Check engine light on-Damn Squirrel's!

[Wcross]

Coldest day so far this year in Tennessee, I get off of work Sunday evening and fire up the truck for the 40 mile drive home. The coat I am wearing isn't quite enough for the windchill. The check engine light comes on and the engine is running rough. I had a very tense ride home waiting for the truck to die and having to walk. I went to auto-zone where they offer free computer code reading- the guy says it is the map sensor/mixture controls. I start poking around the area and find a nest in there with twigs and stuffing from a pillow I have in my doghouse. What better way to entertain yourself in your new nest than to chew on some wires? Damn squirrel!
It should be an easy fix- just splice the wires.

The real question is, why do I have squirrels around my house with six dogs that LOVE to hunt and two cats? How did the squirrel manage to collect the pillow stuffing from the dog house?

[blueknight]

1. i would say

it was probably mice, not squirrels. i have seen MANY engines with mice nest in them

[demnan]

2. Squirrels are tenacious and highly intelligent

When the house style feeder is low on sunflower seeds, one of them hangs upside down so he can get to the finch feeder. Now I call that initiative!

[peekaloo]

3. rats or mice?

I had a rather large one nest inside my dashboard!!!!! I still do not know how it got there.

[ET Awful]

4. Maybe your dogs and cats formed a mammal mafia and are getting

protection pay-offs from the local squirrels :evilgrin:

[Done]

5. Check your exhaust manifold.

:bounce:
Maybe you can have roasted or smoked squirrel for dinner tonight. I suggest a sweet and sour dipping sauce with baked potatoes.
:9