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pasadena_commut replied to the thread Sealing off cylinders without screwing spark plugs back in?.

Head down, threaded shank up? Could work if I can find some bolts of the right size with perfectly flat heads and no raised letters....

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Sealing off cylinders without screwing spark plugs back in?.

Nothing, once, or even twice. However, I wanted to get some numbers on how much solvent remains in each cylinder over time, probably...

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Sealing off cylinders without screwing spark plugs back in?

At some point I need to do a piston soak, and I want to check the level of the solvent in each cylinder periodically using some sort of...

Forum: Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion

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Rotate motor by hand possible when?

(I could swear I asked this before but could not find the thread. Sorry if this is a duplicate.) Is it possible to rotate the ICE by...

Forum: Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Car won't start - replaced 12v battery to no effect.

Pretty likely given the "I'm not a mechanic" statement that the poster doesn't own the tools to do this work. They wouldn't cost all...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Car won't start - replaced 12v battery to no effect.

If you detach one connector and then replace the AM2 fuse and the car starts then it pretty much has to be a bad pump. The car will...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Preparing for 100+ mile daily drive..

Rent a space off campus nearby? Living an hour from campus is going to suck both socially and academically.

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Please I’d this part.

Assuming that all the plastic flaps are still present... 1. look for a plastic flap with an unoccupied hole in it. 2. look behind...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread code p3102 and intermittent triangle of DOOM.

If a bad/weak battery is the problem then yes, that should fix it and the car should be able to move. Again, be very careful that the...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread code p3102 and intermittent triangle of DOOM.

B1421 just means the car was in the shade during the test. (Solar sensor - does it see the sun or not, basically.) B1442 may be a bad...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread How much is your local "Trump at the Pump Tax?".

So they chose a storage mode where roughly half of the fuel that goes in can never come out again? Possible I suppose, but really odd....

pasadena_commut replied to the thread P3102 on 2008.

I'm highly dubious about desulfating modes for AGM batteries. Most of those charger modes are for conventional flooded lead acid...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread P3102 on 2008.

I wouldn't trust a battery that had been discharged to that voltage. It might charge up to something reasonable, but it is probably...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread code p3102 and intermittent triangle of DOOM.

That battery is at a very low state of charge. That may or may not have anything to do with your current problem, but it isn't good....

pasadena_commut replied to the thread code p3102 and intermittent triangle of DOOM.

There is no alternator, there is only the inverter. 11.7 is low, but not so low that the car should not start - IF it stays at that...