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How common is a head gasket failure at 155k miles that doesn't breach a coolant passage? The engine's running rough (so much so that the vehicle...
Working on my Gen 2 and Gen 3 Prii the last couple of years has sensitized me to the maintenance consequences of late intake valve closure of...
This is all hypothetical about what a revised knuckle design might include, but removing the 4 bolts that secure the bearing assembly to the...
Just spent Memorial Day 2023 replacing a front wheel bearing on a 2007 Prius. I have these observations to share with you: 1. Time to Failure....
In 17 years I've paid for about a dozen front wheel bearing replacements on the Gen II Priuses I've owned, but this weekend was the first time I...
Yes, perfect description: a disk drive trying to find a track on a bum 5.25" floppy. I think a noisy coolant diverter valve has lost signal from...
Thanks, guys, for catching that error. I was confusing the inverter cooling loop with the engine cooling loop. Physically where is the engine...
The sounds of the inverter cooling pump are most apparent when the engine stops and the coolant bottle is being refilled. During this time my...
Never mind. I got this figured out. The correct clips attached to the bumper cover are not U-clips but S-clips. The distinction is that the...
I've mis-described the assembly sequence above. The right and left splash shields are sharing the same U-clips as the bumper cover tabs, not the...
I'm replacing the plastic front end parts on a Gen 2 that was in a fender-bender accident that shattered the bumper cover and splash shields....
Thanks for the feedback, ChapmanF. Yes, brother ordered the US version of the coolant output housing that omits the flow selector valve....
Good point, ChapmanF! I hope my brother isn't one who experiences overheating because he'd drive up I-65, gun loaded, looking for me. It's clear...
ChapmanF, thanks for that feedback. I thought I recalled seeing a position feedback potentiometer in the Gen 3 EGR valve as I cleaned it, but my...
Yes, indeed it is the Prime's sprag clutch. What I thought was a non-US market engine is a Prime one. I drove down to Bardstown, KY yesterday...
I'm helping my brother retrofit a Gen 4 motor into a Gen 3 Prius. We're at the stage where we're moving the Gen 3's flywheel input damper...
Just bought a 2008 whose owner had recently replaced both halogen headlight assemblies with new ones. The optical quality of these $75 internet...
I'm currently arm-chair quarterbacking my brother on his valiant effort to retrofit a head blown Gen 3 with a reclaimed Gen 4 motor. This...
Thanks for a great recommendation, gentlemen! That link should become a sticky in this forum. The site has clickable explosion diagrams of...
I need to replace the front splash shields on a 2008 Prius without seeing the vehicle beforehand. Young woman ran her car off the road on an icy...
