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Back in the day when I drove a '71 Beetle around, the factory-issued magnetic drain plug did catch a fair number of iron filings. Note, however,...
Ha. And double Ha. The inverter itself has a pretty complex control board that drives the fancy, super-well-mounted-high-power-transistors that...
After reading the Toyota report to the NTSB on the subject, it appeared that they were claiming that high stress levels between the boost...
The software update is intended to prevent cracking of the solder under a pair of very high power transistors in the inverter. If the cracking...
Check out the first listed comment in the Repairs and Maintenance thread. There's a TSB. KBeck
It's like this. There's a traction battery under the rear seat. As far as I know, it's sealed. There's a fan that sucks air out of the passenger...
Three things. First: CO poisoning is semi-famous for symptoms such as you describe. And all cars generate some CO, although new ones don't...
Here's a link to one of the discussions on the topic: Toyota to Recall 1.9 Million Priuses to Update Software | PriusChat It's a major, expensive...
Think I read somewhere that when the second set of planetary gears were added to the 2nd motor generator on the introduction of the Gen III, the...
You're thinking about it the wrong way. It's like this: Prius is a full hybrid: It can be powered from the gas engine, the electric...
I work at a place that's situated on the top of a relatively high hill. There's a traffic light at the bottom of the hill and it's unlikely that...
One of the tricky bits is that there's an amplifier mounted directly under the antenna, at least in some cars. Not only does that antenna have to...
Speaking as a EE: At present, anything you have in mind is likely paranoia. Of the not-so-good kind. Main point: if the Prius had a 2-way...
A lot of the 2010 Priuses are hitting end of life on that 12V battery, including mine, which was bought in December 2009. Last August, went to...
You may be a little paranoid, but whatever floats your boat. There's no question that snows will give you better traction. On the other hand, I've...
With relatives in Massachusetts I've been banging up and down I84, I91, the pike, 495, and 128 on a regular basis, winter or no winter. Decent gas...
Well, I shouldn't mention this, but I can't resist. Lo these decades ago, my father-in-law drove his Lincoln up to a nice restaurant in the...
There's a bunch of threads about the "use it as an emergency generator" trick. Main trick: The inverter that converts from 12V to 120 AC should...
You've got it. Look at your dash when you turn the power on and all the icons light up. One of the icons looks like a cross-section of a tire with...
Reminds of me trying to build a really accurate gas gauge system. Anybody who can build one to 1% will have the world beating a path to their...
