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Yeah, well - car was running just fine. Perhaps it’ll now run even better:) Like fly or something
Why would anyone feed exhaust gas into intake when maxing out? Even in Prius or other eco-optimised combustion engine. I think there is some big...
Good summer project indeed:) Anyway, just had the job done and there surely had been gunk. However, mechanic said the IM had been surprisingly...
@Mendel Thanks for the tips. i wont be doing it by myself. I would like to but i dont have heated garage and its 0deg celcius outside. I know the...
I witnessed rather big black cloud coming out 2010 Prius tailpipe when being floored at highway speeds. We were driving car home after purchase...
I think he meant hydrolock type of thing. Not the oiling of bolt threads
I have not watched the referred video. Does it instruct to bleed fluid out from bleeder valve when pushing the pistons in? Many times pistons are...
:D I already wondered how come you had not noticed anything before oil change. Metal chips of that size coming out would be The end of story.
If there is metal chips in the oil it’s usually time to start planning farewells to engine. I would not plan long road trips.
Filter cannot get clogged that badly in 6months. But whatever it was it’s good to hear car now running fine
Is the car even loosing coolant? And if that big oil leak is due to valve cover gasket you would have noticed with your own eyes. But in the...
I browsed this thread and decided to turn my coat. Prius gonna get cooler+egr+im cleaning in two weeks:) Also new pcv valve. MPG is about 44 and i...
New discs are so cheap that i rather buy new ones in good time and enjoy good brakes. Here discs rust..a lot
It was not service shop telling me this.. They just inspected and delivered the message. They don’t speculate why wearing parts wear. But anyway,...
yes indeed. I was told at 140K that it’s time replace discs soon. Not sure if discs are original. Car is almost exactly 11years old and been...
Great video but cleaning was rather cosmetic (because intake was not really in need of cleaning). These tiny passages were not brushed: [ATTACH]...
Nowadays new discs are so affordable that having old discs machined hardly yield any savings. There is of course the eco thing but i am not sure...
2010 model has the valve in horizontal position so wouldn’t it make sense setting it vertical? Not too difficult modification at the end
I think everybody run synthetic. Some oils may not be qualify to fullest extent but anyway ”synthetic”. Real mineral oils should be more expensive...
i think aluminum diesels are quite common nowadays. I’ve had at least two with such. One had went through head job at around 100kkm:) Bad lifters
