167k 2010 w/ blown headgasket: Sell or fix?

Put a JDM engine in er about 2300 all in for me.

 

That leaves you money to fix the brake part one time when the time comes and then carry on for another good amount of time or mileage by that time you'll be ready to do something else

 

How's its condition otherwise? Consuming much oil? Consider a new short block?

 

Go with option C since financial restraint isn’t an issue. That would be but a Tesla

 

Lol no ones buying a 2010 prius for 10k. If so, i got a prius to sell.

Also, $1,400 engine if you wanna roll the dice. Maybe its cheaper to replace engine than headgasket
https://www.jdmenginedirect.com/toyota-/p/toyota-prius-18-liter-hybrid-engine-motor-only-jdm-2zrfxe-2zrfe-w7y29

 

Buy a rebuilt engine for $3500 delivered and have it installed. Any other repair has the very real potential to fail again in 2-12 months. Plus you fix oil burning.

 

Last I checked $1,800 with 1 year warranty head gasket change and other maintenance. I forget exactly, though ~$4,000 for 4 year warranty rebuilt replacement engine.

There are some other posts with links to the rebuilt engines and this one looks like reads ranking up there in highest quality: https://hybridpit.com/toyota-prius-2010-2015-1-8l-hybrid-engine-2zr-fxe-motor.html

Gives me a checklist of things to do roughly when I actually get to rebuilding mine or another. I foresee head gasket or engine change in the near future. Crazy in my situation, is no death rattle on startup since I cleaned the intake, replaced the PCV Valve and cleaned that circuit and cleaned up to the EGR Valve. Though I have had the rattle when in the situation of low HV battery, AC running full, 100% grill blocked, 200 to 205 engine coolant temp, stop and go traffic so accelerating from stop or low speed in some sort of sweet spot accelerating that I feather away by not pressing the pedal as soon as I hear and slower ramped throttling or just pressing pedal fast like PWR Mode to stop.

I removed one of my foam grill blocks and am not noticing the higher temp above 198 and the rattle. Though I haven't been in any stop and go traffic much for long periods like a half an hour or more yet. I'm stupid pushing my maintenance out if I can. These cars amaze me being I've went ~283,600 miles with not much maintenance.

 

If you can afford it buy a new car. Something simple and reliable. If you have space to keep it you can then explore fixing your Prius properly using a high quality experienced independent Prius shop, or just sell it with full honest disclosure to someone willing and/or able to fix it properly.

 

My son took my 2012 prius with 200k miles. I offer him to swap my mustang ev. He refused it due to lack of charging stations at campus. I like my prius being trouble-free with 200k miles. Only two issues I had are the volume knob and tpms.

 

@Grit highlights a head scratcher: why the heck block your grill, any percent, when you’re running AC??

 

Touché mt friend. Self induce over heating & blown head gasket by blocking grill 1000%!

 

Trade it in plus 4600 on a used prime with low mileage. I don’t know about worrying about the dealer feelings, they are giving you about half anyway. I test drove a prius v before getting the prime and it had a bad transmission. I went out in the street with it and it was the worst gear noise I ever heard. Dealer says “aren’t they all like that?” Back we went, BMW dealer, fancy pants place.

 

i think the only concern is the rest of the engine, the dealer would have to some serious checking.

won't your mech do the work?

 

Too often a head gasket job on these engines fail in a short period of time due to bad blocks or heads. Factory pistons and rings were flawed from day one; occasionally engines were rebuilt free by Toyota using revised pistons and rings in the first five years.

Some like a used JDM engine because of the reported low miles and reduced cost versus a rebuild. Others prefer a rebuilt engine with new rings, bearings and a machined head. $3500 as described above will get you a rebuilt engine shipped to you. Any local mechanic could install it. I would do that any day before I spent $4600 for a questionable head gasket job. Many dealers will not even offer a head gasket job on these engines.

Point of reference: Some mobile services do head gasket jobs for $1500.

 

I think its a bad deal considering a wrecked prius of similar year will probably go for around the same price. And if it has different problems like a bad battery or just bumper damage, you can just swap parts over. Idk, 4.6k seems pretty hefty for a gasket build you can do in your garage with some time and effort put into it.

Mine costed me $50, well for the felpro gasket. Everything else was time and lots of disappointment. But in the end i fixed it and hoping it lasts. If you live in my area, i can do it for you one of these weekends.

 

you're both in the usa