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ChapmanF replied to the thread Doesn't this make you feel like a mushroom?.
My solution to high medical costs is to stop getting sick
May 21, 2026 at 9:42 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Engine makes a noise like its reving motorbike.
People occasionally steal catalytic converters. That leaves the exhaust system open right after the engine exhaust manifold, producing...
May 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Gear shift button isn't needed?.
Here's what the book says is s'posed to happen, so yeah, yours is being weird: [img] The shift out of P is supposed to require both...
May 21, 2026 at 6:58 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Re-starts by itself. Won't start. Loses 12V battery power?.
One of our lab assignments in electricity&magnetism in college was to make capacitors out of two sheets of foil and our E&M textbook...
May 21, 2026 at 6:15 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Sea-level doom from Antarctic melting.
Post #90 appears to be a post, made by you, quoting Mendel.
May 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Doesn't this make you feel like a mushroom?.
None of us has said so, but your insight into our inmost thoughts doesn't seem to depend on that.
May 21, 2026 at 5:05 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread My 2012 Prius V with 172,000 miles started having the oil light comes on even when the oil is full?.
Are you seeing the light on all the time, or a lot, like easy to catch it that way? Or just blinking on now and then? If easy to catch,...
May 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread 2005 Prius dashboard sound during hot day.
That sounds like it might be an actual dashboard squeak then. I hate those. Which is kind of the easiest thing to do about them.
May 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Re-starts by itself. Won't start. Loses 12V battery power?.
Another thing that happens more often than you might expect is if there's been a history of repeatedly disconnecting and reconnecting...
May 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Accidentally submerged MAP sensor on intake manifold in hot water and Purple Power.
Or look at the reading on a scan tool and compare it to the known pressure. Some sensors are tricky to test. For this one you don't...
May 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Intake manifold condensation causing cold start rattle / shudders.
I don't think I would expect much. The round rule that burning a gallon of gasoline produces about a liquid gallon's worth of water...
May 21, 2026 at 4:38 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread First time owner. Is this normal?.
I played with that too when I got my first Prius. I guess most people can't help having to try it out. For me the distance could be a...
May 21, 2026 at 12:03 AM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Accidentally submerged MAP sensor on intake manifold in hot water and Purple Power.
All it has to do is say what the air pressure is. You could plug it in and watch the reading on a scan tool. If it's close to what your...
May 20, 2026 at 11:57 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Doesn't this make you feel like a mushroom?.
That trade-offs are to be expected, and might involve longevity? Sure, I meant to imply that. That such trade-offs "always require...
May 20, 2026 at 8:32 PM -
ChapmanF replied to the thread Doesn't this make you feel like a mushroom?.
I'm not sure there's anybody in this thread who has said so. I did suggest that engineering choices to improve some metrics often...
May 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
