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The OP really needs to check the engine compartment.
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Check upper surfaces of the underbody plastic panels
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Also, check the upper surfaces of the underbody plastic panels.
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Purchased a 1999 996 a couple of month ago and have been dealing with dead mice
So far I've remove 14 from the trunk. then about 8 from the headliner. Still had a mild odor and after pulling the strut tower pad found about three pound of dog food and about 10 more critters. Any other favorite hiding places??? The bastards also ate the foam sound suppressors under the rear side panels.
I've name my car Minnie.
The remaining odor can be from the urine they leave about.
As for hiding places they can end up almost anywhere. In the heater or AC air passages, in the dash, in the areas between the cabin and engine compartment, on top of the engine.
Also, check the upper surfaces of the underbody plastic panels. These catch a lot of nest litter and could have accumulated dead mice as well.
Yup. The mice/rats visit Fido's bowl that's sitting outside and take it back to its nest, which in this case, is a Porsche. The OP really needs to check the engine compartment. I bet there are some issues there as well. Look for chewed wiring, insulation, belts, connectors, etc.
I hope you get the smell out. Not much worse than the smell of a dead rat. Good luck.
Interesting. Can't you just stick it in your garage, and bomb it? (assuming there are rat bombs like there are roach, etc.) Kill them first, and then work on finding the corpses and getting the smell out second. I think you have to make sure more aren't flocking to your car as you are pulling out their deceased cousins.
Use this... Very inexpensive and it works. I used this on my wife's CL55 and no more mice. No relation to this product or company, just a happy customer:
http://www.rataway.com/
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