New 11 prius battery problems. Need advice.dr pruis test run 48%

For a Toyota, gen3 Prius are undoubtably the worst in thirty years. Bad rings, inverters and brake boosters combined with the expected hv battery after 150k miles make a high mile used car gen3 a bad bet for a budget conscious buyer. It is especially bad when a high market is getting x2 the price of four years ago, flippers will rollback odos and use temporary head gasket sealers, most hybrid parts have no aftermarket options and many areas have few independent mechanics who will work on them.

 

You asked if these cars were bad. I mentioned the issues. Including what flippers do to unsuspecting buyers. In your case you are trying to flip the car.

 

Just read my reply in post 42. In your case you are already set in your mind. Sorry.

 

I do no know anything about that doctor.
I use the Prolong system and have not had any problems since.

 

The part no's for Toyota gasket kit (includes head gasket, and pretty much everything else pliable in the engine), and the head bolts, is noted in the attached.

Also not: the last link in my signature is the full engine section of the Repair Manual. (on a phone turn it landscape to see signatures)

 

I have no idea. I noticed it took a while to go from 2 bars to 3, then quickly went to
3, then 4. And quickly went from 3 to 2 bars.
This was one of the issues of the battery getting weak. So I purchased the Prolong system.
And it worked for me. It was well worth the money, for me. The battery is 14 years old and
still working.
I know it won't last forever, but it sure hase extended it's life.

 

Looked at what????

"I looked at it looks good."

 

Hey,

The Prolong systems don't require you to remove the battery. They come with a harness that plugs right into the OEM fan and the positive and negative terminals on the battery. It takes a couple of hours to access the battery, install the harness, and put some of the interior back together again but after that, it's a pretty easy product to work with.

Garrett

 

I have to disagree, it won't take a few hours to install. Less than an hour.
It would be nice if the cable was about 12 inches longer though.
It's just long enough to attach to the charger and discharger. The extra foot
would help a lot.

 

The instructions will tell you what to do.
After it's installed, you plug in the charger and fully charge the battery.
Then unplug it and plug in the discharger, select the 1st cycle and start the
discharger, then charge, discharge, charge, discharge, then charge.
Mine averaged 4 hours for each part, with the longer discharge then charge
cycles each taking a littler longer. If you keep an eye on each cycle, you can
do it in 2 days, but 3 is more realistic.