oosik
Super Star Member
Most of you know I live out in the country and I certainly seem to have my share of rodents. Pocket gophers, chipmunks, mice and THIS year a new participant - pack rats. Where as the mice will occasionally build small nests in the engine compartment - pack rats will build a palace. Chipmunks - they like to store seeds in unique places in the engine compartment. Fortunately, none of these critters have done any chewing anywhere and none have ever entered the passenger compartments.
I think I have tried just about everything to keep them out of the engine compartment - most are a dismal failure. Moth balls, dryer sheets, various repellents, etc, etc.
Most recently I have done something that does work, and works 100% of the time. Its going on ten days now and no rodents in any of my three vehicles - tractor, Jeep, pickup.
I open the hood on the vehicle and leave it open. It appears the mice and rats like the engine compartment because its a closed environment.
Easy to do - costs nothing - all you have to do is close the hood when you want to use the vehicle.
Give it a try. Let us know how it works for you.
I think I have tried just about everything to keep them out of the engine compartment - most are a dismal failure. Moth balls, dryer sheets, various repellents, etc, etc.
Most recently I have done something that does work, and works 100% of the time. Its going on ten days now and no rodents in any of my three vehicles - tractor, Jeep, pickup.
I open the hood on the vehicle and leave it open. It appears the mice and rats like the engine compartment because its a closed environment.
Easy to do - costs nothing - all you have to do is close the hood when you want to use the vehicle.
Give it a try. Let us know how it works for you.