Cabin air filter screen?

[dalesworld]

Saw a pile of chewed up black and blue foam on the passenger floor mat. Found these cute little fellers on top of the cabin air filter. A: are there any filters that incorporate a metal screen on top or do you have a home made solution? And B: Why don't manufacturers incorporate some kind of hardware cloth into the ventilation system?

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[icegradner]

If the nest isn't in the filter, it will be somewhere else under the hood. No way to get around it if you are in an area with mouse/rat/squirrel/cat issues.

 

[dalesworld]

If the nest isn't in the filter, it will be somewhere else under the hood. No way to get around it if you are in an area with mouse/rat/squirrel/cat issues.

I just find it hard to believe that metal screening can't be incorporated into the ventilation system. Seems like it would cost pennies...and those would translate to dollars I would be happy to spend.

 

[Gatekeep]

Just be thankful they aren’t eating the soy based wire Insolation.

 

[dalesworld]

Just be thankful they aren’t eating the soy based wire Insolation.

That's one of the things that gave me pause about buying a hybrid with all the extra miles of wires. They've chewed through the wires to a fuel pump sending unit on our van once and laying on your back soldering in new wiring over your head is no fun. Think I may toss some mothballs into the glovebox and any cubbies for the time being.

 

[rlhdweman]

That's one of the things that gave me pause about buying a hybrid with all the extra miles of wires. They've chewed through the wires to a fuel pump sending unit on our van once and laying on your back soldering in new wiring over your head is no fun. Think I may toss some mothballs into the glovebox and any cubbies for the time being.

Use dryer sheets, they don't smell so bad.

 

[AnnieWaits]

Ugh… this is an issue on a lot of Toyota products and I had to clean out a mouse carcass and shredded HVAC filter from my Tundra. I ended up just spraying mint rodent repellant around the HVAC intake every month during the winter, since it was a lease, but others installed chicken wire as a more permanent solution.

 

[lajlmt]

Saw a pile of chewed up black and blue foam on the passenger floor mat. Found these cute little fellers on top of the cabin air filter. A: are there any filters that incorporate a metal screen on top or do you have a home made solution? And B: Why don't manufacturers incorporate some kind of hardware cloth into the ventilation system?

I had this in my CRV, only in the garage…

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