2006 Prius - Crunching sound & Loss of Oil

To shift the car out of the way with engine pulled, @Ragingfit employed dollies under the wheels. They’re kinda pricey though I think.

I’ve thought about doing an engine lift in our garage. First off, a 200 lb engine, while not trivial, is not a lot. If a 200 lb person climbed up into the attic and starting walking around atop the ceiling joists, I doubt anything would break, let alone deflect.

My thought would be to use a relatively cheap hoist, say a come-along suspended from a sturdy section of horizontal steel pipe, securely underslung from the garage ceiling joists (spreading the pipe support loads over at least two joists), in such away that you can “scoot” the come-along (with raised engine) a few feet along the pipe, enough to be beyond the car.

when @Ragingfit pulled his engine he didn’t remove the hood. He even inadvertently forgot to remove exhaust manifold, pulled the engine with it still attached, and it just brushed by the hood. This was a gen 3 fwiw:

Swapping in a Gen 4 Prius' 2ZR Engine into the Prius v | PriusChat

 

Never used these personally but Harbor Freight sells a set of dollies to move the vehicle, provided the ground is smooth and level, these ought to work to skate the car around. Vehicle Dollies - 2 Piece, 1500 Lb. Capacity

 

Yeah it's a toss-up: $130 USD (for four of the above linked dollies) in order to shift the car out of the way, or some method to shift the lifted engine forward enough to be clear of the front bumper.

 

Neighbour two houses over from us has one of these:

And maybe one of these:


It IS sand pounder to acquire such if you''re likely to use only once or twice. I wouldn't doubt you could find them cheap on Craiglist too