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Bad math above ^... after initial spike power consumption mellows out to 30% of 2000 watts, which is 150 watts not 1500! Duh! Sorry about that
I use my 2012 Prius plug in as a generator A LOT. We have our power shut off whenever the wind blows here in the Southern California mountains....
My 2012 Prius plug in needed a new head gasket at 248k miles. That was its’ first ever CEL... it had the shakes at start up and started...
So... one month after getting my leaky head gasket fixed at Hybrid Pit Stop, I’m feeling pretty good about it. I’ve only driven about 600 miles...
I can fully understand why an indy professional who may have great ability and confidence in working on non-hybrid cars would decline to work on...
I dropped her off at Hybrid PitStop in Buena Park this morning. $1400 for the head gasket, and he sold me on an oil catch can for $195. I’ll update.
So... I came to the Prius from Honda’s line of hybrids. I had two insights and a civic hybrid, all three were manual trans 5 speed. The first...
I love this forum for the insight and knowledge. But, I suspect not everyone has the facility, means, and desire to keep their Prius in tip top...
Sadly no licensed mechanic shop by me will touch a Prius or any other type of hybrid, except for stupid easy stuff tires brakes etc which is why I...
So here’s an update drove down to San Berdoo on Wednesday. It’s 12 miles down hill, which charges the plug in battery 100%. I turned the EV...
good to hear of a 260k mile gen 3... I thought I was one of the highest here on PC with 248k. Over in the gen2 side, there are some crazy high...
Question... so your damper went out... did you regularly change the trans oil / fluid? my 2012 plug in keeps track of the EV to ice ratio, I...
Yeah I recently got p0012 something like “over retarded cam shaft sensor?”. Y’all reckon that’s pointing to the damper? I suspect the head...
I reckon I’m pretty screwed... eh? Nutz feel like doing a head gasket video? I’ll drive up north to you, and help with the video. anyone...
I did the intake manifold, pcv, and egr cooler. Running alright now for 100 miles, but a pending p0301, no actual CEL yet. We’ll see....
after 90 miles of driving, I’ve had a couple somewhat rough starts, nothing as bad as before the egr and intake manifold cleaning and new pcv... I...
last post here I promise... just some photos
AWD comes in handy in snowy California because they won’t let you past the chain checkpoint without installing chains, unless you’re in a 4x4/awd....
All done! Still no wipers.... bc on my test drive I got p106A, something related to the MAP sensor. I don’t have the CEL light on, but it’s...
Dirty ... hopefully the photo uploads. Egr cooler is off. Gasket from exhaust to egr cooler is awol. Had to go with an aftermarket one from a...
