Posted on 10/10/2019 11:07:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
Put a couple Mothballs in toilet paper tubes secure the ends with strips to keep the balls in but gaps to let the smell out.
Don’t put them near the cowl area where the climate air intake or inside the car, but a couple in the front by the core support area.
Under the car wherever you can secure them.
If you can, put them in containers where you park your car.
Everyone should check their AF box for kibble and or nuts.
I have seen them actually stuffed so full the engine can’t breath right.
Oh great.
Your mechanic is going to love you.
YRMV. Have been proactive on feeding mice and rats all the treated alfalfa they want on a periodic basis. Former time spent in Livermore and similar dry climates raises one’s awareness of Hantavirus vectors.
The anecdotal reports tout the essential oil extract as an irritant which repels rodents. That is why the post was written as an informative question. The peppermint oil is inexpensive and has the added factor of non-toxicity.
Ground squirrel’s chewed up 65 year old Mercedes-Benz wiring.
Our nearest rural neighbor has a cat who like to escape the neighbor’s house, and come visit to eat mice on our property.
I _love_ that cat!
Here kitty, kitty.
Prius has it. Has for many years.
It’s a real problem in the high desert areas.
I use mothballs to get rid of ground hogs and other rodents.
Seems to work but it stinks up the area for awhile.
It looks like she’s a giant bunny and those clackers could cut through hardened Inconel.
I’d trade you bunnies for my deer. We are overrun with them and they even breed faster than your bunnies.
In our area, some people really like the rat snakes for the same reason. They are like 5’ long garden snakes, but they eat mice.
Those snooty BMW mechs need it................
Peppermint. Rats hate it. Spray the engine compartment with peppermint extract.
Heh. I have a 1/4 mile long driveway. I had to stop for five deer crossing in front of my car ON MY DRIVEWAY on Tuesday on my way to work. They wreak havoc on my garden 0 and the front end of my cars.
Had my Nissan Murano in for service last week and rodents had made a nest under my air filter.
We have both rats and squirrels to deal with.
Both like to make a nest under the hood...................
We had a couple of Volvo cars in the late 80s when our kids were being born. Always liked their performance, braking, acceleration (even with a turbocharged four-banger). The station wagon developed an annoying habit of randomly activating the ABS when slowing below 15 mph. I kept taking it to the dealer and they could find nothing. They kept it for longer and longer periods to experience it. After 26 (yes, really, TWENTY SIX) visits to the shop, they finally called in an engineer from Sweden to diagnose it. He quickly found that the wiring harness was faulty. To Volvo’s credit, they kept extending the warranty for me and I didn’t have to pay a dime for all the diagnostic and repair work. They ended up changing out the entire wiring harness and the problem stopped.
I wonder if the wiring harness had been eaten by critters? I always figured it was poor weatherization that caused connectors to corrode, but maybe it was rodents.
I would not be surprised if it was rats, mice or squirrels.................
You an spray cayenne juice over the engine but, of course, your engine may run “hot”.
Now you open the hood of his truck and he has the engine compartment festooned with rodent repellent hang-tags. It looks ridiculous and smells worse, but the damage has stopped.
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