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Originally Posted by TomC
stuff a rag in the exhaust pipe (keep critters out)
tape over opening to air inlet box (ditto)
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I've found that the best solution to keep critters out of anything is steel wool - mice and critters will chew through most anything (even rags), but they can't STAND to chew on the fibers of steel wool.
One year, after de-winterizing my motorcycle, I started up the engine, but each time I gave it some throttle, the engine would bog-down and die. I checked everything I could think of, but couldn't figure out what the problem was. That is, until I pulled the seat off, and found my air cleaner filled to the brim with sunflower seed shells. Over the winter, the critters would steal bird-seed from a container in the garage, and run up into my air cleaner to eat. That's when someone told me about the steel wool, and I never had a problem again.