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Sitting here waiting for a response, figured I'd throw this out there. While driving, I hear a scattered ticking noise in the defroster / dashboard. When I hit 50, this noise goes insane. When I removed the airbox for the new cold air, the bottom of the airbox was filler with CORN! Underneath the filter! I'm assuming that is the noise, but do not know how to get to it without (or how to) disassembling the dashboard. Could that corn have made it through, or could it be something else?

pwall Senior Enthusiast

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Corn? Well that is weird.

Are you the original owner? Perhaps someone has planned a practical joke on you?

naterasmussen Enthusiast

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No, I bought the truck used. No idea how the corn got in there, the previous owner did something out of the norm. The rodent stash was pretty funny, but this is my daily driver, and I live in the city, and keep it clean enough to have the old lady compare her to the truck. (I'd go with the truck, but we gots the kids, ha!)

Wingnut Senior Enthusiast

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You mean corn in the engine intake?

 

How would THAT make it to the dash? It goes straight into the throttle body...So it appears you have two problems, one of which appears to be kinda corny.

 

When I bought my '02, there were acorns in my airbox...Not sure how stuff like that makes it in there, but it's not all that uncommon.

tobias Senior Enthusiast

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Unless you went through a corn storm, z85violator is correct, you've got a rodent, or had one. You haven't noticed any red splatter under the hood have you? I can't even imagine how corn would get into your air box any other way.

 

Maybe the previous owner thought it was a Flex Fuel ride but just didn't understand?

 

Daddy.

sagent Enthusiast

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I've got a similar situation with a red squirrel stashing pine cones inside the tubes that connect the frame rails on my 02 Sierra. I agree with the other guys, must be some type of rodent.

SoCalChris Enthusiast

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Heh, the last time I changed the air filter on my truck, there was about half a pack worth of Keebler elf cookies in there. Now I don't feel so strange.

 

:)

z85violator Enthusiast

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Unless you went through a corn storm, z85violator is correct, you've got a rodent, or had one. You haven't noticed any red splatter under the hood have you? I can't even imagine how corn would get into your air box any other way.

 

Maybe the previous owner thought it was a Flex Fuel ride but just didn't understand?

 

Daddy.

 

 

yeah, flex fuel the old school way. lmao

jhm Senior Enthusiast

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Has Orville Redenbocker been hanging around your house? Seriously, you have a squirrel or mice problem. Happens a lot.

naterasmussen Enthusiast

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This has to be the most entertaining post I've done. My original question was how to get the dash out to remove the corn whipping around in there, without destroying the dash. Maybe I'll pull the filter again and put some walnuts in there. It'll be harder for them to make it to the dash.

Rolandd Enthusiast

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I'd try to rig a slim piece of hose to a shop vac and see if you can suck the kernels out. It's a lot easier and faster than dismantling the dash

mikystyle Enthusiast

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d**n mice. Put some moth balls in a ziplock back and put them in a secure place in your engine compartment. Ive heard that can keep them away.

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