Car broke down due to cat in engine

Lisa2011

Hopefully someone can help. My brothers car broke down yesterday and today the mechanic found the problem a dead cat in the engine. The sight of it was bad enough to make him sick.

Anyway does anyone know who in Limerick cleans out engines and removes dead cats?

pred racer

For once the thread title does not dissapoint

Lol.

testicle

Isn't the cat supposed to be on the exhaust? ;-)

biko

Jaysus that's terrible. However you can probably just power hose the engine.
What components broke? Belt?

ba_barabus

I've had to remove both ends of a cat after it got caught in the belts.

Lisa2011

No idea what damage is done. The cat needs to be removed first and the engine needs cleaning. So does anyone know of who might do that in Limerick?

MajorMax

What a Catastrophe

see what i did there?:D

Lisa2011

I do yes but do you have an answer to my question?

Harcrid

Prestige car wash on the dock road do engine cleaning but you'd have to ask them if that includes the removal of dead animals!

Kenny Logins

Lisa2011 wrote: »

No idea what damage is done. The cat needs to be removed first and the engine needs cleaning. So does anyone know of who might do that in Limerick?

Isn't that an NCT fail?

tayto lover

The engine was purring nicely i'd say.

RidleyRider

Kenny Logins wrote: »

Isn't that an NCT fail?

No, just a fail advisory.


:pac:

pajor

I would have thought that'd be a job for the council, wherever you are.

martinr5232

There is loads of adds on done deal for places that will de-cat your car for you :-)

biko

Ring www.cleaningdoctor.ie/limerick.html Brian & Daragh
They can probably do it.

corktina

Jaguar is it?

Lisa2011

No its not

Its a ford focus

Oral Surgeon

You'll need a new catalytic convertor for sure!!!!

kona

Tell the mechanic to man up. **** sake.

Lisa2011

Well if that is definitely needed it wont be fitted unless the engine is cleaned and the cat is removed. Who would want to do that

mathepac

Lisa2011 wrote: »

... Its a ford focus

Huh, pussy.

Lisa2011

kona wrote: »

Tell the mechanic to man up. **** sake.

I doubt you would say that if you had seen what was inside the engine. Its pretty bad.

I dont know why I bothered posting here nobody can answer my question

RidleyRider

Lisa2011 wrote: »

I doubt you would say that if you had seen what was inside the engine. Its pretty bad.

I dont know why I bothered posting here nobody can answer my question

Biko gave you an answer!

Lisa2011

They dont clean out car engines and remove cats

they clean carpets

The Backwards Man

I'd be looking for a new mechanic rather than someone to clean the engine to be honest.

Lisa2011

He has a mechanic that always looks after his car but he cant examine it till the cat is removed

RidleyRider

Lisa2011 wrote: »

They dont clean out car engines and remove cats

they clean carpets

Read beside Brian and Daragh. You could just hire out an industrial power house and blow that kitty out.:p

crosstownk

That reminds of something I came across about 15 years ago.

A guy booked in his VW Transporter van complaining of a smell.

I gave the job to the mechanic who discovered a cats head lying on the engine undertray. We reckoned that the cat must have fell asleep with its head lying on a belt and when the engine started.....:eek:......Slán leat.

The smell was horrific. The head must have been there for weeks.

Lots of plastic gloves and flips of coins used to remove the head.

ba_barabus

Hold on,

Is the cat IN the engine or is the cats body beside the engine ie under the bonnet?

Dartz

"Hi, I'd like to book my car in for De-Cat?"

"Sure, what make model,"

"Don't know about the model but it looks like it was a Tabby"

corktina

`probably whats left of the cat is melted all over the engine....a power washer is the answer, try not to soak the electrics though. I doubt many mechanics will take on the job, why would they? Up to the owner to sort it I reckon....not a nice job but can you expect someone else to do it?

Hal1

Ahh, that was my de catting joke Dartz .

JustAddWater

Schrodingers Car!

Nice

Stheno

pred racer wrote: »

For once the thread title does not dissapoint

Lol.

I also lolled

Lisa2011 wrote: »

He has a mechanic that always looks after his car but he cant examine it till the cat is removed

Could your brother not remove the dead animal himself?

biko

biko wrote: »

Ring www.cleaningdoctor.ie/limerick.html Brian & Daragh
They can probably do it.

