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Question about noises in the engine bay & maintenance items

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by DLC82SV, Sep 9, 2018.

  1. bisco

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    sorry, i'm on i phone. all i di is type in priuschat.com in the address bar.
     
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    Apparently there is more than one troll! That's the problem! Bwahahahaha! Capture%2B_2018-09-10-11-40-04~2.jpeg

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    I will try that on the google chrome app. That's how I view web pages. Thank you for the suggestion. I appreciate it.

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    pleasure, hope it works for you.
     
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    Hey, while you are in the area, check out the Mt. Evans Scenic Byway--I've been to both multiple times and I actually think I prefer Mt Evans. If you are busy, it is a similar experience, but less "touristy" and more likely to run into wildlife.
    EDIT: Doggoneit! closed for the season already.
     
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    I will definitely add it to my list! Thank you for the suggestion!

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    Glad you got to go up Pikes Peak. I haven't been up there since before grade school. But I have bicycled up Mt. Evans. What an experience that was!!! But it sounds like you're having a great adventure.

    Good advice on B mode. We had almost as big of a descent two weeks ago coming down from Clingman's Dome in Great Smokey NP. I wondered how a normal Prius would do. Our PiP filled the battery a little before we got all the way down and we had to use B mode for a few miles off and on.
     
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    And, Trail Ridge Road across Rocky Mountain National Park--One evening, I was there just before sundown and climbed the overlook over the Alpine Visitor center (the top end of the Alpine Ridge Trail)--Absolutely beautiful! What a sunset! Also really neat to see the ridge shadow on the mountains to the east! Probably getting a little cold, about now.
     
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    It’s definitely not you;).

    There’s plenty of company in the club you’ve joined(y).
     
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    The lung cancer really limits what I can do in the heat! This is really the best weather for me to do stuff. I will go check it out! Thank you so much for the awesome suggestions!

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    I live in the (filled) swamps in Louisiana (literally 3 feet below seal level), but there is nothing better than hiking in the clean mountain air in Colorado and Montana (go there EVERY chance I get :)) Be careful with the high altitude, the Alpine Visitors Center is "the highest facility of its kind in the National Park Service" at just about 12,000 ft. That overlook trail is a bunch of steps up the hillside with an occasional bench to rest. Have fun!:cool:
     
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    Didn't Toyota once a long time ago, provide new Prius owners with a CD that contained sounds they were likely to hear and encounter from their new Prius?

    I'm not saying this is wise, but when I first got my Prius? I told myself one of the things I was going to do, was ignore any random clicks, buzzing or other sounds. I knew I could freak myself out worrying about it, and that they were most likely "normal" and I figured if anything was really a problem...it would get worse and undeniable.

    That being said, My Gen 3 Prius was one of the quietest vehicles I have ever owned.
    Or maybe I'm just getting older now and my hearing is deteriorating...that's about a 50/50 bet.
     
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    It a 1000,000 transmission fluid you really have to replace it

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    that is an interesting number.:p
     
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    Has anyone put a million miles on a Prius? Did they only change the transaxle fluid once?
     
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