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It may, but deposits are going to build up over time no matter what.
I don’t think there’s anything relevant in those two paragraphs: “At fixed power conditions, as the percentage EGR increases (0–21%), the...
It doesn’t. Who says it does? Colder intake air is more dense. This lets you get higher horsepower, because you can have more oxygen in the...
Is there a heat problem?
Thanks. Looks like a dealer visit is in my future.
I finally figured out what was causing the annoying rattle in the hatch area! The reverse light, which is affixed to the underside of the...
Or the piston rings are shot.
That’s not the EGR Pipe, it’s the EGR cooler, and I removed and cleaned that out once.
California needs vehicle emission controls; no question. Between the high population and the ecology of the Bay Area and LA Basin, smog will reach...
Every car fails at some point. At this point, I have 140,000 miles on my Prius and I haven’t had a single failure. I do maintain the car with...
I cleaned the EGR pipe twice — was never very bad — and removed/cleaned the whole EGR and intake manifold once. Replaced the PCV and I bought but...
Nothing at all wrong with using 5w30. Its one of the recommended viscosities for that engine. Toyota recommends the ultra-low viscosity in America...
My Prius Plug-in has clocked in 140,000 trouble-free miles. I’m wondering whether I should do a head gasket replacement this summer, to prevent a...
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Isn’t that what this thread is? Someone doing his or her homework to learn if a repair quote is fairly priced or not?
Sometimes Local TV news teams uncover fraud like this.
$800 to replace a PCV on a Prius isn’t being well-compensates, it’s ripping somebody off. $350 to refill the transaxle fluid on a Prius? Same thing.
The dealers have manuals which quote the labor rates based on the car model. These clowns know this; they’re trying to cheat people. For...
You should have read more than the first post before posting all that. :-)
When they reach 80,000 to 120,000 miles, there’s quite a lot of maintenance work to do. The dealers don’t do it all, and they charge far too much.
