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Squirrel Damage

Discussion in 'Prius c Technical Discussion' started by Daniel Bricker, Jun 30, 2023.

  1. Daniel Bricker

    Daniel Bricker New Member

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    My 2013 Prius C started running rough this morning and barely made it to my office. When I opened the hood, I found a squirrel and squirrel related damage. Looking at the pictures, do you think I can just replace the cap (not positive what it is called) and splice the wire? Thanks for any help.
     

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  2. Leadfoot J. McCoalroller

    Leadfoot J. McCoalroller Senior Member

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    Looks like they ate the wires leading to the connector for the ignition coil on cylinder #1. I would cut a matching connector off of a junkyard car, splice it onto your remaining wire harness branch and spend the rest of the day doing anti-squirrel things, because chances are what they ate didn't kill them.

    You could use any of the four coil connector branches from a donor car, and it doesn't even have to be a Prius c. Lots of other Toyotas use identical connectors for the coils.
     
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    The price we pay for reducing the coyote population. :(
     
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