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SoCalDesertRid1
Jun 16, 2016Explorer II
AnEv942 wrote:Good thing you got the junk out. Those rats can really mess things up.
Vacuumed the empty seed hulls & shells from the valley on our 7.3 diesel, that and mop out the accumulated oil. Something needed periodically- but hadn't checked in a while. Kept smelling something after out last outing. All I can think of is the retained heat in the block that attracts critters.
Found half of our battery blanket insulation stuffed on the manifold, saturated in oil...I hate mieces.
My 7.3 diesel F350 burned down in a fire last year, total loss of the truck. I think something shorted in the AC system and lit some leaves on fire that a rat had stuffed into the heater box area.
It's a constant battle with rats out here in my rural area. 2 years ago, they ate all the injector wiring in my gas F350. Had to take apart the upper and lower intake manifolds to clean the leaves and beans out and re-wire the injectors.
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