Rodent Attack

....just thought I'd give a heads-up of a recent experience

Strong smell of Diesel led me to find it streaming out of the spill fuel return pipes (the ones that link the injectors) verdict they'ed all been chewed through by rodents. No wonder she was becoming difficult to start.

Short term solution was to use the small bore vacuum pipe which is part of cruise control...job done, back on the road to complete the journey and ordered the proper stuff. Sunday night before a new week started popped out to check all's well and :wtf: they'd done it again so this time I set 4 traps and caught 3 mice by the morning

Now ordered 8mm braided stainless steel oversleeve to stop the barstewards.......but now denied of their favourite diet what else will they eat?

they love the wiriing harnesses...

I'll bet... off to set some more traps...

You have Pikey mice. They're syphoning your diesel and they'll be stripping your loom for metal next.

Install a cat. And I don't mean in your exhaust.

chewed through spill pipes are a common call out for me in my patch.

9 times out of 10 I can chuck some new pipe on but I get the occasional fuel pipe with a special end on it that I don't have on board. I can usually get them patched up with amalgamation tape to get em going.

maybe veg oil isn't such a good idea!!!

Pricilla said:

maybe veg oil isn't such a good idea!!!

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they'd still do it if you're running on diesel so it doesn't really matter

.......next it'll be squirrels stealing my nuts.....err wheel nuts

Pricilla said:

.......next it'll be squirrels stealing my nuts.....err wheel nuts

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Nah..... Monkeys nicking yer washer jets.

Pricilla

PM me if you still need help - I catch rats n mice for a living and I also live in Glawstershire.
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Thanks for the offer JackRussell...I'll monitor the situation and pm you if I need help...cheers