>100k kms maintenance: spark plugs and....rats!

[Vins213]

Hi all!

Yesterday I have done a full maintenance, you can see the 106.500km old spark plug and the new one:

 

and the old cabin filter with 6 small 💩....how can I clean the air duct? from where they went inside?

 

thanks!

[TonyHSD]

Check gutter around the Wiper Blades area and inside the dashboard where the filter seats. 

[Vins213]

11 hours ago, TonyHSD said:

Check gutter around the wiper blades area and inside the dashboard where the filter seats. 

the air filter is like new, no damages, only dust, insects and ****ties...so I think the poops come from the outside when I have used the warm cabin air

[anchorman]

I can assure you, that’s not a rat, a rat wouldn’t get in the heater, it might be a mouse or it might be decaying seeds of a tree.  

[Vins213]

27 minutes ago, anchorman said:

I can assure you, that’s not a rat, a rat wouldn’t get in the heater, it might be a mouse or it might be decaying seeds of a tree.  

yeah you are right, it is a mouse and not a rat 🙂 

[bathtub tom]

5 hours ago, anchorman said:

I can assure you, that’s not a rat, a rat wouldn’t get in the heater, it might be a mouse or it might be decaying seeds of a tree.  

Would it need to? I understand rats are continuously incontinent and all it would have to do is walk along the bottom of the windscreen where any carp could fall into the HVAC intake.

[anchorman]

7 hours ago, bathtub tom said:

Would it need to? I understand rats are continuously incontinent and all it would have to do is walk along the bottom of the windscreen where any carp could fall into the HVAC intake.

I take it you’ve never seen rats doo.  It wouldn’t fit in the pleats of that filter.  

[bathtub tom]

25 minutes ago, anchorman said:

I take it you’ve never seen rats doo.  It wouldn’t fit in the pleats of that filter.  

It didn't, that was the dirty side of the filter!

[anchorman]

9 minutes ago, bathtub tom said:

It didn't, that was the dirty side of the filter!

What are on about Bob?  I know it’s the dirty side, it faces up where the rat would be.  If that in the photo was done by a rodent it was a tiny one.  Rat ******* would sit on top of the pleats.  

[MikeSh]

I feel I should say something ...

The filter is working. ***** from outside isn't getting inside ... ?

[Vins213]

9 hours ago, MikeSh said:

I feel I should say something ...

The filter is working. ***** from outside isn't getting inside ... ?

big quote

 

now I have to clean the external duct, no damages or footsteps under the hood 

[Parts-King]

Having seen plenty of rat **** in cars I can say with confidence that isnt from a rat. We get a lot of farm vehicles in, often they eat wiring harnesses and leave their *** everywhere, they never stop chewing, there would be more evidence, that filter would be eaten away, as mentioned above, it might be a mouse dropping or a seed 

[Vins213]

6 minutes ago, Parts-King said:

it might be a mouse dropping or a seed 

not seeds, there are 6 mouse dropping into the filter, taken from the external duct...

 

my bad to write downr 'rats', sorry

[Mjolinor]

I don't think I would have replaced those plugs. Are the new ones Denso?

If so I wonder why they changed the design.

[Vins213]

5 minutes ago, Mjolinor said:

I don't think I would have replaced those plugs. Are the new ones Denso?

If so I wonder why they changed the design.

already changed, the car is a bit smoother

 

the old are denso, the new NGK

 

perfect engine status at 106.500 km IMHO

[TonyHSD]

These droppings could have had entered through the air intake grill and no mouse infesting problem. 
For the plugs even if they look as good as new on the centre electrode, the side one could have little wear plus once they worked for the given mileage intervals they will be ready to go. Old plugs increase resistance and can fail your coils prematurely. I did first change on my current car at 80k miles and then every 60k miles. Now gets close to 280k miles on original coils. Not bad