I woke up in the middle of the night because my dog was going crazy, looking out the back.

We went outside and he was sniffing and scrabbling back and forth and around my CTD. Then he crawled under my truck, I thought to myself, oh no... a skunk.

He wouldn't come out from under the truck so I carefully raised the hood and a grey cat is in there. Finally, the cat makes a break for it only to run under the hood of my Chevy Dually.

To begin with, I hate cats. Cats should only be in the barn or the attic hunting mice.

Anyway, my questions are:
1. Do cats cause damage to anything under the hood?
2. If I ever start the engine with a cat under the hood will I end up with feline puree?

 

I dont think a cat will damage anything under the hood. They are just looking for a warm spot and a place to hide. Squirrels and rodents are a much different story (and are a good reason to have a cat). Squirrels damage the hood liners on both my trucks.

As for the puree, kind of depends on where the cat is when you start the engine. Usually its their tails that get caught in the belt.

 

Why hate cats ?? The cat can't hurt nothing, under the hood.

 

Maybe I didn't mean to be hatin' on cats... they have their place, just not in my house or on my lap. (Outside and in the barn is ok... )

 

worst i saw was cat must have been hiding/sleeping in fan shroud, customer fired truck up, fan got cat, cat pieces got radiator, belt, fan, and shroud and i got all the mess. there was green and red stuff everywhere.

 

How much did you charge to clean it up?

 

My wife had that happen once with an old Mercedes diesel. It didn't hurt anything, but man was that a mess.

 

Another reson dogs are better than cats .

 

i added a little time for clean-up, other than that just the time allowed for replacing parts, most was cleaned up with a water hose though. seen a few other cats chewed up and burned up but this one was the worst.