Mouse Nest Material: What Is It? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

shertex · #1 05-25-2011, 11:42 AM

Found a mouse nest on top of my air filter. Material looks like dryer lint (though there are specks of color in there). Is it likely that the mouse made its nest out of materials external to the car, or could this be from inside the car? And if so, what might it be?

amosfella · #2 05-25-2011, 11:48 AM

Do you keep a rag wedged into somewhere in the engine compartment?? Or is there a rag you don't know about from the PO??
Is the lint the same color as the air filter?? Or the engine compartment insulation??

I found a mouse's nest in my grandma's E420 in the V of the engine. It was made from the engine compartment insulation.

leathermang · #3 05-25-2011, 12:14 PM

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Do you keep a rag wedged into somewhere in the engine compartment?? Or is there a rag you don't know about from the PO??
Is the lint the same color as the air filter?? Or the engine compartment insulation??

I found a mouse's nest in my grandma's E420 in the V of the engine. It was made from the engine compartment insulation.

You are in CANADA !!! If they pulled their own hair there they would FREEZE.

amosfella · #4 05-25-2011, 12:23 PM

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You are in CANADA !!! If they pulled their own hair there they would FREEZE.

It was -27C the day I changed that injector....

leathermang · #5 05-25-2011, 12:31 PM

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It was -27C the day I changed that injector....

You are a better SNowman that I am .... if my fingers or nose get cold... ALL my ' sense of mission ' goes away.

amosfella · #6 05-25-2011, 01:13 PM

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You are a better SNowman that I am .... if my fingers or nose get cold... ALL my ' sense of mission ' goes away.

I'm a Canuck, what can I say... I use my ac at 70F... lol

leathermang · #7 05-25-2011, 11:48 AM

It pulled hairs from its body.....

zeke · #8 05-25-2011, 12:10 PM

Maybe the sound insulation from behind the kickpanels under the dash?

leathermang · #9 05-25-2011, 12:36 PM

http://prairiebluestem.blogspot.com/2006/12/mouse-nest-in-woodpile.html

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/white-footed_mouse.htm

Renntag · #10 05-25-2011, 02:40 PM

To answer the post title, I'd have to ask where your mouse shops for building and bedding materials?

leathermang · #11 05-25-2011, 02:50 PM

Rodentia Bed and Bath....

Jeremy5848 · #12 05-25-2011, 03:00 PM

Could be worse, our neighbor had mice and rats eat the insulation off of the wiring harnesses of her Jag XJ6. It ruined the car, they had to trash it because the quote for replacing the wiring harnesses came to $14,000 and the car was not insured for that kind of damage. The car had been a gift from her brother -- she was not cash out of pocket on the deal. Still kinda sad, it was a nice car.

To answer the OP's original question, it depends to some extent on which car in the list had the nest. Insulation and sound padding, when ripped up by tiny teeth, will look just like dryer lint. It would be worth some time to check under the dash and seats to see if there is a "trail of destruction."

Jeremy

shertex · #13 05-25-2011, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848

To answer the OP's original question, it depends to some extent on which car in the list had the nest. Insulation and sound padding, when ripped up by tiny teeth, will look just like dryer lint. It would be worth some time to check under the dash and seats to see if there is a "trail of destruction."

Jeremy

It's the 91 300D. I don't see any trail of destruction evidence....but sound padding and insulation does make sense.

tomscat1 · #14 05-25-2011, 03:50 PM

I opened up the hood of a donated 1964 T-Bird a couple of years ago to find, not so much a mouse's nest, but what I could only describe as a high-rise multi-family housing development, built with a wide variety of yard and car interior debris!
And I don't know who was more surprised.... me, or the mouse staring up at me, both of us mouths agape!

amosfella · #15 05-25-2011, 03:51 PM

I found a bee hive under the battery carrier of the 83 pickup here when replacing glow plugs...