I got the original Honda TSB from someone else, but I found this widdle tid-bit from Consumer Reports....
Consumer Reports wrote:
"You
can buy the most reliable car on Earth and still find convoluted
electrical gremlins, fluid leaks, and even outright failure when rodents
take up residence and begin chewing on wiring, hoses, plastic, and
other critical car parts. But we’ve found a deterrent for these
four-legged terrorists.
Rodent-inflicted damage is an age-old
problem that some observers say is increasing as automakers use more
plant-based biodegradable materials to reduce waste. It turns out that
rodents sharpening their teeth and feasting on cars is more prevalent
than you might think. We uncovered various technical service bulletins
from Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota, and Subaru instructing their technicians
how to remedy chewed wiring harnesses. So many people have been looking
for solutions that the topic was trending on Reddit recently.
Readers
posted several solutions, from covering the wires with a metal mesh to
painting them with hot sauce. Some Consumer Reports staffers also have
stories of small furry creatures chewing through power steering lines,
filling engine intakes with acorns, and plugging up air-conditioning
ducts with their nests.
What you can do
We found a clever solution in a TSB from Honda:
rodent-deterrent tape, essentially an electrical tape treated with
super-spicy capsaicin, which Honda describes as “the stuff that puts the
fire in a bowl of five-alarm chili.” The tape (part number 4019-2317)
is available through dealers for about $36 for a 20-meter roll, about 22
yards. You'll also find it online.
We bought a roll of
rodent-deterrent tape to check out. Beyond the cute rodent graphics and
gray color, it deceptively seems like regular electrical tape to us
humans. There is no tear-inducing odor, but it does carry a label that
warns against prolonged exposure to skin. Despite dares and double
dares, we did not taste it and will trust that it is potent enough to
deter even the most ravenous varmint.
Other suggestions for
dealing with rodents under your hood include installing a metal mesh
around wiring harnesses and rubber hoses and across any openings where
rodents could crawl into your ventilation or intake systems. Or you
could put mouse poison mixed with peanut butter around your garage for a
more severe solution."
About
$30 a roll(65 feet), but I've seen it on fleabay for less. Funny how in
the pic, it looks like rats have been chewing on the cardboard
center....
Folks that have used it warn not to rub yer eyeholes after using it....don't know why....
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