fuel line help - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

tbenner · #1 02-11-2009, 12:27 PM

Bear with me on this story. I live south of Dayton in a wooded area. It is always buzzing with wildlife; deer, birds, squirrels, etc. That's why my wife had to have us sell our brand new house and move here. Last summer I had to have a fuel line replaced on my Montero (took 2 weeks to come from Japan..."those don't ever fail") I asked the guy what would cause the rubber to chafe like that and he said, "looks like something's been chewing on it." OK. Sure. Popped the hood on it to check the oil last weekend and there was a *#*#-ing squirrel under the hood!

Now to the present. The 95 E320 is having oil pressure gauge problems so I popped the hood to check out how to replace the sender. I noticed the two rubber fuel lines from the drivers fenderwell to the injector rail had both been gnawed. These have fittings on both ends but the the fittings look like they are just barbed fittings with no clamps.

Do I just buy fuel hose and press it onto the barbed fittings? Shouldn't there at least be clamps? Is there an assembled hose that should be used?

One more question...what can I use to keep the rat-bast**d squirrels out of my engine bays?

I know the simple answer is the garage but it's not big enough.

Thanks

Tim

el sea · #2 02-11-2009, 08:49 PM

I had an issue with a raccoon... animal control suggest to soak cotton balls with amonia and place near and around the area. The raccoon would think the amonia might be the urine from another animal.

tbenner · #3 02-12-2009, 09:55 AM

Thanks el sea,

I'll try some bars of Irish Spring soap behind the false firewalls. The Triumph guys swear by it in their interiors.

Does anyone know if these fuel lines are just 7.5mm fuel hose?

babymog · #4 02-12-2009, 04:09 PM

Squirrels and other rodents are prey. Any smell strong enough to desensitize one of their defense mechanisms: their sense of smell, tends to discourage them. Mothballs are a commonly used odor to discourage mice and squirrels, just smells bad enough I don't want them near my car. Downy sheets are another thing lots of people use to keep rodents out of their cars/boats/RVs when stored.