# Mice invasion

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-invasion/31749>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 11, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-invasion/31749 "2009-06-11T19:25:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![lshersh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/df705f/32.png) [@lshersh](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lshersh)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-invasion/31749/1 "2009-06-11T19:25:42Z")

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I store my car outside every winter for 6 months. We live in a rural area. This year mice had made a nasty mess in my cabin filter. The filter was replaced but the air entering the car still has a mousy oder. I was told that placing lots of moth balls on top of the engine would discourage the mice from nesting in my engine/car- has this worked for anyone?