Loud noise led to Holes in engine block

Hybrid Pit sells engines, three levels, you can calculate how much shipping from CA To you on their website.

Toyota Prius Performance Parts

SM-G781V ?

 

A warped head or block just blows a hg again.

Toyota does a good job on their bodies, paint and interiors.

The real problem was "...It had a slightly bent rod from the hg fail and the height of the piston was not checked properly when it was apart ... It progressed to a broken rod and blew a hole in the block."

Repaired engines will run a few months until the slightly bent connecting rod yields to metal fatigue and breaks. At that point it's over.



Watch this video again all the way through

 

Seems our work here is done.
Even with the $3000 buy-in a new engine and a cleaned-out EGR loop would look really good on this car!

 

Yeah....
It gets complicated.

Priuses are Priuses - kinda sorta.
You have "wireless" Priuses, and the 'Vee' versus "V-or five" Priuses, and 'Prime' Priuses - not to be confused with a struggling football team out west somewhere.

Its tough to keep them straight, because to a 'norm' Priuses are Priuses.

If YOUR Prius presents as a 20,000 mile no smoke, no pet, hybrid then stick another engine in it, clean out the EGR loop and enjoy your well-earned 150,000 miles of care-free ownership.
Read through the G3 (2010-2015) Prius forums for the deets.
You WILL eventually have to replace the traction battery ($1500 easy DIY) fairly soon and maintain all of the usual stuff (brakes, HVAC, inverters, etc...)
HOWEVER (comma!!!!!)
You also NOW have a 1.5 - 2.0 kw home generator if you're smart all the way around the track!!!

Good Luck!!!

 

^ This seems a misstep too.