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ChapmanF replied to the thread Just need to vent....
Just what I was going to say. You can just barely touch your fingertip to the tube and slide it around the hose fitting, barely able to...
May 18, 2026 at 3:57 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread DIY 12V Battery Replacement Add'nl Info.
You seem to have learned a couple different things that you are mixing together. There isn't any Prius model where the aux battery only...
May 18, 2026 at 1:54 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread DIY 12V Battery Replacement Add'nl Info.
An electrical circuit powered by the car's high-voltage electrical system supplies 13 to 15 volts onto the car's low-voltage electrical...
May 18, 2026 at 11:18 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Pin size for L7.
Yeah, those are the little 0.5 mm non-waterproof ones with "no information for this terminal" because they're not in Toyota's...
May 18, 2026 at 2:37 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Intake manifold condensation causing cold start rattle / shudders.
PCV enters the main manifold passages, down lowish, I think. What makes the condensed EGR water so eminently snortable is that it's...
May 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Schematic of Gen 2 hydraulic brake system.
There are a couple of different kinds of diagrams you might be after, for different reasons: Schematic diagrams, which help you...
May 17, 2026 at 7:36 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Intake manifold condensation causing cold start rattle / shudders.
Well, water gonna condense. Exhaust has water, about a gallon (once condensed to liquid) per gallon of gasoline burned. I poured some...
May 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Do I need to do anything special to bleed front brakes only?.
I often will open the bleed screw while pushing back the piston for a pad replacement, so I am not forcing the fluid from the caliper...
May 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Tapping Knocking anyone know?.
Under the hood in the video looks like a 2ZR. That's quite a loud tap, sounds like about once per cam rev, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to...
May 17, 2026 at 3:33 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Do I need to do anything special to bleed front brakes only?.
Did you open the hydraulic connections at some point of your pad-replacement job? Bleeding is only needed if you did and air could have...
May 17, 2026 at 3:15 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Inverter coolant drain plug.
The inverter/transaxle coolant fills up spaces down as far as the spaces on the front of the transaxle case and inside the bellhousing...
May 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Clock spring and spiral cable trouble.
I bet it didn't have a snubbing resistor or diode protecting the contacts when they opened.
May 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Brake pedal pulsation with audible solenoid click.
Interesting symptom. This diagram is from ➡another thread where the gen 4 brake system was discussed⬅; maybe a look at it could shed...
May 15, 2026 at 10:14 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread "EGR DELETE" Instructions.
I'm not sure the evidence can support the idea that Toyota's move to catalyzed EGR for gen 4 had to do with specifics of a hybrid...
May 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
