Mouse chewed through cables under bonnet

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dfcsl
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Post by dfcsl »

Mouse had made a bed in the area to the right of the oil filler. In between his/her napping, it has chewed through 5 of the cables completely and knawed at 3 or 4 others leaving them without insulation.

I´ve attached images if anyone can help.


Questions are:

Cabling

1) Does anyone know what this little loom of cable is for?

2) There are 2 identical purple cables in there and don´t know which is which - Is there a way of determining which purple connects to which purple?

Bedding

Another thing is part of the bedding. It looks like some kind of "filter" he has chewed off and made his own. Does anyone know where this white filter-like substance is possibly from, is it recognisable? He could have bought the whole piece in from outside the car (I´m hoping so) but I´m feeling that it will be from somewhere local to where he was nesting.

Cheers.

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DaveBerlin
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Post by DaveBerlin »

dfcsi, I believe you will find that this sort of damage is caused by a “Marder” or a “Martin”, these can cause a lot of damage as you can well see. It looks like you have a job on your hands installing new / secondhand looms or splicing in cables. Not being an Electrician I cannot help you more, but I am sure someone will.
If you want to read more take a look under “Search” just enter “Marder” and you will find several posts which might help you - Dave

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