I hate mice!!! Any advice???

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Originally posted by Szalkerous
WARNING: Venting and anger ahead...

I went to fire up my camaro today that has been sitting since spring... and the damn thing has been infested with mice!! Mice in the exhaust, in the interior (damn thing smells like mouse sh#t!

Car ran like total crap, idling at 3300, wouldn't idle down at all, even after I let it warm up, tried giving it a kick of throttle, and as I do this, I notice little field mice running around in my car! After which I look back to see white smoking coming out of the exhaust , sure to be, there were mouse nests in there burning away! GRRR!! So I shut it off, knowing full well the fire risk I was running.

Does anyone know a good method to rid myself of this horrible turn of events?? I happen to like the car, it has a good personality. I cleaned it out of all items in there, leaving only a few aftermarket metal parts in the cargo area. Then I proceeded to soak the carpets with cleaner and left moth balls in there hoping to keep more rodents away...

My real concern is the exhaust. It's a 3" flowmaster system, welded together. (Bought it like that). Should I just start it and let the nests burn? Do it little by little every day until I can blow it all out in ash form???

HELP!!!!!!!!!!

-Sz

I place an oiled wad of steel wool in each exhaust tip when I store the car. I learned that tip from an old article on how to prepare a car for storage. Just don't forget to pull it out with pliers when you take the car out.

As for mice in the interior, There is no great way to prevent it. You can use a combo of moth balls and cat urine around the car but it will stink and is not 100% effective.

I would pull as much of the nest out as you can using a coat hanger.

Doug