Honcho

Something small and furry has eaten a few O2 sensors on my car, and all attempts to murder the little jackholes has proven fruitless, so now I'm looking for a way to deny him/her/them access. I'm thinking some kind of "metal tape" wound around the delicious parts is a good bet. I think I saw something like that in the plumbing section or the like. Anyone know what this magical "tape" is called and where I might find some?

Plutoe

A cheap solution is take the car outa the front yard and use your garage---the bad news is that then someone will have to mow the grass!!

Re, the 3M metallic tape,simply google the product--there are millions of sources worldwide!!

cmriv

fabric softner sheets in engine bay

Number 6

In my house I have found the sticky traps to be the most effective. My cruel side takes explicit satisfaction when I find one stuck to the glue, struggling to extricate itself from it. I then take the trap to the woods outside and let the owls have dinner.

In my old C230 I put two in the engine compartment when I found a nice nest of insulation material up by the brake master cylinder. The sticky traps did their job and the next day I found three of them stuck.

They are available at Lowe's and Home Depot.

Honcho

That sounds promising... the only issue I see is where to place them to protect the O2 sensors. I'm not exactly sure where they are or how the varmints are getting to them. Wish I had a car lift... and what if it's rabbits... they'd be a bit big for sticky traps... or maybe not

Number 6

I'm guessing they get into the engine compartment and follow the exhaust pipes down.

Anything is possible. Mice can jump.

They are annoying little b*stards though. Very destructive.

Honcho

AHA! Now I found a real solution.... just need to get the blueprints!

Or... I bet I could get a Kickstarter for this and make a pile of money!

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-f...where-37094826