Ugh WTF is this???? ****NOT FOR THE WEAK STOMACH****
 

Well, today I was installing my trunk cold cathodes, and had to unplug the negative on the battery.

Opened the hood - and I think I shivered HARD.


Spoiler: You're about to see dead mice.
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RIP little guys :rip:

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I gagged - it reeeks!!!!!

Anywho, this is the first time...
Anyone else have this happen before?

Any tips on removing the burnt in residue with ease? :toocool:

wow... im speechless right now first time i've seen that happen.

Maybe you can put some degreaser on and pressure wash it?:shrug:

HowTF does that happen? Okay, they're looking for shelter and warmth, maybe they all went up there after you had driven the car, but I'd think there's enough room between the hood and the engine for them to move instead of getting burned. Sorry, GP, got no advice on dealing with that mess, but I feel for you. Good luck with it.

They must have crawled up in there overnight. Looks like you drove a bit too while they were under there

Man I'm shivering just thinking about trying to clean it off :ugh:

Pressure wash my engine bay too?:ugh:

Next thing you know the pressure washer flings the remains of the mice at my face :yuck:

Thanks for the advice!

I really have no idea!

I don't even know how they became flat?
Maybe they were sleeping when I started the car?
The engine doesn't get hot that fast though.


Yeah they must have been dead under there for days, maybe a week.

No wonder why it smelled bad. I thought it was just trash in my garage!

nice cookin' lol.. not sure what really to use to get that off.. maybe like some suggested a degreaser and maybe instead of pressure washing you could get on the gloves and scrub it with something.. yack, sorry bout what happened! GL, hope you succeed in getting rid of that mess too!

:ugh: how the...???

damn....that was a big slap and too flat.....

when was the last time u opened ur hood? i am sure u would have smelled something while driving

Thanks man!

scrubbing it off eweewew

It took enough nerves for me to scrape off the mice haha

I know :whyme:

My engine bay REEKS.


Last time I opened my hood? Can't remember lol

I didn't smell anything while driving.
I DID smell something gross when I park in my garage but I always thought it was stinky trash.
The smell in my garage started a week ago so maybe I've been driving like this for a week.

But there aint much room between the engine and battery cover and the inside of the hood. How did they even crawl in there and gotten flat like that?

how many were there...it looks like 4 or 5...i'd be looking around your engine bay a little more...make sure they didn't have a snack while they were in there. you may have to consider dropping an odor bomb in your garage to get rid of the stench.

bust out your rubber gloves and simple green with a scrubbie brush or something to get the remains off your engine and other parts. :yuck: GL with the clean up.

This should be ranked one of the top 5 unsolved mysteries in the US history.........

pretty sure as long as a rat's head can fit the body can fit as well so they probably squeezed in under the hood. Looks like they played house and the mama and papa mice got the battery cover. Kids got the valve cover/intake manifold.

Good luck cleaning it up, man. Probably cooked them up good while you were driving. :yum:

I would get some kind of anti bacterial spray and spray areas down. Never know what those things are carrying. I'd also take the time to inspect your wiring harnesses as well.

Holy s**t,i have never seen that before and i have no idea of how you can deal with the mess but i feel for you,def not something that i would like happen to me,it will make me check my engine compartment more often though.

:what:

wow that shit is badass. using your engine for bbq? very smart. where is the bbq sauce or the ketchup?

I've seen a snake under the hood before, but not a family off mice...

Id toss the covers altogether and buy new ones... :ugh:

Yeah I'm wondering the same lol :ugh:

4 of them.

2 on the manifold, 2 on the battery cover.

Thanks for the tip!
Funny thing is, I just bought a bottle of Simple Green a couple days ago lol
First time using the produt and stuff works wonders!

Wonder how it will do with the remains :ugh:

LMAO!

Thanks for the tip!!

Yeah man.

Weird thing is, I've never seen a mice run around my garage.
My garage is the only place I park really, too.

:yuck:

I'll send them your way?
Fedex shipping good? :toocool:

A snake!!?!?!?? Even worst LOL

GP you're the man at photoshop, just chop them out of the picture and it's like it never happened, LOL! That is crazy though!

how did this happen?

what kind of snake? regardless....i would still shit my pants...

That's fn crazy!!! I would check the rest of your car. Under the carpet check for any lumps. Check that they didn't chew any wires. That sh*t is gross!!! If this happened in your garage I would set some traps in your garage before you find an infestation in your car. Any way seeing those mices reminds me of the mices from the Kia soul commercial lol:p

Have you guys not seen the infamous Snake under the RSX hood pics? It's been around for a long time. (Sorry don't mean to jack the thread)... good luck cleaning THIS off.

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FML........HOLY SHIT........
does the owner of the rsx live in amazon???
do u still have original thread??

That's crazy. I can't believe they didn't jump out of there when you started the engine.

And WTF?!? How does that happen? I bet that guy opened his hood after he heard a bunch of crazy noises and was like holy shit!

Jesus.

It's literally a RSX Type-"S"

And GuitarPlayer has a TL "M5".

:naanaa:

Mystery LOL

Yeah I hope they didn't chew any wires!

Gonna be buying some traps!

FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

Maybe they were sleeping? :whyme:

:thumbsup:


LOL!

WOW! I worked for Honda for 10 years and seen my share of mice, but never like this.

I'm calling PETA. You guys are going to be in BIG trouble.

Yikes!

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw two. Then I saw two more LOL

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You've seen these threads before, right:

A-013: n: Knock sensor wire chewed by a mouse
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=86162
https://acurazine.com/forums/car-parts-sale-361/2000-tl-forsale-173982/ DIY


I guess it's pretty common for mice to get up there and set up housekeeping. :shrug:

Doubt if they planned on a BBQ though.

That. Is freakin' gnarley.

Bearcat beat me to it. thats what I was reminded of also.

Prank? lol dude I am effin scared of them little things.


Last summer. I was traveling alot for work so I hadn't driven my car for about 2 weeks. So one night I pick up a lady friend and shes asked if i had a spider in the car. The second she said that, i saw it crawling over the center speaker and dude. I put that ish in park and jumped right out LOOL

Afraid to open my hood now!! Not Cool!

Yeah, kinda makes you think hmmm what can be under the hood now??

Megalodon.



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That's nasty. I've seen something similar where a mouse died after spending the night in my cousin's exhaust. Luckly for him, the exhaust was not on his EVO, but I digress. The mouse was flat too, I think it's a part of decomposition. You can see all of the fluids leaking on the battery cover. I know the TL runs hot, but dam those mice were FUBAR Private Ryan!

Last, I recommend you scrap what you can since mice are notorious for harboring diseases.

Too bad you threw them away. You could have had a tasty meal:tomato:

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