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There is no DTC for failed mechanical parts. The warning lights do indicate codes, that is separate from the mechanical noises. Suggesting that...
Given that the "transmission" in a Prius is not a transmission at all, in the traditional sense, it has no sliding gears, no clutches, no valves...
As ...67 suggests, the AC compressor is variable speed, electrically driven and while bolted to the engine, not driven by it in any way. As AC...
Not true AT ALL. In point of fact, due to it's comparatively high detergent levels, ATF has L..O..N..G been used to free sticking hydraulic...
There is no DTC for a failed rod bearing, or most other MECHANICAL problems. Geez That's high pitched, Lucious has reported a number of...
It is possible, easy way to check is to turn the car "on" and look in the reservoir immediately inboard of the inverter; if there is coolant...
That would be a horrible job to do!
Chap, If you look at a Prius AC compressor, it is NOT isolated from the refrigerant, the motor runs in it. This is just like an electric fuel...
Toyota and Subaru set p0420 VERY easily, very well before any efficiency loss of the cat can be detected during emissions tests. There are any...
If the car will drive a couple miles in EV mode, but QUICKLY drains the battery with the AC on, I suspect your thinking is correct.
What a person can "afford" means different things to different people. Our neighbor believed that you NEVER spend you own money, always borrow,...
It is WELL known that Toyota and Subaru log P0420 codes for even the slightest loss of catalytic converter efficiency, WELL before this loss can...
A 7% error is completely unacceptable in engineering terms. The other thing to notice is that, excluding a very few cases, the L-O-M is ALWAYS...
Today's fill..... Lie-O-Meter = 43.9 Pencil-N-Paper = 40.98 An error of ~7% :(
Now block that cool photo of airflow with 28 flat plates and tell us the flow mass-flow of the air is better and of course therefore the cooling...
ROFLMAO!!! The Ideal gas LAW has absolutely NOTHING WHAT-SO-EVER to do with airflow..... OMG! Time to educate yourself. Hmm, the more you draw...
Actually...... they DO! When you purchase a "major component" from a retailer, be it a dealer or jobber for "cash-n-carry", you DO GET CHARGED...
Which is FAR more hazardous than R134a, but freshly patented :(
I don't think I would make that statement, but certainly battery power MANAGEMENT is the more important factor.
(y) Mostly right, the PAG oil is not dielectrically neutral and SMALL traces would not normally cause any concern, even the Toyota documents...
