2014 Prius V engine swap

Right. It should stay clean and dry inside.

 

It’s 3rd gen? Has spin-on filter conversion.

 

PatrickBrian, this is why I have been member of Priuschat since Sept of 2015. If you don't know how to do it, someone in here has done it! Hybridpit is my go to for the big stuff. They are good people.

 

We appreciate you as well, Thank you for the kind praise.

 

Patrick, thanks for the images of the car running. That makes all of our efforts from taking the original phone call, to building the engine, to shipping it all worth while. Don't forget that first oil change at 500 miles and ease into the break in period...congrats on the install, you're awesome.

 

Patrick,
Awesome job! Congrats on getting the car done. I did the head gasket on my 2012 last year and, well, that car kind of did the same trip as yours--it is with a daughter now too! Oddly, however, after about 17K I started getting misfires. I have a whole thread here on PriusChat about that. I still haven't completely figured out the issue, but for a while the running thought was that the HG job didn't take. At that point I also talked with Hybrid Pitstop about getting an engine. In the end, we decided that the issue probably wasn't the HG so it didn't make sense to replace the engine. HOWEVER, I have to say that I was very happy with my conversations with HP. They were not trying to sell something to me that I (probably) do not need, and that makes me feel really really good. If I do need an engine, I have every expectation that they will be the vendor from whom I make a purchase.

For what it is worth... I still haven't quite nailed the misfire problem. To discount a fuel pump I put in a "new" one from a totaled car with the rationale being that the probability that both were failing was quite low. The issue got "better" but after 1400 miles I'm getting pending codes on all cylinders. The current thought is that it might be a coil pack going bad. A single bad pack can, apparently, manifest itself in misfires on *all* cylinders. To help diagnose this, I bought a 2014 Prius V this morning. OK, I jest... in part. I did pick up another V this morning but only to replace the one my daughter took from us! I rather like the format of the car, and gas in California is expensive. But now that I have two near identical cars, I am considering swapping all the coil packs. If the problem goes to the new car (which has over 17K on the time since reset) then that is a pretty strong pointer towards a pack being bad. At that point, I'll probably just replace them all. Fingers crossed.

Anyhow, nice job on the repair! Your daughter must be delighted.

 

You could get a minimum length Toyota tech info subscription and download. Make a a list of other sections of interest. If it’s same as hatchback Prius don’t bother, there is a pdf of 2010 3rd gen full manual.

 

Toyota Tech Info site will have repair manual for Prius v, with brake info. Its parking brake mechanism is different. You’ll need to take out a short term subscription though.

https://techinfo.toyota.com/techInfoPortal/appmanager/t3/ti?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=ti_home_page&goto=https%3A%2F%2Ftechinfo.toyota.com%3A443%2Fagent%2Fcustom-login-response%3Fstate%3Dn6xMouJ7HA-6Y4CNmkVIF_i0HT0&original_request_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechinfo.toyota.com%3A443%2F

 

Hi Patrick,
It is an ongoing project, the thread for which can be followed here:

Suddenly getting misfires on all four cylinders | Page 7 | PriusChat

I'll give you the quick summary though... I did a head job, and I still think that worked well. However, I started getting misfires about 13-15K after the head job. I had a real mechanic look at the car and he felt the head was fine but the misfires were so intermittent that we couldn't nail down the issue. I replaced the fuel pump assembly and chain tensioner, as low cost shots in the dark. Then, at about 17K after the head job (so roughly 120K total) the car failed to start again at an intersection in a horrible part of town with my 25 year old daughter alone. Not something I like to think about. Had the car towed 55 miles back to my house (thankfully, had AAA Premium, or whatever it is called, so that tow was free). I pulled the valve cover and the 3 rockers on the intake cam were sitting in the bottom of the vault--definitely not the way it was when I put it back together after doing the chain tensioner! Further, many, if not all, of the other rockers on the intake were similarly loose. The exhaust can has tension on them. Nobody on the forum seems to have a reason for why this would be the case.... I do NOT want another dead engine with my daughter, so like you, I decided to get a reman'd engine from Hybrid Pit. Greg was the sales rep I worked with, and I give him high marks for his customer service skills--nice guy. The engine showed up at the FedEx terminal the day after shipping (bit of a fiasco there, apparently, because FedEx didn't show up with the liftgate truck I paid $100 more to have show up, so Greg (et al) had to lift the engine up into the truck). I picked up the engine the engine the next day due to family obligations and then the weather went south. I've moved the engine into the back of my van because it is a safe dry place to store it until tomorrow, New Year's Day.

I managed to purchase an engine hoist off CraigsList earlier in the week, so tomorrow I hope to pull the old engine out and see how far I get with the new engine. Finger's crossed, but from what I understand, it is actually easier than doing the head job. Fluids will all be here Tuesday, so even if I finish with the install earlier, I won't be starting anything until those are in, obviously.

I actually found a fairly reasonably priced used 2014 Prius V with 100K about 2 weeks ago and bought that to replace the one my daughter took. That came in handy as the HV battery on the 2012 dead Prius was getting very low. Unfortunately, the HV battery is required to start the car, so I temporarily swapped the packs so that I could charge the 2012. That was a minor PITA, but easier than charging individual cells if I ran out of juice. I had the time, so it seemed prudent to do the work so that I don't run into a dead battery.

My daughter is actually in South Africa for about 3 weeks, so I am hoping i can get the 500 miles in before the first oil change before she comes back.

Questions for you:

1. Do you have a guide for engine removal/installation?
2. How would you rate the difficulty of the job? It doesn't strike me as horrible, but I'm curious to hear what you think now that you are done.

 

Prius v has top-hat-shaped rear rotors with simple calipers squeezing on them for the service brakes, and itty bitty brake shoes inside for the parking brakes.

There is a pdf for 2010 Gen 3 floating around, but it ain't the full manual. There are whole sections missing, some because the people clicking print-to-file hundreds of times to make the pdf just missed some, others because they were added later in the online manual (like all the info on replacing internal inverter components, 'cause originally only the assembly was available). The whole section on the airbag system comes from a 2009 Gen 2 manual, however that happened.

So that pdf is kind of convenient to look in quickly for most stuff if you find it there, but if you make the mistake of thinking it's the full manual, you'll just think you're losing your mind the first time you look for something that's not there.