Peppermint as a marten

Hello guys, just seen a CarAngel video on Youtube, where he says he sprays his engine room with dilute peppermint and that would help against rats and rodents who hate that. He says after a engine wash, but that’s just one of his favorite themes, maybe goes without. Here someone has said he hang toilet stones in the engine room, just have to get wet always times that they stink. Basically, a certain similarity in the sharp smell is not too leu What do you think?