Whilst at Duckworths for some repairs, the engine top cover was removed. This revealed a mouse had found its way in and made a meal of some of the wiring outer insulation. A simple repair was made FOC, no damage to the actual wiring! Thank you Duckworths!

(Must have happened whilst the car was garaged unused for several months when the previous owner was ill.) 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

I once had a mouse (actually a family of them - I found the nest, made from the sound insulation, under the bonnet!) gnaw at the workings of my then Alfa. In my case, though, they gnawed the fuel lines, not the wiring. First I knew of it was around 50 miles later when the fuel line finally gave way pumping large amounts of petrol onto a by then very hot exhaust! How the whole lot didn't go up I'll never know, but fortunately it didn't and I lived to tell the tale.

With my previous FL I once did the occasional under bonnet check and found a collection of seeds on top of the starter motor. I removed them and then checked the next day. More had arrived. I then set a small trap strapped to one of the radiator cooling pipes. Went out later that evening to find a very dead mouse. Problem never reoccurred! 2016 BMW X3 30d SE in red
MY2013 SD4 XS Firenze Red, 19" 10 spoke contrast paint wheels, Signature Strips, Grand Black Lacquer trim, Cold Climate Pack - gone!
2007 TD4 S Stornoway Grey - gone!

Friend had a whole nest of mice in his Rover 90 driver's seat. Didn't seem to worry him.
Recent storyline in "Ice Road Truckers" (that totally authentic completely unscripted truck-driving reality show ) had a truck infested with deer mice, which can apparently give you life-threatening diseases. Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Not in a car but in my daughters last house, her intruder alarm stopped working and after testing the engineer found a wiring fault in wiring under the floor on the first floor level.
Turned out to be field mice trying to get from one part of the house to another so they chewed the alarm wiring where it passed through a hole in one of the floor joists.
Solution-repair alarm wiring and drill a hole adjacent to the existing with a printed notice stapled to the joist "Mice this way".
Not had any problems since.
Trapping not an option as in the farming area where she lived there are literally millions of them and very cute they are too, exept when they eat your alarm.

Bill T Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

Lucky they aren't edible dormice. These were introduced in Tring and are gradually spreading outwards. They apparently get into the loft and eat everything in sight. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/...reats.html
The Romans kept them in special little pots called gliraria - they were an important source of fresh meat over winter! See http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roma...arium.html
This thread could be in the running for most off-topic yet...  Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

Better ask the Mods to move it then before we get a rollicking


Bill T Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

Let them try - I'll set my mice on them  Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

To get back on track: I lifted the engine cover to find small amounts of debris remaining around the No2 cylinder area which I vacuumed out. The underside of the engine cover had a 5" circle of foam insulation removed above No2. The "visitor" had also stripped off the black weave braided sleeve from the fuel pipe branch plus gnawed the black plastic connector. Other than that, no harm done. I will set a trap this weekend to see if anything is caught.

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Good hunting. :lol:

Bill T Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.