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ChapmanF replied to the thread Gen 2 Actuator ringing or P0011 cam timing? Red Triangle + Brake/VSC.
Pretty sure the honking noise is fluid going extra fast past one of the normal valves (not any kind of unusual relief valve) because...
Jun 12, 2026 at 11:14 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Passenger CV Axle Weight?.
I suspect that just means the new axle in question didn't come from Toyota.
Jun 12, 2026 at 11:09 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Environmental News.
... which had a long history of happening here, leading up to civil rights developments in the mid-20c. It's just that a particularly...
Jun 12, 2026 at 10:08 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread please read my future from these tea leaves (er, sparks plugs)... is it that time?.
The AI said "The spark plugs sit deep under the windshield wiper cowl assembly, which requires some plastic trim removal to access."...
Jun 12, 2026 at 9:58 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Rebuilding axles/noise damper,.
If you have the time and patience and special tools like boot clamp crimpers, rebuilding an original Toyota axle is thrifty, and leaves...
Jun 12, 2026 at 8:52 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Gen 2 Actuator ringing or P0011 cam timing? Red Triangle + Brake/VSC.
The brake pressure pump sounds a little like a joy buzzer or a rattlesnake, and it runs whenever the stored brake fluid pressure needs...
Jun 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Lots of lights.
Checking the dipstick is always a good first idea, no matter how recently an oil change was done. What the dipstick shows might not be...
Jun 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Lots of lights.
^ This. As long as you have the oil pressure light appearing, or the red triangle flashing when turning corners, there is no other...
Jun 11, 2026 at 6:36 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread 2012 Prius w/ 280k miles... high-pitched whining sound? while motionless, idling..?.
I usually find it pretty hard to hear any sound from the inverter, over the normal whine made by the throttle body motor. The times I...
Jun 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Micro Sleep example.
That's too bad. You can have arbitrarily interesting conversations with Google's large language model, and if you think the conversation...
Jun 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread 2012 Prius w/ 280k miles... high-pitched whining sound? while motionless, idling..?.
The most commonly asked-about 'whine' under the hood of a gen 3 comes from the throttle body motor and is normal, an acoustic form of...
Jun 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread how to clear error P0A80.
Driving the confirmation pattern is usually a way to hurry along the forgetting of the permanent code that would happen anyway in due...
Jun 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread 2012 Prius w/ 280k miles... high-pitched whining sound? while motionless, idling..?.
Can you post a recording?
Jun 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Problem with air flow and a/c.
Warming the plastic with a heat gun, heat lamp, etc. can also help. (Don't overdo it....)
Jun 10, 2026 at 4:15 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Replacing Single CD Player with Aux.
I went through that process with my Gen 1 and an adapter from DICE Electronics. The saga was in ➡this thread⬅. That adapter was a...
Jun 10, 2026 at 10:28 AM
