Ants, Part 2 of 2

"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7) 10/06/2018 at 18:28 • Filed to: Jaguar, Jaguar XJ, California, X351

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In an effort to get rid of the ants that infested my XJ while the dealer had it , they had sent the car to get detailed. This included the engine bay, where about half of the ants were found to be hiding.

So now I have a spotless engine bay. Unfortunately, the dash of New Mexico desert sand that came with my car is now gone.

Also, the someone broke a windshield trim piece while flushing out the ants. Service Advisor was a gent and came to my office to replace that (me having paid hefty diagnostic fees for another issue was definitely a factor ).

I took care of the roughly 30 remaining ones last night with liquid bait, and now I think my car is finally ant-free.

wkiernan > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 10/06/2018 at 20:35

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W h e r e w e r e t h e y ? Your picture shows the top of the engine. I o n c e h a d a n t s i n t h e l e a v e s i n s i d e t h e f e n d e r s r i g h t i n f r o n t o f t h e d o o r . I p ark m y c a r under a big oak tree s o i t r e a l l y a c c u m u l a t es leaves, I h a v e to clean it out every month. Also I o n c e f o u n d a s p i d e r i n m y a i r b o x w h e n I w a s r e p l a c i n g t h e air filter .

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > wkiernan 10/06/2018 at 20:37

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Dealer said they were mostly inside the windshield trim and the edge of the engine bay adjacent to that (the bonnet edge at the very lower left of the photo).

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 10/07/2018 at 00:34

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Hey, now that’s a cleaner engine compartment.  Did they offer to send Southern Arizona it’s sand back...

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 10/07/2018 at 20:52

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No, they’re guilty of natural habitat des truction, and so am I by proxy.