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Swapping in a Gen 4 Prius' 2ZR Engine into the Prius v

Discussion in 'Prius v Accessories and Modifications' started by Tideland Prius, Sep 28, 2018.

  1. VasKeZ

    VasKeZ Junior Member

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    2010 Prius
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    Five
    I took the car for spin on the highway and the p0012 code came back. Looks like I have some reading/watching videos to do... Ok- found this video on the subject that I thought was pretty useful:



    In it, he talks about the common problems and fixes:

    1. Oil: is too old, is too low, or wrong type used. I had done an oil and filter change yesterday. I put in the 4.4 quarts of the 0W-20 synthetic (Mobile) like recommended in the manual. The oil level also looks correct on the dipstick.
    2. Check the variable valve timing control coil (Toyota call it a Camshaft Timing Oil Control Valve). It's on the top, left (passenger side) of the engine. The harness is plugged in and all the way so I decided to swap it with the Gen 3...
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    Hmmm... I don't think that's supposed to be bent like that. The one off of the Gen3 is straight.

    I believe that something heavy was placed on top of the engine because when prepping the engine I noticed the #2 coil had a cracked and bent connector body compared to the rest of the coils.
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    I figured that I'd just run the engine later on and see if I got any codes, then replace it, but I didn't realize that something else (VVT cam sensor) was also f'd as well. On a side note, I also had to replace the crank position sensor on the back side of the engine, b/c it was also just a wee bit f'd.
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    So, I popped in the VVT Sensor, fired up the car in maintenance mode, and I cleared the codes. After a bit of rough idling, the idling smoothed out and the p0012 code didn't seem come back! Yay. I then took the car for a spin on the highway...

    Yep, P0012 is solved, but I ended up getting P0403 on this test drive... ugh. So close!

    Update: Damn! another connector not plugged all the way in!
     
    #1141 VasKeZ, Aug 23, 2024 at 12:41 PM
    Last edited: Aug 23, 2024 at 12:48 PM
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