Keep Mice From Ruining Your Cars Wiring With This Trick
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- Mice are always looking for a warm dry place to build a nest. They love the under hood area of cars. It has everything they need to make a happy home. It's warm and they have plenty of things to use to build a nest. The bad part is for you. The plastic sheath that car companies use to cover wire is made from soy beans. To mice the wiring still smells like soy beans after being processed. This is a major problem because the mice end up eating the wires.
To solve this issue Honda came out with a Mint tape to wrap around the wiring. Mint is a natural way to repel mice. In this video I show how to make a bottle that can be installed under the hood of your car if you issues with mice eating the wiring in your car. Total cost for this was under $6. This can save you thousands.
Depending on your mousse population you may need to install more than 1 bottle under the hood.
I realized I held up the rubber bands and did not explain why you should not use them to secure the bottle under the hood. The reason not to use rubber bands is the extreme heat of the engine will cause the rubber bands to break.
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wow 1st time i heard someone on here. say the real deal on the wiring... tho i knew this years ago.. over in china they also use recycled food plastics. they should add a cem in there to stop it but then they would lose money hahhaha
I am 100% going to use this. Thank you 🙏🏽
@@XPFTP I got a free treadmill off Craig's list - in the basement of this young lady - and a couple young dudes helped me get it out to the car. Take it apart at home and the skull of a chipmunk is clamped onto the live wire. Yummy snack!! She must not have used her basement much to ignore the smell of the decaying chipmunk. hahahahaha.
Six years ago a critter chewed the wires at connectors for my car's transmission and power steering. After the repair, I sprayed all exposed wires with white lithium grease, thinking it may not be very tasty. I didn't spray the insulated cables with multiple conductors inside, only the individual insulated wires where they're exposed such as at a plug. The grease is still there, so it's a long term idea. Additionally, I often raise the hood on garaged cars, since any mice that sneak in apparently don't want to be exposed. I did the grease trick on a garden tractor that sits outside, and even though some mice built a nest on the engine last winter, they left the wiring alone.
What would you suggest for a novice who’s still learning which wires to spray?
Wherever you see a connector, you'll normally see individual insulated wires, often the thickness of the lead in a pencil. Most of these plug-in to a sensor or device on the engine, or in my case, to the electric power steering and automatic transmission. Spray these wires. Cables, which are bundles of insulated wires, are normally heavily wrapped with tape and were not bothered in my car, so I didn't spray them.
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I had a mouse problem in a truck a couple years ago. I used moth balls with similar results... BUT, the peppermint would have been much more pleasant ( for me... not the mice). The mice had not only chewed up the wiring, they had torn up the sound deadening material on the underside of the hood to make their home cosier.
A 2nd place to be concerned about on many cars is the fuel tank. Many modern cars have a pump inside the tank, which means wiring. Typically the pump is installed in the top of the tank. When I replaced the fuel pump on the same truck I found a mouse condo had been built there, too. There was some wire damage too, though not as bad as in the engine compartment. So if it's accessible and there is some place to put one of those mouse repellant cannisters near the fuel tank too, I would recommend it.
A heated (torch) nail held by vise-grips creates a nice quick clean hole in plastic such as the pill bottle shown here and is a lot safer process; so give it a try; if one ever needs to cut a bit of plastic, take a large fender washer and heat it with the torch and use vise-grips to use it as a hot-knife, perfect for thermo-plastics.
I found nice getting onto the cabin air filter, one step away from getting into the 2010 Camry I own. I searched for the way they got in. The Cowling ( plastic trim) that covers the wipers mechanism and trims the bottom of the windshield had gaps at the ends on each side that let them get under it and then into the air ducting. I cut chunks of rubber to fill the gaps and used silicone to glue them in place. I also look under the engine's top plastic trim to look for debris left by rodents. I apply peppermint oil under the hood a few times a year. You need to keep an eye on them if you see and evidence that they have been there.
