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I was changing my air filter and I noticed something strange under the filter. Turns out it was dog food. I have absolutely no idea how it got in there but it sounds like there is about a cup of it in my resonator. I can't get it out. What should I do?

 
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why cant you get it out? take the resonator off and shake it out.

 
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true

 
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I could shake a little out but there is still a fair bit in there. Is there any way to open it up? Man I am just amazed. I can't even dream up a scenario for how this happened.

 
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There must be some complex bends in there.

 
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One possible scenario...Mice. Do you have a dog and keep the bag of dog food close to the Civic? But how did the mice get past the air filter? You may want to check the entire resonator assembly and make sure mice haven't chewed thru it somewhere.

The other thought is that someone is goofing with you and put the dog food in there.

 
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You might be on the money with the mice. The resonator comes before the filter so they could just walk right in.

A mouse trap is one engine mod I never thought of.

 
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haha yea the resonator wont open. and it does have some small spaces inside and areas where there are multiple chambers (so if you shake one way they fall into another hole). just get a new one. i usually see them on ebay for cheap or even this site.

 
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Yeah. I think I'll get a new one. I don't really see it causing any problems but I don't like the idea of having food in my engine.

 
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ill sell ya mine for cheaper than honda and i promise it will be dog food free, where ya live?

 
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That's right. The resonator assembly is before the air filter. I was thinking of my other vehicle where it's opposite.

 
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Youd be suprized at how small of a hole a mouse can get through.

 
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Wouldn't they die once you started the car and the hotass exhaust fumes/carbon monoxide went through? So now you have dead mice in there?

 
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no there shouldnt be funes in the bay, unless you have exhaust leak. thats whole point of exhaust system to route fumes to the muffler. it may get hot, but who knows if they can survive.

 
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yeah mice die in cars all the time, and alot of the time they die inside under the dash ( in the ac some where), my buddy has to take dashes out at toyota all the time for cars that have a bad odor its funny.

 
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One time i had a hotdog bun and a hamburger bun on top of my valve cover and the hot dog bun was all chewed to crumbs all over my motor, wierd.

What about Acura beats Viper, it was a snake dead on a gsr engine. Animals like heat too.