I'm Too Old To Fix These Things

You are a good man and I will certainly let you know what I find. After I looked at your first post on this stuff I started thinking this direction but I'm simply not capable of mentally processing much without 1-2-3 assistance right now. I need the challenge to keep my mind active in the first place, but that doesn't translate to functionality as much as it did before my illness. There was a time in my career where I did a considerable amount of public speaking, and probably my most meaningful motivation now is to regain enough health to advocate for others who have experienced similar health issues and offer education for loved ones. I want you to know your kindness is the very first thing I will discuss. I can't thank you enough for your courtesy, understanding, and patience.

 

I have a constant companion who calls himself Mr. Insomnia, and he is a difficult task master. Sometimes he wakes me up at 3:30 in the morning so I can see such great interest in helping me. Unfortunately, he doesn't wake my brane with the rest of me so the first moment later today I'm cognizant I will try to get you the answers to your questions. Thank you for the generous amount of time you sacrificed putting your thoughts together for my family and myself.

 

Thank you, kind sir. I always thought englis are my goodest subjikt.

 

So I finally get my stoopid brane to shut off somewhere between 1:30 and 2 am and I'm concerned enough I'm back less than 2 hours later. It would be rude not to thank you for all you've been offering, but I also feel responsible to warn you it may be afternoon before I'm able to get the mental jumper cables to work. Once I'm thinking in multisyllabic words again I'll get you some answers. I wish you guys were paid for your help so I could write Mr. Prius Chat and strongly recommend he gives you raises or bonuses. I keep repeating how taxing this is on a mind that no longer functions as it once did, but no one has yet complained. Thank you.

 

Believe it or not, I will be brief (running out of go-juice). The car has 220,000 and we bought it used. Since we've had it, we always maintain a very close if not perfect maintenance regimen. Tires, oil, battery, etc . We put a new hybrid battery in it about 50,000 miles ago and a new 12V a few days ago. All cells and the 12V check out with multimeter. I had to replace the fluid control valve and canister about 6 months ago, and I'm only guessing on the terminology. That was when the red triangle first showed up with p1121 and I spent six weeks one afternoon bleeding/burping it after replacing the parts. It was happy for 5 of those months. When I put the fluids in I was very careful to follow Prius Chat protocol to the letter and all levels seem to be where they should be.
I have located 2 supposedly unrelated anomalies. First, I don't actually see the coolant flowing when I have the radiator cap off with the engine running, but the coolant control valve is churning through the reservoir perfectly. Second, in the fuses underneath the hood I'm not getting a reading from the top green 30A fuse or any of the ones directly below it. Every wire, fuse, prong, harness, etc I can find still show good readings.

Thank God I'm not a mechanic because I would have to be honest next time I tell my shrink I'm no longer suicidal. I would be inching much closer to homicidal.

Thanks for your time.

 

Believe it or not, I will be brief (running out of go-juice). The car has 220,000 and we bought it used. Since we've had it, we always maintain a very close if not perfect maintenance regimen. Tires, oil, battery, etc . We put a new hybrid battery in it about 50,000 miles ago and a new 12V a few days ago. All cells and the 12V check out with multimeter. I had to replace the fluid control valve and canister about 6 months ago, and I'm only guessing on the terminology. That was when the red triangle first showed up with p1121 and I spent six weeks one afternoon bleeding/burping it after replacing the parts. It was happy for 5 of those months. When I put the fluids in I was very careful to follow Prius Chat protocol to the letter and all levels seem to be where they should be.
I have located 2 supposedly unrelated anomalies. First, I don't actually see the coolant flowing when I have the radiator cap off with the engine running, but the coolant control valve is churning through the reservoir perfectly. Second, in the fuses underneath the hood I'm not getting a reading from the top green 30A fuse or any of the ones directly below it. Every wire, fuse, prong, harness, etc I can find still show good readings.

Thank God I'm not a mechanic because I would have to be honest next time I tell my shrink I'm no longer suicidal. I would have to admit I'm now homicidal.

I'm sorry, but I feel I need to admit something. As hard as I try, I haven't been able to give it my all these last few weeks. No one I've ever come across wants to be known for mental illness, but the facts are what they are. Since I became ill, more often than not the depth of depression and anxiety I experience over smaller things render me useless and by natural extension major problems become exponentially compounded. So if I'm sometimes slow responding you will have an honest guess as to why. However, this illness has been a great blessing to me because I am having to learn how to push harder than ever before and I have seen the best side of my family and friends. Just as importantly, I want you to know it's also why I talk so much about the kindness of strangers.

Thank you all.

 

I messed up and posted a copy of this long post but added an extremely important paragraph or two on the repeat. Please read that if you have time.

 

Regrettably, no.

 

Thank you. It will have to wait until tomorrow. I want to warn you that if you see something really nasty blaming all of you for the worst things in the world it means my wife is posting using my name because she probably caught me under the hood of her car making comparisons. The reason for the anger would be if I don't feel like arguing I'm probably going to blame someone else.

Kidding. I won't do that to you. Probably not, anyway. Maybe not? Not very likely? I need to go think about this. Thanks.

 

I'm having a question. I called the closest dealership and talked with a tech who said his first thought is to replace the stoopid coolant control valve sensor. He said he can get these things but I can't find one without having to replace the whole apparatus....... Again. I've been rereading the recommendations you've all offered and even though I'm worse than an amateur, it's hot, and I'm overwhelmed, I would have to sell the family dogs to pay for 100 billable hours (or whatever) at the dealership. I realize even they are fallible and I could wind up with multiple trips before the true problem gets fixed. Also,if I sell the dogs I'm going to be living in the car because my wife and son won't let me back home. If the sensor makes sense (redundant duplication of repeated similar words) and I can buy one, is that a prudent direction to go or should I bite the bullet a while longer and continue troubleshooting? I probably won't actually give up until or unless I have to, but I am wearing down.

As always any input, thoughts, or suggestions from you guys are truly appreciated.

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Thank you for validating my propensity to be cautious. I tell every commission salesperson I run into that I'm cheap AND poor. If they believe me that's usually the end of that particular conversation.

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