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05 Engine Replacement

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by nickbike, Nov 11, 2010.

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  1. seilerts

    seilerts Battery Curmudgeon

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    Great story, congratulations!
     
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    The transaxle from the same car is listed on Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market for $750. car-part.com is where I found the engine.
     
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    Let us know what caused all this to begin with. Thank you it was interesting, H
     
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    From what I could tell it sounded like it was coming from the bottom of the engine. We think a drop of the oil pan will give us our answer. If not, we'll pull the valve cover and then the head if needed.
     
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    Maybe worth while to repair and resell? H
     
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    Are you guys ready for this? It threw a rod bearing. At $500 for a "new" engine with 23,000 miles on it, this one isn't worth rebuilding.

    Video of the piles of metal shavings in the oil pan/pickup


    Video of cooked rod bearing.


    The water pump on the old engine was leaking too (pictures attached).
     

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    No big surprise on the water pump, but trashing the rod bearing after only 110,000 miles? Makes you wonder if there was a manufacturing defect, assuming that the oil was changed regularly. I suppose it is possible too that regular trips over e.g. Vail Pass with the pedal floored could have shortened the service life. Thank you so much for sharing your story.
     
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    Great work. Amazing how much clearance there was on that bearing.

    I'm wondering whether you will remove the valve cover to see the condition of the valve train?
     
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    I'm curious about the condition of the valve train as well.
     
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    After the transplanted engine from the 2009 featured in this thread start burning oil and the hybrid battery going out twice, this car is now in a junkyard. More details here
     

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    she's a beauty, how much do they want for her?:p

    but seriously, how many miles did you put on in the last 5 1/2 years?
     
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