# Mice living in Engine

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-living-in-engine/52673>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** geo, prizm, engines\
**Created:** [July 30, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-living-in-engine/52673 "2010-07-30T00:32:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![alanamcgee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@alanamcgee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/alanamcgee)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-living-in-engine/52673/1 "2010-07-30T00:32:04Z")

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I took my car in for a oil change and the the guys fixing my fluids/air filter etc showed me how the mice were chewing my airfliter for nest material. No poop in the car, but seeds etc.  
  
  
  
 How do I get them out?? I am ok (not thrilled, but ok) with poison etc, but I don’t want dead smelly mice in my engine! any thoughts!

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**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-living-in-engine/52673/2 "2010-07-30T01:05:27Z")

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There’s a long thread on this same subject that started in the last week. It’s at

[http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2147531.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/2147531.page)

Lots of great information there.

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**Author:** ![kizwiki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@kizwiki](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kizwiki)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-living-in-engine/52673/3 "2010-07-30T02:04:25Z")

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smear a trail of peanut butter from your filter into the woods.

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**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-living-in-engine/52673/4 "2010-07-30T02:08:32Z")

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Made me laugh.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-living-in-engine/52673/5 "2010-07-30T17:43:08Z")

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That would draw rhodents from miles around. The problem would grow by orders of magnitude.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-living-in-engine/52673/6 "2010-07-30T17:47:06Z")

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Kill the mice, by any means necessary, before they start chewing the wiring. If they do that you will have large repair bills.

Do you have a cat?

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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-living-in-engine/52673/7 "2010-07-30T17:57:23Z")

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I have found that 1/4" steel mesh over all the fresh air openings including the airbox intake works well. Small enough to keep animals out yet large enough to not restrict air flow.