how to keep mice out of my cars engine bay?! i've tried everything!?

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so.. i've gone through a lot of trouble with mice getting into my car. so far they've done only $200 worth of damage - but they keep coming back for more no matter what i do.

they never get in the actual car, just crawl around the engine bay. my car sits in a carport that is absolutely NOT mouseproof and most likely never will be. I put 20 or more mothballs in the carport so my whole carport wreaks. i also saw online to put cut up bars of soap around the car.. put 3 bars of soap under the engine bay, in the car, and all around the perimiter of the carport. and lastly i have 5 mousetraps loaded with cheese placed around the car, by the front tires, and around the perimiter of the carport.  oh and ps: they are not getting cought in the traps, and the mothballs dont work because i put some in the engine bay and they pooped on them...

Besides all of this i KNOW mice are still getting in my engine bay because i always find a bunch of mouse poop and chewed up acorn bits and lots of other miscellaneous mouse particles.  

PLEASE PLEASE help. i want to get rid of them before i have a big big big bill on my hands.

ALSO: do not reccomend mouse poison or anything that would kill them (unless it kills them instantly - like traps) because then the mice will eat the poison - crawl into my car's vents and die.. theres your repair bill right there.

Frankie · Accepted Answer

Wow! Sounds like you need a few cats.

PS As a last resort, you can use powdered cayenne pepper and sprinkle it all around. Anything that gets a whiff of it will not come back to that area. The downside is, if you get it on your hands and rub your eyes or get it in a cut...YEOW!

Anonymous · Answer

Water pumps leak while they positioned on out. Water could be misplaced with the aid of a foul head gasket or a cracked head, a foul hose, heaer middle. i'd verify the water pump first. sense around decrease than its shaft housing, at the back of its pulley in case you may get to it. moist arms= leak. Crusty, flakey deposits= leak. additionally, make optimistic the radiator followers run.

saywatpeeple · Answer

Try getting your house/garage fumigated.If they are not deterred by the Naphtha that the moth balls emit then theres not much else you can do. By the way,the reason they like engines so much is that some polymers used in electric insulation use peanut oil in there processing!

FlagMichael · Answer

It would be a bit of work, but the source has details of a mechanical barrier that looks promising.

ken k · Answer

get spray bottle and fill it with amonia/spray liberally around car and in engine compt at evening

how to keep mice out of my cars engine bay?! i've tried everything!?

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