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Turtle uphill and Hybrid system overheat... please help

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  1. Shahzad Nayyar

    Shahzad Nayyar Junior Member

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    Not exactly daily. Excursion trips. Had a 2007 pri. Used to go up without any trouble. This 2015 initially went without any troubles but now is having this issue. And yes, B for descent

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    IIRC it didnt go higher than 98 c

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    Normal is 19XF, 98c is 208F. I drive uphill also to a dam here to go work out. My rpms are typically 1,700 at 20mph on sidewinding uphill roads. But once I get to parking spaces, and if traffic is slow On flat road, regen kicks in and once SOC is 50%, ICE temp is 202F. That is not good for my car but it doesn’t regen going steep uphill so no worry of overheating....yet.
     
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    What was revving at 4755 rpm?
     
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    Torque showed the rpm of inverter coolant pump
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    Generally during normal driving condition i have not seen it go above 87 -90 c. What if the battery temp sensor is having an issue?
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    #27 Shahzad Nayyar, Sep 21, 2019
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    maybe you need to bleed the inverter coolant loop
     
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    Why do my sensors tell me that TB 1 & 2 are having a BBQ in the HV battery Screenshot_20190922-180041_Torque.jpeg

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    TB's are the temperature sensors in the hybrid battery?? I know there are 3 of those.
     
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    Yes.... but TB 1 max value 118 C and TB 2 max value 200 C????... its in celsius
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    Something not making sense here? My guess: only sensor 1 is connected, and reading 43c. Sensor 2 and 3 are disconnected, and accordingly reading negative 51c??
     
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    Looks like a faulty sensor or an unconnected one.

    BTW, that fan looks a little Dusty. I would clean it out since you are having related issues.
     
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    Cut wires that are bouncing against a ground? There's no way a NiMH battery could withstand those high temps.

    Pixel XL ?
     
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    With car and engine off - what's the voltage of the 12V battery?

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  16. Shahzad Nayyar

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    I thinkbthe fluctuation on torque is due to the obd 2 adapter. I usually check the highest value
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    Will have a look at that




    12V turned out fine

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    that an odd voltage (n)
     
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  19. Shahzad Nayyar

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    So new development. I got my prius to my trusteorthy mechanic. The guy checked everything.... block voltages, temperatures and everything. Final decision he opened the battery fan and it was this much clogged. It works apparently fine for motorways and city driving but once i need max cooling of battery on hill drive, it couldnt perform its job as required. Got the fan cleaned. Will test later.

    I think its a solid theory. What do you guys think? images%20(7).jpeg

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    #39 Shahzad Nayyar, Sep 26, 2019
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    doesn't look too bad, but it's hard to see well. see posts #3-6 and #14

    do you carry any pets?
     
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