Good tips. I might add that it's important to ensure water drainage as you're filling in those gaps. You don 't want that rain going where it's not supposed to.
That's what happens when you get a Camry.
I had mice eat through the engine wiring harness on my 2009 Camry. Needless to say, that was an expensive repair. Toyota must use some awfully tasty wiring insulation. 🙄
I spray peppermint oil twice a year into the air intake. So far so good.
I do something similar for my motorcycles when I store them for the winter. I go to Dollar Tree and buy the $1.25 jars of Menthol Rub (like Vicks) and drill a couple holes in the top. I put them on the engine near the air intake, in the leather saddle bags, in the ceiling of the shed etc. I even toss a few down in my basement. Mice haven't been in those places for years. I never thought to put them in my truck though. I have a couple areas in the engine compartment where I could hot glue bottles and change them every few months. Menthol repels cats and squirrels too. I don't know if that would work with lizards or snakes for you southerners.
Thanks bra, gonna do that
given all the reports of mice damage to older cars, I suspect his theory about new insulation being an attractant really doesn't matter. Mice instinctively chew, because their front teeth never stop growing, it is necessary for survival, and soft wire insulation is probably the most desirable thing to gnaw on in a car.
Soy-based wiring definitely brings rodent damage..
The only thing that's concerning is it appears that the string is tied to plug wires, they will eventually make the string a conductor and cause misfire issues. Especially with moisture and wet weather.
In 2012 the gov said no more petrolem based insulation for wiring. Now insulation is made with plant based oil and the mice love it.
@@natmcknight That is the throttle cable, it wont cause any issues with misfires.
@richardelliott8352...yes it does matter, A friends 2011 Honda CRV recently had all four fuel injector wire chewed and one of them was. chewed all the way through causing the engine to run one 3 cylinders the rodent even ate about 2" of one wire copper and all, it also shed through one of the transmission wires...fault codes galore. It can be a huge repair cost, I've even read that depending on the damage insurance companies have totaled cars...AND it's because of what was said in the video soy based material is the culprit Honda has acknowledged the problem, they sell rolls of rodent proof tape directly from HONDA. You are partially correct rodents do get into vehicles regardless but the soy in the wiring is like frosting on the cake
A trick i use here in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona is to fill a spray bottle of half white vinegar and half water then add about a teaspoon of peppermint oil and shake well. Now spray the whole engine compartment real good with about 1/4 of the sprayer and my problems have stopped and respray about every four months.
Going to add your prescription bottle method to the mix..... nice tip
I live in Pima County. Haven't had any hungry mice problems. But, being proactive is a good way to keep it from happening.
@@Galiuros Maricopa county here N Phoenix (desert Hills) I'm on an acre plus and those varmints are all over the place here. Any vehicle that will sit for a long time i also prop the hood up about 12" so they don't have a nice sheltered place to sleep and spray the engine compartment...... You are spot on with being proactive.
Sure glad it's October and the weather is starting to cool to get some stuff done outside. 😀😀
Will that mixture cause an engine to fire 🔥
no@@Raptor-7
Will it cause corrosion? Not of fan of water on my garaged sports car just sitting.
I tried everything. Nothing worked. Until I discovered flashing xmas tree lights. I run a string of these white lights thru the engine compartment overnight. Works like a charm.
I have a rodent repellant system: I feed and provide fresh water for the neighborhood cats twice a day. Consequently, they spend all day and night waiting to be fed, hanging out in my backyard and especially my driveway--on the hood, on the roof, under the car. The other day I lifted the hood and found a bunch of kittens in the engine compartment. Haven't seen a sign of rat or mouse in years. (I do have to watch where I step, though.)
Take care of those kittens please!
I came up with my own solution a couple years ago. We had a mouse in the washing machine, which was empty. didn't know what to do, so I put a chlorine puck from the pool in the machine, closed the lid. an hour later, the mouse was dead.
