Look inside the air filter box and behind the black panel behind the
right tailight (vanagon content)

We had a van once in our yard where the the rat(s) decided to enter
the air filter box somehow and use the air filter material to make
their nest.

We got rid of the rats by using a RAT ZAPPER, yes it's a real product
and works as advertised....and not as icky as it sounds.

http://www.ratzapper.com/

After we killed off the original group of rats, we stopped giving our
dog dry dog food...seems the rats would steal his food nuggets and
store them for the future... rats don't like to carry his mushy
canned  food but they love dry dog food (I figured this after I
noticed the RatZapper 2000 comes with dry dog food as bait!)

It's been almost 3 years since we've seen evidence of a rat... our
air filter boxes are only full of dust, not rat poop.

>I left the engine cover off for a couple of nights and now I can
>smell there is a rodent somewhere, but I can't find it.  I got to
>clean it out.
>Where are the hidden places where these guys find it safe and cozy?
>Zoltan