Wrenchin... Adventures under the hood... Put em here.

[Name Redacted]

Opened Subaru the other day and a marmot was sitting on top of the engine. It chirped and dove back into the engine compartment. Haha, little guy was living inside the car and wouldn't leave.

[Touring_Sedan]

Since we're on the topic of A/C. My 2015 probably needs a recharge. Is there any downside to waiting until next spring to do it vs doing it now?

If you completely lose the charge, typically the dryer will need to be replaced.

[anotherVTskibum]

Opened Subaru the other day and a marmot was sitting on top of the engine. It chirped and dove back into the engine compartment. Haha, little guy was living inside the car and wouldn't leave.

Sell the car now, before the bastard chews through an expensive wiring harness that you can't reach without disassembly of most of the engine.

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[Timberridge]

I think you just sneak "marmot" somewhere inconspicuous in the listing.

FS: 2004 Subaru Outback, 125K miles, new tires, marmot, no accidents and all service records.

If you completely lose the charge, typically the dryer will need to be replaced.

Thanks. It's mostly charged now, just could use a bit.

[Name Redacted]

Sell the car now, before the bastard chews through an expensive wiring harness that you can't reach without disassembly of most of the engine.

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Wasn’t mine but the owner insisted that a friend told them that marmots don’t eat wiring. Whatever, there was piss and shit all over the inside. They got rid of it with some stinky garlic spray stuff.

Personally I would have traded it in STAT.

I had a friend who had a marmot chew through his clutch cable and had to drive out of the Sangre de Christos in second gear. People put chicken wire around their vehicles at the trailhead for that reason.

[BmillsSkier]

I think you just sneak "marmot" somewhere inconspicuous in the listing.

FS: 2004 Subaru Outback, 125K miles, new tires, marmot, no accidents and all service records.

LOL. I like this approach.

Or just toss a random marmot pic in with the 40+ others you load up onto autotrader/craigslist/facebookMP, they'll think it was an error, or, even better, a bonus that you're tossing in your marmot with the rest of the car. Win-win.

[Timberridge]

LOL. I like this approach.

Or just toss a random marmot pic in with the 40+ others you load up onto autotrader/craigslist/facebookMP, they'll think it was an error, or, even better, a bonus that you're tossing in your marmot with the rest of the car. Win-win.

Good call. Most people will think you just can't computer well. Like the old guys here who upload pictures sideways.

[Mazderati]

Maroon paint with gray cloth.
Automatic transmission.
Really nice driver.
Make it yours.
Outbacks are great vehicles.
Tires have plenty of tread.

[BmillsSkier]

One thing is for sure, Name Redacted's friend needs to ditch the Suby, and marmot, ASAP.

My sister had a mere squirrel hole up in her 4Runner while she left home it one winter. That little fucker had chewed anything that was remotely important, shit and pissed all over the place and turned the cabin air filter (and later the glove box behind it) into it's own love shack.

[El Chupacabra]

Just describe it as "Marmot Edition." Somebody will think it's a co branded trim line, like an Eddie Bauer Explorer.

[gravitylover]

Since we're on the topic of A/C. My 2015 probably needs a recharge. Is there any downside to waiting until next spring to do it vs doing it now?

Ya ever try driving around the northeast/mid Atlantic without a working defroster? It sux. Fix the AC.

[BmillsSkier]

Just describe it as "Marmot Edition." Somebody will think it's a co branded trim line, like an Eddie Bauer Explorer.

Free Marmot and Tshirt with purchase

[apex dave]

Could be worse. Our neighbour started his car one morning and ended up with pack rat guts all over the engine compartment.

[BCMtnHound]

Could be worse. Our neighbour started his car one morning and ended up with pack rat guts all over the engine compartment.

Yup. Both me and friends have had to deal with a packrat nest in the engine compartment in a vehicle parked for more than a week in packrat country. Usually in the air intake. Why is my truck driving like shit and mileage abysmal? Oh, there’s a nest with pink little packrat babies where the air filter usually is. And the shit and piss smell never completely goes away if they get anywhere near the cab air intake.

[gravitylover]

I had gremlins in our old Durango from critters chewing on ground wires. The biggest mess I've ever had under the hood was when a cat crawled in to stay warm in the winter. When I started it in the morning there was a weird scratchy noise for a second before I turned the key and then a blood curdling scream as it got wrapped in the serpentine belt and shredded. Yuck...

[Timberridge]

Ya ever try driving around the northeast/mid Atlantic without a working defroster? It sux. Fix the AC.

Can you explain what the A/C has to do with defrosting the windshield?

[gravitylover]

Can you explain what the A/C has to do with defrosting the windshield?

The AC system dries the air the same as if it was coming out of the dash and floor vents but it's coming out of the vents below the windshield. Someone will probably correct me but, I can't think of any cars in the last 20 years that don't automatically kick the compressor on when you turn on the defrost mode (if they have AC).

[Todd Zander]

I think what hes saying is that defrosting involves pulling in dry winter air, which does not necessitate a fully functioning a/c.

Thunderstorms mid-summer while driving will almost always require the air to be dried via the a/c.

You guys are yelling past each other.

[Timberridge]

I think what hes saying is that defrosting involves pulling in dry winter air, which does not necessitate a fully functioning a/c.

Thunderstorms mid-summer while driving will almost always require the air to be dried via the a/c.

You guys are yelling past each other.

Honestly, I had no idea the A/C went on to defrost the windshield--hence my question.

[Mazderati]

[Ted Striker]

Can you explain what the A/C has to do with defrosting the windshield?

Found the mag who's never lived in the pnw.

[Timberridge]

Found the mag who's never lived in the pnw.

The two times I have visited Seattle its been sunny and 75 degrees. I thought it was like that all the time, no?

[BmillsSkier]

The two times I have visited Seattle its been sunny and 75 degrees. I thought it was like that all the time, no?

I've learned that it is slightly sunnier than the Upstates.

[Cruiser]

Not a happy differential

[gravitylover]

I think what hes saying is that defrosting involves pulling in dry winter air, which does not necessitate a fully functioning a/c.

Thunderstorms mid-summer while driving will almost always require the air to be dried via the a/c.

You guys are yelling past each other.

Sort of

Found the mag who's never lived in the pnw.

It rains as much, or more, where we live and the air is equally as swampy, or worse, than 75% of the country. Cars with no AC that just move the outside air are more effective at defogging than one with a malfunctioning AC system.