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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    When I remove the aux battery I use an Optima Digital 400 charger that is designed for Optima batteries (but can be used with other types) that I...
    Post by: timglen, Mar 1, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Well I actually have 3 batteries including a brand new Optima, and one of them is bad but the other non Optima charges to a higher voltage than...
    Post by: timglen, Mar 1, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Well I found out something interesting but I must say at first that I did find the J9 connector and disconnected it and then did the test where I...
    Post by: timglen, Feb 29, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Good idea Dion, I found it on the wiring diagram and it shows a connector J9 (looks like just one wire), that goes from the parking brake to one...
    Post by: timglen, Feb 20, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    I just did a quick test where I removed fan relays 2 and 3 and then connected a volt meter to pin 2 of fan relay #2. When I went to IG-ON it went...
    Post by: timglen, Feb 20, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Valde, one reason I changed the ECM was partly because of the fans but the other was that there are issues with the ECU's communicating on the CAN...
    Post by: timglen, Feb 20, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Hi Guys, Well Patrick I have had the thought that I will have to take this to a salvage yard but Valde asks a good question about if I am willing...
    Post by: timglen, Feb 19, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    I was trying to figure out why the radiator fan and A/C condensor fan were going on so I put voltmeter connection on Pin 19 on E4 of the Engine...
    Post by: timglen, Feb 18, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Thanks Brad for the tip. I tried it this morning but the funny thing is when I first started the car the red explanation was gone and on the...
    Post by: timglen, Feb 7, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Thanks Ed for the suggestion, it actually helped me find out one of the issues. I removed the battery cover and hit the power button with the...
    Post by: timglen, Feb 6, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Sorry guys, somehow I missed the question about the car having been in an accident. They didn't say anything about that at the auction, however...
    Post by: timglen, Feb 1, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Thanks Patrick, I got the 2 ABS relays yesterday and I tried them out but no changes, but it was worth eliminating some possibilities since there...
    Post by: timglen, Jan 31, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Thanks Patrick, I ordered 2 ABS relays on ebay (total $14) so will try them when they arrive. But something interesting happened yesterday. For...
    Post by: timglen, Jan 29, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Yes I have 3 skid control ecu's the orignal and 2 I bought on ebay (I thought I destroyed the first one when I ran the CAN bus check with...
    Post by: timglen, Jan 26, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
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    Potential short circuit maybe in the CAN bus

    Thanks Patrick for your suggestions. I disconnected everything and put it back to the state it was in when everything was working but now I can...
    Post by: timglen, Jan 26, 2016 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting