Originally Posted by
Steve - UK
Lots of fuss about nothing realy - the car has managed to sit on its supension for 67K and a few years with no problems, so sitting stationary in a nice dry garage shouldnt harm it. Rodents cant get up the exhaust unless they can chew through the baffles and Cats, anyway, dont worry youll blow out the dead ones when you start it up. Just disconnect the battery, dont lock the doors, throw some blankets over with windows partially open. Spray WD40 all over any moving parts and bare metal (theres lots underneath). When you come home treat her to an oil change and filter, some new tires and a battery and off you go.
Well Steve, all I can tell ya is our mice must be a little more industrious than what you Brits have. Mice have an incredible capability of getting into the smallest nooks and crannys and literally destroy a car. They even took up residence inside my factory CAI and had a feast on the factory air filters. They were able to chew their way half way through one of them, next stop would have been the plastic screen above the mass air flow sensor. The caverns inside the engine would have been a "tunnel-of-love" for a family of little Micky and Minis.
Mice even got into the under hood sealed fuse box of my Chevy Van. The only gap was where the wiring harness entered, and it was smaller than a pencil eraser. They inadvertently pulled out a couple critical fuses while chewing on the plastic .
Here's what they did to my Crossfire.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...appen-you.html
Don't we have synthetic brake fluid?