P3190 P0A0F after cleaning injectors! Car won't run! Plz Help!

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by FriedCells, Nov 14, 2020.

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  1. cnc97

    cnc97 Senior Member

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    Realistically speaking, a 30-40 minute highway drive to heat the converter up and keep it hot would probably be all you need.
     
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  2. ASRDogman

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    Glad it's running!
    Maybe all the gas got into the cylinders and down the rings... That would clean them up! :)

    You can put MMO in the gas tank, and in the oil. Read the instructions on the back label.
    I believe it's up to 20% of the total oil fill. So for the 4.5 qts. the Prius take for an oil change.
    Just under 1 qt of MMO. I don't think it would hurt to put a whole quart in.

    You're mpg's should be going up in the next tank or two...

    With the spark plugs out, and the engine trying to start a few times would blow out any extra fuel.

     
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  3. FriedCells

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    Yeah, so happy. Today was my last attempt before accepting defeat and towing it to a dealer :eek: That would have been horrible. Really put a lot of work into this car in the last few months. Hoping to keep her until 300K miles or more. I'll definitely check out the MMO. Try to keep her insides happy. I've named her Eternity, because that's how long she'll last as long as I take care of her and stop messing up sh*t. :ROFLMAO:
     
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    Question. So when the car wouldn't start did the HUD read problem with hybrid battery and something about a safe location?
    I too replaced my fuel injectors, leaving the bottom insulators/spacers in from the old ones by accident. Meaning there were two in there, been frantically trying to figure out what was going on with misfires and everything.
    Once I figured it out my husband says I'll go fix it . I generally don't let him work on it without my supervision (nothing against him- I was just raised in a home with mechanics- he wasn't) but we were in the middle of a snow storm and I wasnt about to be in all that working on it.. anyway he came in telling me he had fuel waterfalls when he started it. Did this twice. So I pulled every injector, reinstalled them correctly. Engine started normal then shut off and is now reading hybrid battery on HUD move to safe location.
    I unhooked the 12v in an effort to reset it. Wondering if mine too could possibly just be flooded?
    Any help appreciated.
    Damn car is my baby, she stresses me out something fierce.
     
    #24 Glojazzbent, Feb 2, 2022
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    Yeah, I feel you. I didn't get that message though at that time. I did have that message before though, and I think it was strangely caused by a bad MAF sensor. I remember freaking out about the message, and went through the work that I did, and I had put in an old MAF sensor by accident as it was in a box that the new one had come in, but the new one was placed elsewhere. Anyways, putting in the new MAf sensor fixed it. But there are probably many things that can cause that message.
     
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