Battery insulation

Probably a rodent of some kind--cleaning up the loose insulation is one thing, but eliminating whatever it is that's doing the damage is another as it may plan to make its way through other parts of the car, particularly the wiring.

Interesting that this morning's Raleigh News & Observer had an article on squirrels and other rodents chewing car wires. It included some good info on what you can do to prevent it, including mention of something called Honda Rodent Tape.

See article here - How to get squirrels to stop chewing car wires - The News & Observer.

WakeIntegraGuy said:

Interesting that this morning's Raleigh News & Observer had an article on squirrels and other rodents chewing car wires. It included some good info on what you can do to prevent it, including mention of something called Honda Rodent Tape.

See article here - How to get squirrels to stop chewing car wires - The News & Observer.

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Funny that it’s made by Honda. That article was helpful. It seems like they aren’t looking for something to chew as the wiring is fine. More likely they are gathering nesting material.

Slowcarfast said:

It seems like they aren’t looking for something to chew as the wiring is fine. More likely they are gathering nesting material.

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'long as they're not looking to build the nest inside the engine compartment. Several years back, I had a mouse nest deep in my 2006 TSX. It caused quite a stink. At one point, I opened the hood and a little mouse stared up at me. Not fun. AAA auto service actually did a great job cleaning it out and disinfecting, fwiw.

WakeIntegraGuy said:

'long as they're not looking to build the nest inside the engine compartment.

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I hope not. If they did, they had a wild ride yesterday as the reason I was under the hood was for a pre-track day inspection.