Candy In Motor!
01-16-12, 09:35 PM
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I would add chocolate syrup. Nothing complements mint like chocolate. And nothing lubricates an engine like Hershey's syrup.
Perhaps this is a job for two of my favorite products. First, seafoam. Might help dissolve the mints. Then you could pour in a lot of MMO afterward to relube and help clean out the mess.
Perhaps this is a job for two of my favorite products. First, seafoam. Might help dissolve the mints. Then you could pour in a lot of MMO afterward to relube and help clean out the mess.
01-16-12, 10:57 PM
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01-19-12, 02:07 PM
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It would have to be a straight pipe. How could a mouse (if it was a mouse) get past a Muffler and a catalytic Converter? OH the secrets out. Conspiracy here. OMG
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01-21-12, 08:12 PM
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LOL! I've never heard of that happening? I once owned a convertible Lebaron that I had parked for close to a year. Well one fresh new sunny day me and my girl decided to go for a drive in the convertible. When we came back home, this squirel just ran right towards the car as I approached my driveway.. There was a sudden "bump" then I looked at my girl she just had her hands on her face as we felt the "bump" as we pulled into the drive way. Yep road kill. I looked in the engine bay and noticed that there was a type of stick and leaves nest in the engine bay.
01-21-12, 08:47 PM
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My first engine was sitting for 2 years in a friend's basement with the ports open while I was in college scrounging up money to finish the car.
Found out that mice had stored ample amounts of dog food in the engine, and I only noticed it because the engine was hard to turn by hand, and made crunching noises as I overcame the "hard spots".
This same engine ran for 2 years until my IAT sensor failed during an autocross, resulting in a chipped seal
Found out that mice had stored ample amounts of dog food in the engine, and I only noticed it because the engine was hard to turn by hand, and made crunching noises as I overcame the "hard spots".
This same engine ran for 2 years until my IAT sensor failed during an autocross, resulting in a chipped seal
01-22-12, 11:52 AM
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My first engine was sitting for 2 years in a friend's basement with the ports open while I was in college scrounging up money to finish the car.
Found out that mice had stored ample amounts of dog food in the engine, and I only noticed it because the engine was hard to turn by hand, and made crunching noises as I overcame the "hard spots".
This same engine ran for 2 years until my IAT sensor failed during an autocross, resulting in a chipped seal
Found out that mice had stored ample amounts of dog food in the engine, and I only noticed it because the engine was hard to turn by hand, and made crunching noises as I overcame the "hard spots".
This same engine ran for 2 years until my IAT sensor failed during an autocross, resulting in a chipped seal
01-22-12, 11:33 PM
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I ended up ductaping straws to the end of my shop vac hose and sticking it in the exhaust ports accompainied with a light.
The remaining i got out by pouring alot of gas in the engine and sloshing it around then turning it over until it pushed all the guck out.
The remaining i got out by pouring alot of gas in the engine and sloshing it around then turning it over until it pushed all the guck out.
01-23-12, 08:28 PM
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I had no trouble starting my 88 vert after its winter rest, pulled the air cleaner lid off and a mouse had made a nest of chewed up newspaper on top of the air filter.
Lat week I pushed a bunch of steel wool intop the intake, should stop thie rascal
Mike
Lat week I pushed a bunch of steel wool intop the intake, should stop thie rascal
Mike
12-17-12, 09:28 PM
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Lololololol.
This is just the opinion of an engineer not a someone who works on engines but I would think that candy is not nearly as hard as metal, nothing will get scratched and you should be fine. I concur with RotaryEvolution, who actually does work on engines and whose opinion matters more. But hopefully an engineer on top of that will make you feel better.
I think whatever's left should burn off pretty well but it doesn't hurt to check and clean what you can.
Mice is a good theory. That's why it's common practice to stuff any openings during storage. Just remember to unstuff them later.
This is just the opinion of an engineer not a someone who works on engines but I would think that candy is not nearly as hard as metal, nothing will get scratched and you should be fine. I concur with RotaryEvolution, who actually does work on engines and whose opinion matters more. But hopefully an engineer on top of that will make you feel better.
I think whatever's left should burn off pretty well but it doesn't hurt to check and clean what you can.
Mice is a good theory. That's why it's common practice to stuff any openings during storage. Just remember to unstuff them later.
12-17-12, 10:02 PM
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Haha this is like when i picked up my motor from storage and took off the exhaust manifold and rice came out. i was like WTF? how it got into the exhaust manifold is beyond me