I constantly had problems with mice in my atv, mower, and especially my convertible. I decided to try and put a puck of chlorine in a sandwich bag, poked a few small holes in them, and zip tied it in the engine compartment of each of my cars, one under the mower seat, one under the quad seat. only on a very rare occasion do I notice the smell, when I'm checking the oil or something (with the hood popped. otherwise, I never notice any smell. *2 years now without a single mouse in any of those vehicles, and i never changed the chlorine.
Fantastic idea, death by suffocation! I like it!
I do not recommend this. The gas from the chlorine will corrode metal. Your vehicle, your choice, but not for me.
@bostontrip1 I really like the idea. I did do some research on the comment above, and yes they are correct about the corrosion. Although the corrosion happens when the th chlorine goes from a solid to a gas, this happens when the tablet gets wet from moisture in the air or other means. I have watched videos on RUclips since that comment, and that phenomenon is happening in cabinets. I wonder if it's better where there is lots of air flow. I think I'm gonna try it, dirty buggers got into my new camp trailer last winter, got all our clothes and food and got some of the wiring. Death to them!!!!!
Chlorine is kind of nasty stuff and isn't good to breath for people too.
@@Word569, so use less.
That plastic bottle will melt, the engine heat at the manifold is extremely hot. I just mix peppermint oil in a spray bottle and spray the engine compartment, keeping it away from air vents pulling air into the vehicle . Works extremely well, had a mouse rat issue in my mustang, it solved the problem. Also built mouse rat poison feeders , totally solved the issue, utube shows how to make them with 2 inch pvc T shape, brilliant idea, works perfectly, safe for your pets
Keep in mind, poison can backfire in a VERY nasty way. For example, I had a landlord who battled the rats in the basement via Decon. It worked. Unfortunately, the rats stayed there to die and stunk for six months (couldn't get under the crawl space).
@@kellyvcraig the traps are outside, I wouldn’t put that type inside, but the pvc rat mouse poison feeder is brilliant, my Golden Retrievers can’t get at the poison because the design of the bait feeder. Otherwise you live with the live disease caring destructive rodents. Mine are no longer😄
@@PaulA-vc6snbut how do you know the oil worked if you also used poison? And what kind of poison? I can't find anything now that works
Good post. A couple years ago, rodents destroyed all the wiring under my hood. I had the wiring replaced and treated it with repellant. Haven't had a recurrence of the problem since.
What repellent did you use?
They sell small bags of wood shavings soaked in mint at the local Tractor Supply store, but they lose their smell fast, and they cost a lot. So I got a bottle of mint extract and started spraying it around the engine bay, but again the smell goes away fast. This sounds like the perfect solution! I'm going to build a few of them right now, (for my neighbor also). Thank you for taking your busy time to show us how to think correctly. LOL
There have been lawsuits against Toyota for this and it's a shame they can't just add capsicum / cayenne to the soy wiring to make it something that rodents don't want to eat. Toyota prevailed in the lawsuits so I guess they think they don't need to fix the issue. but I would think that would make them more liable as they are aware of the issue and haven't fixed it.
Probably no mice in Japan, that's why.🙃
I don't see how Toyota can be held responsible for mice in your garage. Maybe get a cat.
@@garyh9039 In America, it's always someone else's fault.
@@paulparoma LOL Fukashima killed 'em?
@@rt3box6tx74 *Fukushima.
Cool. If you heat up the tip of an old knife on the stove (or a lighter), you can safely and easily make holes in the plastic.
A drill bit works too
Or at the least don't use a $3 multi tool that folds up while using it 😂
@@1dskellsYou’re one of those guys that just needs to be like that…… you can’t just make a suggestion like normal people….
I tried ALL these fancy remedies and the only thing that worked for me in the two vehicles in my drive in the cold weather is a small radio placed under my hood with an annoying channel of music. It has NEVER failed. Of coarse remove it in the morning. After a week or so it will go away.
