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Slightly shaking engine and rattling noise on acceleration

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by MeGuinness, Jul 7, 2016.

  1. Mendel Leisk

    Mendel Leisk Senior Member

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    Even simpler: you have 100K miles? It needs cleaning.
     
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    Yes. From reading several threads here I gather this is a design flaw, but the parts don't need replacement, it only needs cleaning. A shop wouldn't have the time/patience to clean it, they would just throw $parts$ at it.

    Something I don't understand though fully, is this related to the head gasket design flaw in the 3rd gens? Will every ~75k miles of EGR/intake cleaning stave off the dreaded head gasket death?
     
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    I think so.
     
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    Hello will you find solution for this problem? I m also have this problem and i cleaned all of fuel system.egr also. The last chance is engine head. But i m so confused because very expensive it
     
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