# Hold it rat there!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/hold-it-rat-there/164446>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, tucson\
**Created:** [May 17, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hold-it-rat-there/164446 "2020-05-17T16:43:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/hold-it-rat-there/164446/1 "2020-05-17T16:43:54Z")

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It’s been a couple weeks since I opened the hood,  
but then, I’m only driving once a week, less than 10 miles.  
I find this:

 ![P1000049](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/0/30dc1343eba1ad561a1c66f44271eff7eddd08dd.jpeg)  
Luckily it looks like nothing was chewed.  
It’s been about a year since I sprinkled cayenne pepper around.  
So I gave it a good coating.

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