I tried it all except for the radio, nothing worked, insulation from most exposed wiring in my 2004 cherokee gone. I had 15 containers with the oil under the hood. It's unbelievable how much they ate. Radio next except this is apartment living, so it will probably be a no-go. Sadly, it sounds like a good idea that could work.
I find Hip Hop/ Rap to work best.
Same thing Delta Force did to Noriega down "Panama Way"
Nothings worked for me. I'm trying red pepper.
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I did this with my broke down Jeep Grand Cherokee using Handcraft Blends Essential Peppermint oil that I got on Amazon. I put three little plastic cups at various places under the hood that had a large cotton ball in each that was soaked with the peppermint oil which I reapplied weekly. I did this all last winter but I let it slide over the summer. When I went to resoak the cotton balls with the peppermint oil in preparation for winter, I opened the hood to discover that the three cups were still there but all three of the peppermint oil scented cotton balls were gone! So it appears that not only did this peppermint oil not repel the mice, they apparently must have thought that it was suitable nesting material and I expect to find them under the intake manifold which is their favorite place to build their nests.
Thanks I had a Toyota Carolla and the mice took up residence in my air filter. They didn't affect my wiring because I ate in my car so they feasted on nuts and crumbs from my ChikFila bisquits.
I use a mouse trap and some nuts. Use string to tie off so when it springs it doesnt flip down into the engine. Keep spending money on peppermint essence is dumb.
We've suffered with this problem for 25 years. Nothing worked to stop it. Most recently the dealer took the dashboard out of our Avalon and found 2 live mice and 2 dead ones, complete with nesting materials clogging the air ducts. Initially, years ago, we used moth balls and while it did work, somehow the mice got used to the smell and carried on. We've spent so much money on wiring repairs on several cars. How do the mice get into the car? No holes in the bodies, no windows ever left open.
They can get in any vehicle also I tried the peppermint oil in my trailer and it didn't work at all
@@gearyheidinewaccount3237 Nothing seems to repel them. It means physical barriers to sensitive things.
@cvcoco I have Civics and an Accord with mice nesting in the heater and vents. In my cars they crawl up the right hand wheel well into the space in front off the windshield where the wipers are. That's where the cabin air intake is, so they come down the intake into the cabin. I put 1/8 inch hardware cloth screening into the opening (mice can fit through 1/8 inch) and that has solved the problem. I can't believe car manufacturers don't do this.
I tried peppermint oil when mice got into my trunk, (had a bit of dry dog food in it)- it did not work, they nested and there were many happy families. Sadly, I had to use poison bait which could or really cause my car to smell of dead mice.
Must not have used enough because all I have to do is put peppermint oil in my cabinet and the mice stay away if I take it out the mice destroys everything in there that paper or cardboard.
See my comment above concerning fox urine and moth balls
De-con and products like that use a poison that stops the vermin from being able to consume water. With this, the mouse can only consume water from their body. This will kind of mumafy the mouse and remove what stinks about the decomposition process.
Instead of poison bait use peanut butter and mix baking soda in it. Rodents cant burp or fart the gas created by the baking soda and then they die.
Yup, doesnt work. Search RUclips for videos of mice just climbing over the peppermint to get to food. Mice do their damage when the car is sitting for a few days. The oil wont be heated then. Nice video, but not gonna help.
I've had two experiences with this issue in the past few years with the soy based wiring coating. I have had this happen on my 2014 GMC Sierra and a 2018 John Deere tractor ($5,000.00 damage) . Both manufacturers use this wire coating. I find that moth balls in a small plastic Tupperware with holes drilled in it do the trick Put the containers inside the inner fender wells, it seems to me that the mice climb up the tires to get into the engine compartment and they have to pass through this area to get in.
I've been shooting police grade pepper spray in nooks and crannies and under the intake and it seems to help quit a bit.
