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ChapmanF replied to the thread Just need to vent....
My bad. MIZZəld.
Feb 13, 2026 at 10:39 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread C1259 and C1310 still.
The (familiar once upon a time, but now less widely remembered) way that Toyota sometimes still enters part names in catalogs, with...
Feb 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread The high-voltage battery fan has been successfully cleaned.
Oh, in the second part of your question, you were still trying to loosen the nuts? You wrote "when I used all my strength to tighten"...
Feb 13, 2026 at 10:18 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Just need to vent....
'Misled' was one of the favorite miscues of a fifth-grade teacher I used to go out with; she said most of her students would pass...
Feb 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread coolant or water in AC connection.
The low-voltage electrical control signal connection to the A/C compressor is a multipole connector that's on top of the compressor...
Feb 13, 2026 at 9:51 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Misfiring After Egr And Intake cleaning..
That fools nearly everybody, because the motor/generator that cranks the engine is so much more powerful than a familiar starter that...
Feb 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread The high-voltage battery fan has been successfully cleaned.
Sometimes it works to get the lug wrench out of the back and jump up and down on it. If you have an impact wrench, you can use that....
Feb 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread 2014 Prius C air in engine coolant circuit.
The last cars I worked on that had heater core control valves were model years from the 1960s and 70s. More recently (and in the Prius...
Feb 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Prius 2010 Wheel Bearing Assembly: OEM or Aftermarket?.
^ A good reminder. In the past, I have left at least a couple of the bolts hanging on by the last couple threads, so when I finally...
Feb 11, 2026 at 12:54 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Prius 2010 Wheel Bearing Assembly: OEM or Aftermarket?.
In Geek, they have the same mean time before failure, where the mean is a kind of central point of a curve that can be kind of...
Feb 11, 2026 at 10:46 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Dreaded P0A80 Code - Car Running / Charging Good..
A Prius can't meet its emissions targets if the traction battery is to far gone.
Feb 10, 2026 at 10:07 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Dreaded P0A80 Code - Car Running / Charging Good..
While the confirmation pattern mentions Techstream, by looking at the steps in the procedure, you can see that what you need is any...
Feb 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Environmental News.
The industrial-scale sustained release of sterile males to maintain a barrier far to the south seems to have been an older story, as...
Feb 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread C1259 and C1310 still.
P0AFA is a code about a low voltage reading among the blocks of the traction battery, but the key point is, "low" for this code means...
Feb 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
