Georgina Rudkus's Recent Activity

  1. Georgina Rudkus replied to the thread 2024 PRIUS XLE AWD TPMS SENSOR QUESTION.

    I wouldn't have bought preprogrammed TPMS sensors. I would find a tire service center that provides TPMS sensors that can clone the...

    Nov 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
  2. Georgina Rudkus replied to the thread My recent experience with a blowout on the right rear tire.

    The experience with the tire blowout made me very happy that I had purchased two keys with my wheel locks. I had inadvertently left one...

    Nov 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
  3. Georgina Rudkus liked fotomoto's post in the thread My recent experience with a blowout on the right rear tire.

    Been using this smaller jack on motorcycles for several decades but it started to lose pressure long ago so I got another one from HF...

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  4. Georgina Rudkus attached a file to the thread My recent experience with a blowout on the right rear tire.

    Here's a photo showing how the flat top converted Walmart Hyper Tough two ton jack can be stored under the rear floor panel of the Prius...

    stored in Prius v (1).jpg Nov 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
  5. Georgina Rudkus replied to the thread The apparent "LIFETIME " oil drain plug gasket.

    The steel drain plugs and crush washers that Toyota uses are a throwback to the days of steel and cast iron oil pan drain plugs and cast...

    Nov 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
  6. Georgina Rudkus replied to the thread My recent experience with a blowout on the right rear tire.

    The jack does not bounce around in the cargo area. It fits conveniently in the foam lined well under the top cargo floor. In the Prius...

    Nov 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
  7. Georgina Rudkus posted a new thread.

    My recent experience with a blowout on the right rear tire

    Since I acquired my 2012 Prius v new in that year, I've been contemplating on how to handle a tire blowout on that car. My first...

    flat top jack mod.jpg installed wo rubber.jpg on trolley jack lowered.jpg on trolley jack raised 2.jpg on trolley jack raised.jpg

    Forum: Prius v Main Forum

    Nov 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
  8. Georgina Rudkus posted a new thread.

    The apparent "LIFETIME " oil drain plug gasket

    After three oil changes and using the same oil drain plug gasket, I have experienced no leaks. The secret is apparently TEFLON or...

    Forum: Fred's House of Pancakes

    Nov 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
  9. Georgina Rudkus posted a new thread.

    My flat top two ton Walmart Hyper Tough trolley jack conversion

    Over the past 20 years, I have owned ad replaced three Harbor Freight 1.5 ton aluminum racing jacks. The first one weighed 23 pounds,...

    installed wo rubber.jpg flat top jack mod.jpg on raised jack 2.jpg

    Forum: Fred's House of Pancakes

    Nov 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
  10. Georgina Rudkus replied to the thread Need correct dimensions or parts number for oil drain plug and transmission drain plug..

    Oil pan drain plug is M12x1.25. Tansaxle drain and fill plugs are M18x1,5. I replaced both with aluminum hex head magnetic drain...

    Nov 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
  11. Georgina Rudkus liked Albert Barbuto's post in the thread How to choose synthetic oil?.

    Nov 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
  12. Georgina Rudkus replied to the thread How to choose synthetic oil?.

    If the jug has the same larger sized cap as Mobil 1, the Walmart Super Tech oil is made by Mobil 1. Warren Distribution has several...

    Nov 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
  13. Georgina Rudkus attached a file to the thread Is one of my TPS sensors failing... Or something else?.

    Sure, it's position 5 five and 6. It might have different colored wires, but it's the same position on the regular Gen 3 Prius. I...

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  14. Georgina Rudkus replied to the thread Is one of my TPS sensors failing... Or something else?.

    On my 2012 Prius v, one of the batteries in a sensor died. Having driven 40 years before the advent if TPMS and regularly checking tire...

    Nov 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM