Honest hybrid mechanic in sf bay area

i think there are some diy meetups in norcal, search the threads

 

The next meetup is in Lafayette :

Possible Monthly install meets. Bay Area-Fremont

Should be sometime in September.

Drop a line over there and as we get closer, we provide updates on time and locale.

 

When is the next meet up... I would also like to know if y’all know anyone or mechanic that can clean the EGR circuit

 

Maybe early December .

Respond to the meetup thread and follow along there .

We’ve cleaned the egr circuit at a meetup, so it’s the right place to do that if you are willing to help .

 

EGR circuit cleaning.....plan to buy pizza. It'll be a long day.

And while you're there, change out the plugs too......

 

Luscious Garage still there?

 

I live in SF and am looking for someone to remove my '06 Prius MultiFunction Display so that I can send it off to AutoBeYours for repair.

Anyone available for that? Or are there any shops you'd recommend for this? I'm trying to avoid paying an arm + leg.

 

My first thought: so much off-the-mark. The US 120K miles (or 12 years, whichever comes first) does involve spark plug change, but the coolant (engine only) was to be replaced at 100K, there's no interval for the EGR valve (Toyota's trying to ignore this problem child), and a transmission fluid (aka transaxle fluid) change is never mentioned by Toyota; it's apparently "lifetime".

Still, it's no wonder the disinformation abounds: the US publication lists service event-by-event, you have no hope of of seeing the overall picture (unless you're idiot savant or a Las Vegas card counter). At least it's "all in there", you can flip to the 120K page and see what it says. I believe that's the last page though? The end of the the "lifetime"?

Toyota Canada, used to have a muddled morass of maintenance mush, encompassing EVERY Toyota vehicle, rife with caveats and exceptions. An absurd instruction. In 2014 they turned it around completely, the "Owner's Manual Supplement" (roughly equiv. to Toyota USA's "Warranty and Maintenance Booklet"" had a beautiful schedule: months/kms listed across the top, and services down the left column:



This only lasted a year or two though. Now they say squat, just "go see our website", and there you feed in your kms/months, and get the maintenance requirements, just for that interval. Similar to the US book, but without the book.

Attached is a pdf of the above image plus the following page. Also, my spreadsheet summary of the Toyota USA maintenance requirements, in similar graph format (various file formats). Also included are extrapolated versions, beyond the 120K limit of the US booklet.

 

Yeah I’m down. I just need to know when and where.

 

If you have a place to work, @SFO might be down.

Most shops around here will want upwards of $120 an hour for labor.

Not sure how many arms or legs that is in your case.

Good luck and keep us posted .

 

Lafayette will be the location.

As far as when?

Hoping early to mid December .

 

Dash pieces pop off a Gen 2 pretty easily (recently had to change a bunch of the tiny light bulbs in one). Save all your arms and legs, take a glance at the repair manual (more info) to see where to start pulling (far left, IIRC), and dig in.

 

Let’s see if Max06 wants to host. I’ll make the drive there