EGR Cleaning at Hybrid Pit

Can anybody recommend an experienced shop in the SF Bay Area, East Bay that can do this work for a reasonable price like Hybrid Pit?

 

Reasonable price?….Bay Area?….haha, good one

 

But really. I’d drive the 500 miles to Orange County, but are there any shops of their caliber in Northern California? I’m in the Sacramento area. 2015 Prius 2, 132k miles, running great, but it’s a mystery to me and I leave magic to the pros and you savvy owners.

 

Gasket Masters is in Manteca CA, an hours drive from me.

 

Another Car that made the trip from Northern California to HP. Car was trailered for an Engine swap, EGR service and AC service

 

What’s the miles on it?

Regarding the engine bay pic, besides the missing Toyota emblem (on plastic cover atop engine) maybe suggest the (Lexus p/n 82821-76010) wiring cover:

 

Where is hp? The computer maker?

 

Hybrid Pit. I struggle with this stuff too.

 

Come on! HP gets discussed several times a week around here. The better alternative to JDM when a transplant is needed. I would have them ship to my local discount shop.

 

If they bore the cylinders, then they are too thin. Where do they get the larger
pistons and rings?
"iffy" if felpro is better than a Toyota head gasket. Do they use a thicker head gasket
to make up for the lost material of the head, and block? Which would increase the compression.
And bring the piston and valve closer to each other.

Does the head gasket have a second sheet of aluminum in it to make up for the cut material
to keep the correct compression?
I'm not saying the engines are not "remanufactured" well or incorrectly, just wondering if they
are taking all that into consideration.

With jdm, who knows what you are getting? If it fails, what warranty do they have? How long do you
have to wait for another engine? How long for the first one?

Do either place pay for the labor and parts in replacing the defective engine?

 

Little over 180k, we have those in stock at HP


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We just finished putting some long Miles on our Frankenstein engine build Needles to say but this may be a bullet proof motor using components off a Toyota Hybrid motor not offered in the States.

 

Very good questions……

We offer several packages for people that are on a budget

Bronze - stock cylinder bore using new Toyota Piston rings

Gold - stock cylinder bore using revised Toyota Pistons and Piston Rings

Performance - .20 bore size with Larger Pistons and Piston Rings

Platinum - Toyota Zero mile block with upgraded Pistons and Rings installed by Toyota

Frankenstein - still in development, using many components from a Toyota Hybrid engine from Japan with different shape pistons using stock bore.

 

Repeat/updated:
If they bore the cylinders, then they are too thin. Someone menchioned Toyota doesn't
recomment boring because the walls are too thin. Do they put in new sleeves?

Where do they get the largerpistons and rings?

"iffy" if felpro is better than a Toyota head gasket.

Do they use a thicker head gasketto make up for the lost material of the head, and block?
Which would increase the compression.
And bring the piston and valve closer to each other.

Does the head gasket have a second sheet of aluminum in it to make up for the cut material
to keep the correct compression?

I'm not saying the engines are not "remanufactured" well or incorrectly, just wondering if they
are taking all that into consideration.

 

If I had real money to spend and if my car was from a state outside of the rust belt, I might go for a NEW genuine Toyota short block and a NEW head gasket instead of an engine rebuild like this one done by the Car Care Nut in his video.

 

Wish you lived close to the shop in SoCal, we would love to show you how the process is done and to get a hands on approach of what we do.

 

That would be great! I would love to see that!

But what worries me, you are not answering the questions.....

 

It’s not answering your questions, but we do a lot of R&D seeing what works and what does not.

Since we are located in SoCal we have many prototypes out in the field for various testing to see how far we can stretch the envelope.

Many Shops don’t have the resources to do what we do and may not want to go out of their comfort zone but it’s all about ‘Passion with Perfection’ which we do best!

 

That’s out Platinum package minus 2k