2013 Prius Head Gasket?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by David Wallace, Jul 24, 2026 at 10:18 PM.

  1. David Wallace

    David Wallace New Member

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    Hello,

    Wanted to ask for your help diagnosing potential head gasket on my 2013 Prius at 220K miles.

    *Please see attached view in cylinder 1 where I think I see coolant droplets?

    symptoms
    - slowly losing coolant from reservoir can’t find external leak
    - started with misfire (rattle) on cold starts then progressively moved to misfire shudder for 1-3 seconds every stoplight once engine heats up - otherwise drives normal avg 45-50 mgs
    - no codes (but did have p301 cyl 1 misfire months ago)
    - cyl 1 spark plug looked either lean or maybe a tiny bit washed

    tests
    - compression (cyl 1 - 120 with other 3 between that up to 130)
    - exhaust gas reservoir test (passed)
    -ignition coils passes

    What I’ve done
    - cleaned egr valve, cooler, pipe, and intake manifold
    - new spark plugs, air filter, oil change with filter, air filter
    - new injectors
     

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  2. PriusCamper

    PriusCamper Senior Member

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    If you're this skilled at diagnosis, I'm sure you'll find this particular head gasket job easy. There's been people on here with way less skill than you who have done the headgasket successfully.