# 200 walnuts in the engine compartment

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/200-walnuts-in-the-engine-compartment/150351>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [October 9, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/200-walnuts-in-the-engine-compartment/150351 "2019-10-09T12:17:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/200-walnuts-in-the-engine-compartment/150351/1 "2019-10-09T12:17:13Z")

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on NPR this morning [https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2019/10/20191009\_me\_hr1\_return-rachel.mp3](https://ondemand.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/me/2019/10/20191009_me_hr1_return-rachel.mp3) 26 seconds

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**Author:** ![tcmichnorth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tcmichnorth/32/25126_2.png) [@tcmichnorth](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tcmichnorth)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/200-walnuts-in-the-engine-compartment/150351/2 "2019-10-09T13:04:31Z")

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I’ve got that problem. I’ve found shreds of my air filter made into a nest in my intake housing along with hood insulation. I got an air filter wrapped in steel mesh, used moth balls for awhile, sealed my garage better.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/200-walnuts-in-the-engine-compartment/150351/3 "2019-10-09T13:18:16Z")

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Sounds like a good lazy way to harvest nuts!

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/200-walnuts-in-the-engine-compartment/150351/4 "2019-10-09T13:54:01Z")

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Rodents are what made me a cabin filter convert. If my MR2 had had a cabin filter, that rodent probably wouldn’t have stored dog food in my blower chamber, and you’ve all heard that disgusting story.

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**Author:** ![cwatkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@cwatkin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cwatkin)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/200-walnuts-in-the-engine-compartment/150351/5 "2019-10-09T13:58:50Z")

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I have shredded a mouse or two in blower motors. That isn’t fun and doesn’t smell good either!

Then I had like 60lbs of sticks and leaves in my engine bay. It was packrats and am sure that is a great way to start a fire, especially when you opened up the hood to find chewed wiring.

My solution was to get some outside kitty cats and that solved the problems.