A Mouse Chewed our car wires AGAIN!

Описание: Just two months after finding and fixing mouse chewed sensor wires on our Toyota FJ Cruiser, our Toyota Venza threw a mass of fault codes on a major cross country road trip. The codes seemed oddly familiar and indicated that I might find a similar problem. Sure enough, upon investigation I found not one, but two different sensors were rendered inoperable by the ravaging mouse population! This video was shot live while I was actually under the hood discovering and fixing the problems.

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Thanks to @RiverForged on IG for help with the thumbnails!

00:00 - Describe the symptoms
01:26 - Demonstration of the failure to start
01:52 - Hook up the OBDLink MX+ and scan for codes
02:30 - Reading the codes
02:51 - I'm afraid I know where this is going
04:14 - The owls aren't doing their job
05:06 - Found a broken wire
05:52 - Still need to check the engine coolant sensor wires
07:34 - The supplies have arrived
08:55 - Test fit the new plugs
09:19 - So much mouse food!
09:39 - A call for help
10:12 - Figuring out the wire color code
10:43 - I need a custom heat gun nozzle- so let's make one
11:52 - Stripping the wires, way down deep
12:54 - Closeup look at the heat shrink solder collar connectors
13:40 - Fingers too cold to feel the wires
14:55 - Aluminum tape as a heat shield
15:09 - Things are heating up
16:26 - Hit in the head by a Gorilla [Pod]
17:05 - The famous PFO one handed zip tie maneuver!
18:04 - On the throne for the easy one
18:29 - Mending the easy side - 15X Speed
18:52 - Time to see if it will start
19:04 - Is a barn cat what I need?
19:13 - Any remaining codes?