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Old 20-08-17, 06:25
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Originally Posted by rob love View Post
It sounds like the mudwasps. They used to often build their nests in the vent line of the Jeep wipers, rendering them useless.

The little buggers have even been attributed to airliner crashes when they have either blocked pitot tubes or relief valve vents.
That's a new one to me... it was packed full of fine dark brown powder (mud?). It was so dense that I had to use a 12" long 3/16" drill bit to auger it out. Then I could get a stiff wire in there to clean it out. I've never heard of mud wasps, but it sounds like what I had.
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