I'm a Gen 3 owner too!

I hope this Prius makes you as happy as the other!

 

congrats! how many miles on her?

 

Perfect time to clean the egr before she blows

 

Heed the man.

It'll be all good if you undergo this 3rd gen rite of passage.

Come to think of it, I don't think @bisco has taken his own advice? Biding his time?

Some boilerplate (and attachments):

The simplest way to see where you're at, is to check the degree of carbon build up in the EGR pipe, a stainless steel connecting pipe between the EGR valve and intake manifold. Watch @NutzAboutBolts video #16 here:

Nutz About Bolts Prius Maintenance Videos | PriusChat

Two or three other videos linked there too, for the full cleaning of the intake manifold, full EGR clean, and Oil Catch Can install.

Good thread:

EGR & Intake Manifold Clean Results | PriusChat

Another:

Oil Catch Can, Eliminate that knock! | PriusChat

Some tools worth having:

E8 Torx socket (mandatory)
E6 Torx socket (optional, but good to have, to remove the throttle body studs from intake manifold)
3/8" ratchet wrench, regular and long handle, flex head, you can never have enough (or 1/2 plus reducer)
1/4" ratchet wrench, or 3/8" to 1/4" reducer
Ratchet extensions: you can never have enough
Long needle nose piers, straight and bent tip
Ratcheting 12mm box wrench (optional, but makes disconnection of the EGR cooler from exhaust easier)
Torque wrench (3/8" and 1/4" both good to have)
Floor jack and safety stands (or ramps): basically some method to raise front, if you need to take underpanel off, which you may need to, both for access and to recover dropped items.

 

Idk, 18,000 miles on my engine, what do you think?
I’ll probably never have more than 25,000

 

Ah...

 

Never is a big word.

But why not try your hand at what you recommend .

 

i have a hard enough time getting myself to do the things i should do, no need to make busy worrk. but if somebody blows a gasket before 25,000, i'll move it from the way back burner to the back burner.

idk, unless something changes, i'll probably be dead before this thing hits 25k.

 

Don't take that "like" the wrong way, just I hear yah, lol.