Lisa2011 wrote: »

I dont know why I bothered posting here nobody can answer my question

Try ringing these guys anyway, they're probably used to all kinds of gross stuff and have patio cleaners which is what you need (it's the same as a power hose.
I'm sorry but "dead cats in engine clean-up" is not a typical question here, fortunately.

dodderangler

Came across cats before dead in engine when i worked as mechanic
Rough way to die aswell.
Anyway we did have to replace some parts. Alternator destroyed by fur and flesh.
Timing belts replaced etc.
came across a dead badger before now that stank. But in fairness he hit the badger and it got caught up in the engine as he drove to a halt a couple hundred yards down the road.

YouTookMyName

Feck all space in a focus engine bay for a cat.

Fella told one bout one in a vw vento once. Lying on some ledge on the bay. he had to take it out himself, smell was chronic he said.

biko

I'd hazard a guess that once the engine is clean it's not that much to fix. Probably a belt snapped or something similar that caused the engine problems.
But the internals should be good.

Keep us updated OP in case someone else happens upon the same issue at some point.

dodderangler

Just one solution
Shoot cats on sight

Matt Simis

I really like animals yet seem to get called to bury/dispose of the families dead ones quite a lot... but seriously this thread. How many grown men in this story are running off to their mammies (and sisters?) with PTSD after seeing a dead animal? Its not like he has an emotional attachment to this random animal, its just unidentifiable fur and blood. Im almost embarrassed for them.

Take the car out to a yard, put on overalls and goggles, get a power hose and just keep blasting away. Then take off the undertray and do it again. Sort out your own problems. :rolleyes:

kona

Lisa2011 wrote: »

I doubt you would say that if you had seen what was inside the engine. Its pretty bad.

I dont know why I bothered posting here nobody can answer my question

Ive seen worse Try cleaning birds out of a jet engine after a bird strike.

Nobody can answer because yer mechanic should clean it or yourself .

MuppetCheck

In future it's worth giving a few raps on the bonnet and if you can let the car slide back an inch or two before starting, especially on colder mornings. My neighbours have a couple of tabbys and if they're not at my back door when I take the cars out they are usually tucked up in the car from the previous evening and the noise/jolt sends them running.

My parents feed an old stray cat. Last Christmas we were all getting a lift from my sister down to the local and half way down the road heard a few thuds under the car. I looked out the back windows to see the stray rolling along down the road before regaining his balance and shooting back towards the garden.

stoeger

Ill clean it €200

stoeger

Ill clean it €200

Daveysil15

I can't say I've ever heard of anyone who specialises in removing dead animals from car engines. I don't suppose a dog would do it?

I really don't see the humour about this and why people should joke about it, it's a poor animal and maybe someone's pet.

I don't think people would think it so funny if it was a dog.

Stheno

Deleted User wrote: »

I really don't see the humour about this and why people should joke about it, it's a poor animal and maybe someone's pet.

I don't think people would think it so funny if it was a dog.

Cat - catalytic converter is the basis of the jokes.

Outside of that, it's now a purely practical matter of getting the dead body parts out of the engine

If I can't find my 2 cats if it's wet or cold they are usually hiding in the CRV, I open the bonnet and sure enough there they are looking out at me. SO I always bang on the bonnet or bip the horn just in case another cat is in there.

I never allow my cats out all night because despite what people think cats don't run around all night, after a few hours they look for somewhere to sleep, usually somewhere snug and engines are a big attraction due to the heat.

I wish car manufacturers would make it harder for small animals to get into the engine.

Stheno

Stheno wrote: »

Cat - catalytic converter is the basis of the jokes.

Outside of that, it's now a purely practical matter of getting the dead body parts out of the engine

Well it isn't really funny.

pred racer

Matt Simis wrote: »

. but seriously this thread. How many grown men in this story are running off to their mammies (and sisters?) with PTSD after seeing a dead animal? Its not like he has an emotional attachment to this random animal, its just unidentifiable fur and blood. Im almost embarrassed for them.

Take the car out to a yard, put on overalls and goggles, get a power hose and just keep blasting away. Then take off the undertray and do it again. Sort out your own problems. :rolleyes:

+1
Your brother or his mechanic needs to man up!

Deleted User wrote: »

Well it isn't really funny.

Yes it is:p

Stheno

Deleted User wrote: »

Well it isn't really funny.

I can see why it's not as a cat lover, I kept mine indoors at all times when I had cats, but on a motors forum it's pretty inevitable.

most people who don't have cats/haven't had one crawl into their engine bay, wouldn't know that cats are prone to this.