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I think some of the damper bolts. There’s also a thread sealer specd for the PCV valve, and I know the time I didn’t use that I got some oil bloom.
Yeah if you’re regularly having heavy/awkward items in there, then fitted rubber mats are better. We’re just groceries, occasional suitcases. If...
Since new, recently acquired? That’s a LOT of miles for a gen 3. Head gaskets, on ones without regular EGR cleaning, usually fail around 150~200k...
Clean the EGR system too. Lots of information in my signature, for head gasket, and signature. Last link is full engine section. On a phone turn...
For the hatch I find an old-but-clean blanket versatile, tuck its back edge under the hatch floor board to keep it in place. Something long enough...
Toyota changed the filter style, from permanent canister to spin-on, somewhere in model year 2017 IIRC. Definitive way to find out would be to...
I’m using CTEK, they’re getting pricey though.
Honda always managed to include oil and transmission fluid changes, ditto for light bulbs, air filters and wiper blades IIRC. It’s a little...
Attached is a summary of the gen 4 Prius maintenance schedule, based on Toyota USA’s Warranty and Maintenance Booklet. If missing that booklet can...
You bought it in March of this year, with 204k miles (currently at 210k), saying seller had fixed head gasket and cleaned EGR. I’d wonder how and...
Are "baby backs" a kind of ribs? My wife does steamed garlic, pork spare ribs, but in our larger, canning pressure cooker. About an hour, and...
This bolt in particular (from second of OP’s pictures) is evidently adjustable: [ATTACH] That said, barring a curb bump or similar, I don’t...
Oil can get quite dark, quite fast. Just to be on safe side, another oil change doesn’t hurt, and just move on. It’d be really tough to prove...
I was going to ask his miles and rate of oil consumption, fwiw.
My first experience with this malarkey: can't remember the exact issue, but it was readily apparent, something broke/snapped, on one of our string...
Good to hear! Our 2010's proscribed scissor jack points don't appear to have ANY reinforcement, on either the crimped seam or the adjacent sheet...
@PersonaXIII , just curious: were you also the original poster @PriusZombie? Notice the latter does not auto-complete when typing.
To muddy the waters: protracted, overlooked coolant leak, due to the exhaust heat recovery system, can run the engine dry and cause head gasket...
^ It’s somewhat arduous, requires disconnecting the rear portion of exhaust.
I just go with the Toyota filter, pick it up at dealership. There’s a link in my signature about oil changes, maybe some relevant tips. I’ve done...
