# Mice nests in car motor

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-nests-in-car-motor/23386>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 14, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-nests-in-car-motor/23386 "2008-12-14T03:54:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lighthouselucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@lighthouselucy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lighthouselucy)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-nests-in-car-motor/23386/1 "2008-12-14T03:54:06Z")

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What can I do to keep mice and/or other critters from making a nest in my car motor. I have just spent more than $1500 on repairs. Moth balls are out due to high allergic reaction to them.

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**Author:** ![multigrade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b3f665/32.png) [@multigrade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/multigrade)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-nests-in-car-motor/23386/2 "2008-12-14T04:33:43Z")

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I had the same problem- even found debris inside the air filter cannister. I used the standard mouse trap and smeared a little peanut butter on the trigger. Nailed one the first night, another a couple days later. Good luck!

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**Author:** ![lighthouselucy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@lighthouselucy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lighthouselucy)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-nests-in-car-motor/23386/3 "2008-12-15T04:09:59Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll get some traps and give it a try. They actually chewed the wires and shorted out the car computer. All in less than 24 hours.

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 2:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-nests-in-car-motor/23386/4 "2008-12-16T02:16:59Z")

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Where do you park?

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-nests-in-car-motor/23386/5 "2008-12-16T03:16:28Z")

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Sounds like chipmunks… Decon rat poison. Follow the instructions on the package. Paint the wiring with Tobasco Sauce…(seriously)

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**Author:** ![irlandes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5e925/32.png) [@irlandes](https://community.cartalk.com/u/irlandes)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mice-nests-in-car-motor/23386/6 "2008-12-16T03:22:19Z")

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Ultrasonic repellers. I use them here in Mexico in my 2800 square feet house, and the only mouse we have seen since installing them was dead, hiding under a concrete block. Before, my underwear drawer used to fill with them and their babies.

They may sell them places like Lowe’s and Home Depot. Here in Mexico, Wal-mart sells some really powerful ones. We have 5.

They also kill a certain venomous lizard that is stupid enough to run close to them, when their little brains apparently lock up.

Also, we get very few scorpions. We used to get one a week, and at one time I got stung.

Your problem is going to be the need to put the apparatus in every time you park, then take it out when you start, since I doubt they are designed to take high temps in engine compartment.