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In answer to your curiosity Fred:
Raccoons only have canine teeth like a dog, and could not create those 1/2-3/4" wide flat bite marks. Squirrels and Groundhogs have the front incisors, but it would have to have been very big. Something must have been stuck inside the hood like a youngling to have it scratch like that. Or there must have been desperate for prized food it thought it smelled. Or the damn critter was plain rabid. |
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Plastic fuel lines? (photos stolen from the 911 forum)
    
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Fuel pressure vs. material is the concern, if any.
It would be helpful to identify what type of fuel injection system the car is running, and the location (before or after the fuel pump, etc etc.) of the leak. |
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It has been said already in this thread, but I will pile on. High pressure lines, replace the line from metal connector to metal connector like the factory did it. For low pressure fuel injection or carbs, yea, a piece of rubber hose and some clamps will work fine.
On my 1986 El Camino I threw away the carburetor long long ago, and converted it to throttle body fuel injection. It was back in the days before the many kits that on the market now, so mine was 98% home grown my engineering. It runs at 7 PSI, so no major issues, even after 15 years. For my 911 I came home one day after a short drive and the gas smell was very strong as I pulled into my garage. I looked around and saw a lot of gas dripping from the fuel pump area. Put it on the scissor lift, and it had a pin hole in the fuel line about 6 inches from the pump squirting a lot a gas. No choice for me, but do it right, and replace the line from the pump, to the connections in the engine compartment. And of course, "while I am in there" replace the return line as well. That was a major pain with the engine in place, but I did it right so I know if it lasts 30+ years like the original, it will outlast me.
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Bingo - rubber fuel hose does not last forever, esp. if it is before EtOH fuel mixes replace them all and avoid a fire use Norma clamps |
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