I'll also try the peppermint oil too 😊
Great idea, and a bottle inside the vehicle too. We've had mice nesting inside
My german shepard just digs thru the dash into where the pesky mouse is. Even while you drive 🤠👍
I have had mouse and squirrel problems with cars, trucks and tractors for many years. Recently I have started to do my own undercoating and found a tip on youtube that seems to be working for the last few years. I add about a tablespoon of peppermint oil to the undercoating and mix it in before I spray. Of course it gets well distributed as it gets sprayed in every nook and cranny of the vehicles. So far no more troubles. Although I may add a couple of these under the hood as added insurance.
I use mothballs. Rodents hate the fumes from those too. You can get the mothballs in perforated plastic packets made so you just toss a packet into a confined space, and they also come loose where you can just scatter a handful in the interior or wherever. The mothballs will slowly sublimate, shrink and disappear over time, so you don't have to worry about them accumulating because they just basically evaporate into fumes. I also put rodent traps under the vehicle.
Mothballs are bad for us too and the environment as the result of the toxic VOCs given off.
@@Word569 That's why I don't use them indoors. And no I don't see my use of mothballs in a stored car to keep mice from destroying it as harming the planet. If we want to go down that road then maybe we shouldn't even own cars at all, and maybe we just repurpose our cherished old cars to be homes for the mice.
@@onemoremisfit some really good ideas!
I tried that. It didn't work. The only thing moth balls got rid of, was me. 😄
I put a battery powered sonic repeller under the hood. It makes an intermittent beeping noise that apparently drives rodents nuts. I also spread hot pepper powder underneath the car where I park it in the driveway so any rodents may not even make it to the car.
Peppermint oil didn't work. I sprinkled ground cayenne pepper under hood and that got rid of them.
Thanks! Clove oil , eucalyptus oil, other oils work well too. Thanks for explaining a lot about how to make holes in a pill bottle too for many minutes of your time, with a pocket knife or a phillips screwdriver or drill without damage to your hand😮! It's much easier, faster to use a hot rod , go near a Gas stove to heat it and merrily safely push and make as many holes as you wish.
I can just imagine a border agent seeing that bottle in the manifold and going.... FURTHER INSPECTION
My diesel RAM truck has 2 batteries, one on either side of the engine bay. Both are (were) wrapped with a blanket. Rats tore up the material for bedding, and then used one battery as their toilet, and the other battery as their dining room (judging from the acorn shells). After trapping one rodent, and driving the truck, I got a warning to replace the air filter. I took a look and it was fine, but remember I said they tore up the battery blanket? They had dragged a bunch into the air filter box to make it their bedroom.
I’ve had luck with rubbing wd40 into the plastic parts. Details the engine bay too.
I've heard WD40 ruins plastic...
Peppermint oil diluted with water also repels spiders from creating spider webs. Great for cars and in your house.
Frank, no b.s. approach. Love it. The heat is the motor should make this escalate rather quickly though but if I keep up with maintaining it regularly, should hopefully work.
I use Peppermint oil but I put it in a spray bottle, mix it with water and spray all under the hood.
I love that idea. We have been doing the pill bottle thing for years. Guess it is time to test something new.
How long have you used this method?
What ratio of water and oil?
Several months now. It doesn't last that long and you have to spray again. @@salauerman7082
Everyone who recommends rodent repellant/deterrent methods for cars is an unenlightened rank amateur. They all work at the start. So you drop your guard. Then some lengthy time later come out to some total destruction as the rodents grew accustomed to your method. I have lived in the desert in Arizona since 1987 and will tell you there is no simple solution except diligence and constant checking. These methods work, but only for a while. I still have to repair wiring in one vehicle or another after several months.
Some folks raise the hood of their vehicle when parked. Have you tried that?
"no simple solution" Have you tried to read thoroughly?
@@bearchow1929 so that's a "no" ?
"UNENLIGHTENED RANK AMATEUR"... put down the thesaurus and give the guy a break BEERCHOW1929
MOATS
It's the ONLY thing that keeps those little anty scum away from the cat and dog food.
What about clove oil? Way more aromatic & stings the nose a little.
Mice get into the air flow ductwork from the opening where the hood meets the windshield, but they don't bother the wiring. Now my heater/AC fan runs but doesn't blow air because mice make nests in the duct work. Cost to fix? About $800 to take the dash apart.
Vick vaporub over surfaces or wires. Also mice have a lot of trouble walking on surfaces coated with petroleum jelly feet do not stick to that surface)
DO not underestimate the power of sound: a loud radio, an air horn 120 db (while mice are around). Of perhaps just an old phone with a long speech playing for 2 hours under the hood at night.
You need to be relentless, do not give them time to settle in there, 1 to 3 days max. 😅
does not do a thing to rats/mice in Travel Trailer. saturated front to rear side to side and rats are still running in and out of the trailer. Then I put an Ozone generator to use, no more rats/mice
Also a small cheap soldering iron to make the holes!
Mice have been eating wiring way before manufacturers changed wiring
I could have worked that whole video into about 45 seconds or so....
Hey. 6 minutes is not that bad. At least not 20 or 30 min. or longer. And no obnoxious music. Overall, this was a decent video.
Almost 4 minutes to get to the secret formula of peppermint oil
@terry_willis yes its nit that bad but I was losing interest at the 3 And a half minute mark
and the link to your video is,,,?
But ya didn't
They coat those wires with peanut oil to make them last or they used to.
I had wire damage caused by rodents on my Ford F150. I needed a whole new wiring harness, and, that cost almost 1400.00. Check your car insurance, mine paid for it, minus the standard 250.00 deductible on my policy. It saved me a lot of money. I then bought the peppermint spray product, and, spray that around the engine compartment, it has worked so far, but, I may try this hack as well. The spray is sold at any local hardware store and can be used in your home as well. it is natrual and non toxic, just smells like peppermint.
I make holes in plastic pots (like cottage cheese containers, to make plant pots), by using a screwdriver with the tip heated on the kitchen stove. Melt the plastic instead of trying to use a sharp blade that might slip and cut the table, or you.
The soy in wiring cover has been around at least 8 years,l(mine is a 2014 Camry) not the last couple of years. I say this is because you need to know that it can happen to your car if it's older. My car dealer said they are constantly replacing whole harnessess. Mine cost $8000 back then, thankfully it was covered under warrenty.
What I have done is, after patching the wires and wrapping with electrical tape, wrap in aluminum tape that has been sprinkled with some extremely bitter herb such as calea zacatechichi. Never had a problem after that.
Mint tends to dissipate over time plus I have found it way overrated in general as a rodent repellent.
Wood mice in the UK always go for the live in a ring main.
It would suggest their whiskers tell them there is water running through the plastic pipe.
Been lucky so far with car wiring but EVs could have their own issues with damaged insulation.
Why not just spray it around in the engine compartment ?
I wonder if stainless steel wire mesh, like the kind they make reusable coffee filters and tea strainers out of, might be an alternative which would produce similar results, whilst eliminating the problems that could occur with placing a low heat injection mould friendly thermoplastic/polymer on top of an engine. Where it could melt and catch fire or work its way down into nooks and crannies and cause issues "down the road." As it were.
I would be afraid that plastic container would melt and/or catch fire on top of my engine. I use mouse poison brand called Bait Chunx. They have a hole through the middle already, and a regular 8" zip tie can be pushed through and then used to secure it under your hood. I put one in each corner of the underhood space. A few times I found a dead mouse under the car in the driveway. Park inside overnight if you can, since mice are primariy nocturnal. If you have a garage the mice can infiltrate, place some of those around the baseboard or nailed to the wall, just be careful if you have kids or pets.
A separate issue is that I discovered rabbits are like billy goats and will eat anything. I have seen rabbits up on their hind legs under the car, chewing the wiring on the chassis.
Using a tool that is not suitable for the job is indeed dangerous. The tool folding up on you proves it.
Can you make another follow up video that gives more ways of putting a hole in a plastic bottle? We need more examples of that because it is such a difficult task.
Try this. It's much easier ruclips.net/video/2kQBrGTkhY4/видео.html
Apparently. Mice and rats like the mild buzz from the low voltage. Probably keeps them warm too
mice have been chewing wires in cars for decades...i dont think its a new thing related to soy bean plastic.
I went for many decades with no trouble. Then received damage to my 06 Odyssey. Been driving since the '60s.
Organic plastics just made the problem worse, and now the actual insulation is too. If you plug holes with silicone putty, blend sharp sand into it, stops mice chewing thru it. Rubber glue with sprinkled sand stops wiring being chewed.
Good tip with mixing sand with the silicone
And you are correct . Mice have been chewing on wires back in the 1970’s I know this for a fact. Spray everyting with WD40 and it will help repell them, also spray can with lithium grease keeps them away
Interesting. I remember when the Big Tip was to put chunks of Irish Spring deodorant soap in an old nylon sock, and packrats would be repelled. Didn't work. My packrats ate the soap too.
Oh. No...
could you make a video just on making holes?
I have installed a small blue LED light that is working 3 years now.
I had the start of a nest, installed the light, next night just a couple traces of a nesting attempt, but nothing more since then.
Peppermint Oil - works great! I sprinkle it on my battery top
I found a bar of fels napha soap keeps the mice out of my parked cars
My mom swears by that soap for laundry. Good to know it has other uses as well.
I use moth balls.
@@nitromartini1422 the soap smells a lot better than the moth balls
Not sure about putting a plastic bottle over/almost on a hot engine.
This may be a stupid question but won't the string or the bottle melt from the heat?
I am spraying a 50/50 water and pine cleaner and a dab of ammonia and so far so good.
Great video. Love the content and appreciate your efforts
Thank you, I will try this in my car
Try Liqui Molly Marder spray or Wurth rat spray. Both are quite effective but needs to be sprayed once in two weeks.
in india, we use raw tabaco. cheap n super easy.
Also, gather mice from around the neighborhood and ask them to watch 'Arthur Ewing and his Musical Mice' play..could be a deterrent, ya' never know..
How long does the peppermint oil scent stay, before I need to soak the cottonballs again?
Also, would someone please advise whether it's safe to use the wire found in produce (think asparagus bundle), to fasten the bottle to the car, as long as it's far from moving parts (drive belt, etc.)?
Thanks very much!
Great informative video, thanks!
I may have to scrap my jeep because of mice, they were in the air filter , the center consol, the glove box ,the heater/ac ducts , the dash and dome lights and the frame rails. its been sitting in a barn for a couple of years and I started restoring it when i found all the nests.
I'm wondering if something like that would work on carpenter bees? Keep them away from the deck?
Yes, this 15 seconds would have described how to make this.
He should give more examples of different ways to put a hole in a plastic bottle.
Pb blaster, spray entire engine compartment and wiring. Problem solved. If your a farmer spray diesel fuel , much much cheaper in a spray bottle. Stinks but very effective
I had some rodents trying to make nests under the hood of my vehicle in the fender well area. I purchased 100% peppermint oil and diluted it with some water and soap to spray it all over heavily several times and it was unsuccessful, I know because I continued to find rodent droppings. Thereafter, I went with 100% concentrate and used an eyedropper to drop many drops all over under the hood. This still did not work and I found evidence of rodent droppings and Nest making materials. I conclude that peppermint oil is worthless. Next I tried normal solid, green colored rodent poison blocks. It was evident that they were chewing on the poison blocks and finally I found a dead rat under the hood. It seems like a waste of money to me to think that peppermint oil will do the trick.
