Coolant Flow Control Valve (Air heating issue)

Cloaked · 11-12-2007, 03:10 PM

My heater is not working too swiftly in my 2005 Prius, and I am starting to get cold feet in the morning. I just hit 46k on it and took it in to Toyota to review a couple problems.

After running a $49 diagnostic test on the car, I was infomed that I need a $400 coolant flow control valve.

Obviously my main question is whether this is a costly proposition, can I get a valve somewhere else and are these codes accurate to the issue at hand (P1121, P1150, P1151, P1161)?

Thanks for any feedback on this!

galaxee · 11-12-2007, 06:54 PM

p1161 isn't showing up but the rest sure point out the valve in question.

unfortunately, there's not a lot you can get aftermarket for these cars yet. doing this on your own is risky because getting air in the coolant loop is NOT good. $400 sounds reasonable for parts and install.

Cloaked · 11-13-2007, 09:39 AM

The $400 was only for the part. An additional $200 for the labor.

The part is #16670-21010, and your correct about finding an after market, I can't find it anywhere.

The Toyota tech was kind enough to give me all this information...

Tom_06 · 11-13-2007, 12:52 PM

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Quote:

The $400 was only for the part. An additional $200 for the labor.

The part is #16670-21010, and your correct about finding an after market, I can't find it anywhere.

The Toyota tech was kind enough to give me all this information...
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Check back with them. $400 sounds like the whole job, the valve is only $66.47 list price. Try Hoy-Fox with your part #:

http://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/ind...amp;catalogid=2

(I tried to post a direct link to the part#, but it didn't work.)

- Tom

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11-12-2007, 03:10 PM	#1
Cloaked Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	My heater is not working too swiftly in my 2005 Prius, and I am starting to get cold feet in the morning. I just hit 46k on it and took it in to Toyota to review a couple problems. After running a $49 diagnostic test on the car, I was infomed that I need a $400 coolant flow control valve. Obviously my main question is whether this is a costly proposition, can I get a valve somewhere else and are these codes accurate to the issue at hand (P1121, P1150, P1151, P1161)? Thanks for any feedback on this!

11-12-2007, 06:54 PM	#2
galaxee uphill battling Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: central NC/ western WI Posts: 8,776 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 5 Times in 3 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 17	p1161 isn't showing up but the rest sure point out the valve in question. unfortunately, there's not a lot you can get aftermarket for these cars yet. doing this on your own is risky because getting air in the coolant loop is NOT good. $400 sounds reasonable for parts and install.

11-13-2007, 09:39 AM	#3
Cloaked Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	The $400 was only for the part. An additional $200 for the labor. The part is #16670-21010, and your correct about finding an after market, I can't find it anywhere. The Toyota tech was kind enough to give me all this information...