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Literal hydrolock is unlikely unless it was a huge sponge totally soaked with water. Enough fluid would be needed to (nearly) fill a cylinder....
Good point. I am so used to replacing caps in other applications after they have vented that I forgot that in this case the problem comes from...
That is very surprising given the small amount of fuzz on those fan blades. A mm or two stuck to the blades usually makes no difference at all in...
I would be a little concerned when going that route that the older cap would continue to degrade to the point where its internal resistance also...
I don't know what those lines are. Are both to that relay? Since relays do fail start by checking that. If you pull the relay is there...
P0A93? Inverter pump. If the failure is intermittent it would do just what you observed. OK to drive 15 minutes or so with that out in mild or...
Agreed, 11.8 is too low. OEM battery (dealer installed).
The dimmer seems to work OK, no glitching in the display brightness when it turns. This seems to be temperature dependent. When I got up pretty...
I noticed the other day that when the car is turned on the MFD is initially black and takes a few seconds (5?) to brighten to the point where it...
When you say it is "dead" and "no power" does that mean the car will not move or just no lights? There is a known problem with a component in the...
It means you have a leak. Fix it before rust becomes a problem. Check the ground from the battery for corrosion.
While I take your point, the example you chose isn't ideal, because for old dial controlled washing machines there often is a free workaround for...
On Saturday it was moderately warm (mid 70s) and sunny when we drove to a store about 10 miles away. The car sat in the sun there for roughly 30...
Replaced with what? A brand new battery or a rebuild? Either way the 2nd battery has 126K miles on it when the first only lasted 104K....
Check the 12V battery. Check it at its terminals and verify that those are tight and that the ground lead there is still good. (Give that a...
Very nice write up. The only issue I see is that the metal screen appears to be rusting already. Since you live where there is little rain and...
Not in this case - it was leaking freon.
Does your son have a lot of money or a good job? The Prius is inexpensive to drive - until it isn't. We bought ours used with a 3 month...
The 2007 Prius has an immobilizer system indicated by a flashing red car icon when the fob is out and the driver's door has been opened. Or so I...
Indeed. They passed the 12V battery and it was at death's door. However I trust my local mechanic more and he said the brakes were OK.
