... I followed a link that was given a short while back and it didn't look at all easy. It required removing a bunch of stuff off the top of the engine that I...
Hi Gene, You are probably referring to a link on Hobbit's website, where he removed the inverter prior to replacing the transaxle fluid. He did this "for...
Correction for the following: Instead of "fill plug", I should have said "drain plug". Corrected text follows: "Clean off the accumulation of ferrous powder...
... Hi, Patrick. Thanks for the great tutorial! Sounds like a good project to do before winter hits here. One question. When you say "fluid viscosity has...
Hi Bill G., The used fluid becomes thinner. Bob Wilson established a file containing various used transaxle fluid tests at Yahoo toyota-prius-sat2 group....
Clean is better than dirty, but what is the attraction to Diesel? Here in the northeast its still almost a $1 more than gas at any price. The MPG increase...
Toyota Prius Hybrid, 2G (2004-2009)> ... No, you don't have to remove anything. Some people remove the plastic cover over the radiator to get better access...
Presently diesel fuel sells for about 36 cents, (about 13%) a gallon more
than premium gas, here locally . Comparing the Mercedes E350 gas engine
model which...
In my country diesel was about 1/3 cheaper than gas. Besides you can run about 1/3 more Km with the same amount of diesel. Diesel is not so polluting nowadays....
Hi. I have a 2007 Pruis. Recently, after a couple of rainy days, I noticed the sound of water sloshing around in the engine area upon start up and driving...
There is a compartment below the windshield wipers that has a drain plug. That gets clogged at times, causing the sloshing you have heard. Open the hood. On...
Hello Madison Hybrid Group members and friends! Next Saturday, November 8th, is the final MHG meeting of 2008. 10:00 am - Noon. To change things up, once...
Hi everyone, I would like to let you know about some nice PRIUS apparel and gifts you might be interested in buying for yourselves. It seems to have grown to ...
But there was no dirty gas guzzling hybrid cars to cloud the image. It is easy to change people's mind when every hybrid on the road performs well. You have a...
I just had the 60K service yesterday. My brakes are at 10mm (front disc) and 3.5mm (rear drum). The dealer said the front pads were like new. For the rear,...
There was a question back then of all these hybrid batteries laying in land
fills. Cpt. Denny Port St. Lucie, FL. USA. '08 MB E320 Blue Tec '04 Tideland #9 ......
It seems pointless to continue this exchange because you didn't get it at all. Your question back then never turned into reality. These hybrid batteries...
... Well, Dennis and you are taking the same side. It is all about the perception. In the case of hybrids, the perception is still what to do with the...
Hi all.. This is a question that baffles me a bit and I'm sure someone with more technical know-how than myself has an answer... On the Prius touch-screen MFD,...
Unfortunately, the Toyota engineers opted for that silly el cheapo digital crap clock that serves no other purpose than to remind us that we are not worthy...
Very interesting that in Southern FL, the differential is so small - here in NW FL, I've seen as little as $0.60 diff, and as much as $0.99 difference in the...
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