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pasadena_commut replied to the thread Can you live by eating three $3 meals a day?.

Road kill. A Prius isn't just good for better mpg! Lots of recipes, just watch re-runs of The Beverly Hillbillies and follow Granny's...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread $1100 Refurbished Battery Performing Poorly After 3 Months.

I watched that video yesterday. Highly recommended. The little CAT scan pictures of batteries were really nice. For once you could...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Seeing when Open Loop to Closed Loop happens.

Used Torque on the return trip. Got on the highway and drove along occasionally checking coolant temperature and closed/open. It was...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Can you live by eating three $3 meals a day?.

Maybe 10 years ago the supermarkets all carried big bags of frozen veggies, like 2 or 3 lbs of peas, green beans, corn, or a mixture....

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Recent changes to Techron 12 oz. bottles?

For many years, like once a year, I pour a bottle of Techron in our cars' tanks before a fill up. Take off the cap, poke a hole in the...

Forum: Gen 2 Prius Main Forum

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Heating not working.

OP changed thermostat, maybe a big air bubble in the heater core? There is also the occasional pump jammed with bits of rubber: 08...

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Seeing when Open Loop to Closed Loop happens

Does the car give some clue when it shifts from Open Loop to Closed Loop? That is, some way the driver could definitively tell when...

Forum: Gen 2 Prius Main Forum

pasadena_commut replied to the thread What's with this damn light?!.

Now, just imagine that an adapter stem was installed with the tire, and an entirely external TPMS sensor was attached to that....

pasadena_commut replied to the thread How long does the LT Fuel Trim take to mean something?.

Just a followup. The car has been driven a bunch now, including a recent 350 mile highway (mostly) trip. LFT is -0.78%, so basically...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread What's with this damn light?!.

If a person's tire change interval is long the TPMS units should be changed with the tires, as they are pretty much guaranteed to go out...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread New Battery for 2005 Prius with 170K miles?.

How many miles on each car? What is the problem with the Sienna that is so bad the car has to go? How much do you drive? If you put...

pasadena_commut replied to the thread Coolant pump on storage tank operation.

What kind of battery tester doesn't show the voltage? That's almost like having a bathroom scale that gives a person's surface area but...