A Little help please...

Thanks for the HV DTC info and the other help. I think I will feel better to see what is happening with the valves before I try starting it again...even though any damage is most likely done by now with the short time frames I let the engine run so far. But before running it again I plan on getting the cooling system hooked up. Unbelievably on that note, it appears nobody in Denver has the lower coolant hose for the ICE...I will have to try a salvage yard on Monday or wait til the end of the week next week for someone to get one shipped here...crazy!
I suppose the price Patrick said for coolant seems reasonable enough that I may as well get it from Toyota. If the engine noise goes away, it does only have 76K miles on it. So I may as well put the money in it and drive the wheels off of it....and probably do the Plug In conversion..Thanks Colorado for the hefty rebate!

 

So I put the cooling system in and had no problems getting the inverter bled. Also have coolant in the ICE system. SO I start it, and it runs for a bit, then shuts down, showing main battery icon with the +/- in it.
So I pull the 12V - battery post, reinstall and restart the car. ICE is running, showing charging HV battery. HV battery somewhat quickly drains, and main battery light comes on, car shuts off....The car sat for about 9-10 months totalprior to me buying and getting it to this point. Now the car doesnt want to start. I made sure the 12V posts were tight, and the battery shows 12.76V. I dont have a load tester. Also made sure the doors were closed when trying to run it and get the HV battery to charge. I would have thought the engine running should have charged the HV battery....And strangely, I have moved the car with the HV battery and it showed about 50% charge today when I started the engine..
BTW, didnt get it to run long enough to see if the engine noise is going away. Maybe a run time of 5 minutes, tops...

 

I do see arrows showing charge from the ICE to the battery...but after a couple of minutes the car shuts off and shows the main battery icon along with some other crap that I dont remember right now, like the big red triangle on the dash. Oh and a car with an exclamation point in it.

I guess I will finish putting the car together and throw it on a trailer and have Adopt-A-Part run codes. Will the ridiculously expensive crappy Snap on OBD computer work for Prius codes?

Adopt-A-Part is making out great on my project Prius. lol. I wonder if they have a HV charger...I would guess so, seeing as they recondition HVs unless they charge one cell at a time?

Thanks for the help!

 

So I played with the car again briefly today. I noticed when I start the car it shows charging when in P. When I put it in gear I dont show any charging and as I mentioned earlier, the car dies after a minute or so and the main battery light comes on. Could this be an inverter issue? Or is it possible that the main battery needs a higher state of charge for the system to actually work? I know its a long shot but I figure I would ask people more wise than me...I am still learning about the Prius.

 

I will try it Friday when I am at the shop. But I think I tried to do that and the car wouldnt rev. It only seems to try revving when I am in gear. But I will verify.

Thanks!

 

LOL. I must be exhausted or something...yeah, it clearly states D....

 

It does move forward and backwards. But it shuts the whole system down after only about a minute or two. and the main battery light comes on when it shuts down. And I mean it shuts down the engine when this happens. No Go at all then. Im a bit confused to say the least.

 

Yeah, thats what Im thinking at this point. Can I use an OBD II to get the codes? Someone told me I had to use the Toyota scan tool. Can someone please clarify if an OBD II will work for pulling codes? A friend of mine has the snap on OBD II computer, as well as a simple OBD II reader.

Thanks!

 

So I read for hours on this site and have formulated a little plan for when I get back to the shop (2 hours away).
1-go into maintenance mode via the prius self test procedure to see if the battery is fine or not

2-look to make sure the fuses are all good, including the skinny wire that appears to run from the battery to a fuse block

3- check codes with the OBD II reader that I have available locally to see if there are and simple codes that can be read. Clear codes.

4-repace spark plug. One for some strange reason had no clearance.

5-try to force charge the car with previously posted directions, yes, making sure to put the car in D...lol

6- unhook 12V battery, while I am at it, unplug the main battery plug. Wait about 5 min, then rehook both. then start car and try putting it in Neutral to see if this allows the engine to run if previous doesnt work

7- part of me thinks the throttle control motor may be the issue, seeing as the plastic housing is cracked off part of it.

I also have another question. If I dont have all the wiring in the front connected (lights, etc, would it possibly cause such an issue as I am having? I see these cars are very touch electronically and thought I would throw that out there just in case.

Oh yeah, step 8, finish putting car together.

 

I have all the sensor wiring hooked up I believe. Just not the lights. At any rate when I post next I will have had the vehicle together hopefully, and clear the codes with a generic OBD II and see what happens. Then on a trailer it will go. I plan on bringing it to Adopt-A-Part to have them run diagnostics. I'll post what I find.

 

Yeah that's the conclusion I had too. But prior to starting I put a magnet down the hole in case there was a piece of the ring in the cylinders. And then I looked as best I could down the holes with a small LED light. Couldnt see or feel anything. Also turned the engine over a bunch with a ratchet on the crank and didnt hear anything.....anyway yeah, if there was something down there I hope it got spit out too. I'm hoping maybe the plug was dropped by my buddy prior to putting it back in??