 24,231
Region Association: NineFourteenerVille
QUOTE(bkrantz @ Jul 10 2024, 07:13 PM) *

Need more of these.


australia?

be a red back spider following behind.

EDIT

which is why we don't generally get rodent nesting issues.
instead they just chew up ya wiring.
but only in an apocalyptic mice plague every 10 years.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
dr914@autoatlanta.com
post Jul 11 2024, 09:43 AM
Post #12


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,033
Joined: 3-January 07
From: atlanta georgia
Member No.: 7,418
Region Association: None
and it continues!Attached Image
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Root_Werks
post Jul 11 2024, 11:52 AM
Post #13


Village Idiot
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,408
Joined: 25-May 04
From: About 5NM from Canada
Member No.: 2,105
Region Association: Pacific Northwest
Little critters can really get up almost anywhere. Little hangar trick a buddy taught me years ago was using cheap party strobe lights in the hangar/shop. Something about the flashing lights really bug rodents, birds etc. Never had any, so guessing it works.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
campbellcj
post Jul 11 2024, 12:35 PM
Post #14


I can't Re Member
****

Group: Members
Posts: 4,564
Joined: 26-December 02
From: Agoura, CA
Member No.: 21
Region Association: Southern California
I live in a very critter-dense area and it's a constant battle. This thing is literally in my backyard:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallis_Annenb...ldlife_Crossing

Not long ago a mouse/rat chewed wiring on my 911 which was $$$$ but thank goodness, they didn't get inside the car. Luckily as far as I know they've left my 914 alone maybe because the newer cars are tastier (plant-based vs petro-based insulation, apparently?)

I basically keep snap traps set at all times, but the main thing has been to ensure there are no entry/exit openings and no easily accessible food or nesting materials to unnecessarily attract them from outside.
User is online!Profile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
volksaddict
post Jul 11 2024, 12:57 PM
Post #15


Newbie
*

Group: Members
Posts: 23
Joined: 29-January 11
From: southwest
Member No.: 12,645
Region Association: Southwest Region
Pink insulation from the building the car is in. Usually it's the padding from the seats. I hate rodents!
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
bkrantz
post Jul 11 2024, 08:07 PM
Post #16


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,004
Joined: 3-August 19
From: SW Colorado
Member No.: 23,343
Region Association: Rocky Mountains
I guess rodents are better behaved in Germany.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
Front yard mechanic
post Jul 11 2024, 09:36 PM
Post #17


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,199
Joined: 23-July 15
From: New Mexico
Member No.: 18,984
Region Association: None
I used the ozone generator to chase the little bastards out of a couple of cars. It depletes the oxygen and they leave or die. But you still have to clean up after them
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
dwillouby
post Jul 13 2024, 09:17 AM
Post #18


Member
**

Group: Members
Posts: 394
Joined: 27-December 02
From: Mt Washington, KY
Member No.: 29
Region Association: None
QUOTE(bkrantz @ Jul 10 2024, 06:13 PM) *

Need more of these.


Sell the car!!
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
technicalninja
post Jul 13 2024, 09:50 AM
Post #19


Senior Member
***

Group: Members
Posts: 1,807
Joined: 31-January 23
From: Granbury Texas
Member No.: 27,135
Region Association: Southwest Region
QUOTE(Front yard mechanic @ Jul 11 2024, 10:36 PM) *

I used the ozone generator to chase the little bastards out of a couple of cars. It depletes the oxygen and they leave or die. But you still have to clean up after them


I looked into this!

I'd never run across an ozone generator to remove critters from cars and thought "what a concept!"

BE CAREFUL with this!!!!!

Tons of threads on Reddit and other places regarding using these in automobiles.

It seems the ozone can seriously jack with plastics causing them to out-gas like a MOFO!

The biggest complaint was "unable to drive car due to the stench for weeks!"

It seems the ozone generators work GREAT in a house to remove smells.

Got a house that has been smoked in for decades?
The ozone generator is the way to go!

It just messes with plastic like nothing else I've ever run into.

Due to the MASSIVE complaints regarding using these in cars I will not try it...
User is online!Profile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
bkrantz
post Jul 13 2024, 08:38 PM
Post #20


914 Guru
*****

Group: Members
Posts: 8,004
Joined: 3-August 19
From: SW Colorado
Member No.: 23,343
Region Association: Rocky Mountains
QUOTE(dwillouby @ Jul 13 2024, 09:17 AM) *

QUOTE(bkrantz @ Jul 10 2024, 06:13 PM) *

Need more of these.


Sell the car!!


At least I can advertise it as rodent-free.
User is offlineProfile CardPM
Go to the top of the page
+Quote Post
« Next Oldest · 914World Garage · Next Newest »
 

2 Pages V  1 2 >
Reply to this topicStart new topic
2 User(s) are reading this topic (2 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:

 

Display Mode: Standard · Switch to: Linear+ · Switch to: Outline

Track this topic · Email this topic · Print this topic · Subscribe to this forum

- Lo-Fi Version Time is now: 7th September 2024 - 05:21 PM
Invision Power Board v9.1.4 © 2024  IPS, Inc.
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community!
We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ...