Optimal solutions to prevent rats from entering the car engine compartment
How to protect your car from situations such as mice entering the engine compartment, mice chewing on electrical wires, causing unsanitary interiors...? Below are extremely effective tips for preventing mice in cars.
1. What harm do mice cause in cars?
- Causes unsanitary car interior
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When nesting in a car, it will make the car space unsanitary because of the dirt carried by the mouse and have an unpleasant stench. Not to mention the mouse will gnaw the car's interior, causing damage to these parts. This situation will lead to the quality of the car's amenities as well as pollute the air in the car, adversely affecting the health of the user.
- Badly affects the air filter
Mice nest in cars for a long time with all kinds of dirt, mouse hair, and mouse droppings, causing an unpleasant smell. This causes the engine air filter and the air conditioning system to work at a higher capacity, affecting the durability of this part.
- Damage to the engine compartment
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It can be said that the warm engine compartment of a car is a place that mice love. In addition, because car owners do not often open the engine compartment to check, this part becomes a truly safe place for mice to live. However, the appearance of this type of rodent in the engine compartment of a car contains many unpredictable dangers.
In addition to causing unsanitary conditions, rats can bite electrical wires and belts, affecting the operation of the engine and other important car parts. It is not impossible that rats can damage the engine's cooling compartment, causing the car's engine to overheat...
- Causing car fire and explosion
In the automobile market, there have been many cases of engines burning, cars smoking while moving due to... rats. The reason is when rats bite the electric wire, causing sparks. During the moving process, if the sparks touch the gasoline, the car will catch fire and risk exploding.
2. Experience in preventing rats in cars
The materials you need include only a stainless steel mesh and a pair of scissors or metal cutting pliers, to cut the purchased mesh into small pieces, larger than the outside air vent of the air conditioning system.
Step 1:Remove the plastic panel under the windshield, many cars may have to remove the wiper blades as well.
Step 2:Depending on the shape and size of the vent, cut two opposite sides of the mesh, then insert it into the vent. This stainless steel mesh can not only prevent mice, but also prevent smaller species such as snakes, cockroaches and many other insects.
This method is quite simple, car owners can do it themselves at home or ask service workshops for support at a negligible cost.
In addition, drivers can use traditional methods to fight rats such as rat repellers, traps, and biological rat poison...