Thanks a lot for your most valuable video.
What country do live where mice eat wiring? Is this a real problem?
United States, all of 'em.
Big issue in the Northeast USA
@@xr7coug I'm in the Southwest. I see people "out in the sticks" raising the hoods of their vehicles when they park. It makes a less protected and cozy place for rodents and they tend to go elsewhere to build a nest.
How long does a soaking last on the cotton balls????????
Does it work for squirrels or other animals??
The mice here are not so discriminating.
Plastic, rubber, vinyl, foam, et al are all on the menu. All 30+ years vintage so no soy products.
What! wiring conduits made from soy bean extract??? If I didn't know any better (and I don't) I would say that was planned obsolescence...and a very ugly one at that....seeing as there is such a food shortage in the world, and an absolute abundance and excess in plastics and plastic bottles, containers, bags etc... makes one wonder what the real purpose behind that is....Great video otherwise thank you for uploading...
Will it also work with squirrels?
I guess I'm lucky, I've lived in the woods most of my life and never had a problem with mice eating the wire's on any of my vehicle's, know a guy in Florida that trapped all the squirrels on his block and relocated them because he was paranoid that they were going to eat the wiring in his new car, I asked him if they had ever bothered any of his cars before and the answer was no, he wasn't even concerned that they may have been feeding their young at the time of relocated them. The only time I've ever heard of mice doing damage is if the cars were abandoned for a very long time.
Merely that you haven't suffered mice problems and don't know anyone who has does not mean the problem others experienced didn't happen. Maybe you, your friends and associates were never mugged, but court records show it happens frequently.
Fires HAVE started from squirrels that nested in attics eating insulation, allowing a short, or becoming the short. A couple made the news some years back about homes that caught fire in Eastern Washington.
On electrical shorts, do a search of "electrical shorts caused by animals." You'll find squirrels, snakes and other critters.
Depends, a rodent chewed my air sensor wire during one winter, first time after owning car for 7 years. Just happened last winter. Drove it less while driving my truck is all it took. Truck had some battery insulation taken too. I suspect more stick and debris in my back yard over the years brought more critters.
a few drops of green anti freeze works the best
Cool. Peppermint oil. That's an easy remedy.
Just screw some small screws with a point in it and back it out instead of risking an ER trip.
Also works for repelling fleas from pets,,peppermint water is a spray bottle
Mice & Rats ate through my wiring harness over the past couple of years. I wish I had known this procedure for keeping them out of my engine. They said that the wiring harness had to be replaced. So, the car being almost 6 years old, I thought hey, what about a trade-in? So instead of worrying about what else the rodents had done coming back to bite me, I just got a newer SUV. The ashtrays are full: Time for a new car! The rats ate through the wiring harness: Get a new car. Now I don't have to worry about the rats or the people calling me about getting an extended warranty.
I wonder if it will work on pack rats? I'll give it a try....
I had this happen to the wiring harness under my 2018 Explorer. Had to drop the rear axle to replace. $1700 covered by my comprehensive. How many of these repellants would be needed?
Put your string in the lid,then all you'll need to do is unscrew the lid not untie the string when you add more oil.
I didn't know mice's can think like that and in English. Live and learn.
Does it work on squirrels .??
i had a problem once in a shed they ate the wires on a snowmobile trailer i solved the problem with soldering paist also i learned this once i had a dog that chewed wires so i left one out with electricity in it and she liked it that much more well i had my new welder and she started chewing on the welding cable right were it comes out of the welder so thats were i put soldering paist on the cable so i wasn't cruel i left a bucket of water out for her she never chewed a cord again .
Hey, it isn't just mice. I had squirrels cost me $650 in wiring damage.
That might rattle…secure it…..sprinkle the peppermint oil under the engine cover and heater vents as soon it gets cold outside
I tried moth balls but couldn't find their balls even with a magnifying glass.
Will this for ratty too cause I have it to happen twice