Engine Code P261B Water Pump

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by Jon Batchelor, Mar 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM.

  1. ASRDogman

    ASRDogman Senior Member

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    Type in the model and year, sometimes vin number, and then the part you are looking for.
    I don't understand how that is hard? Or take the info to Toyota....

    Seems like you need the coolant pump, and coolant.
    Shouldn't hurt to get the thermostat also.

     
  2. Jon Batchelor

    Jon Batchelor Junior Member

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    Apologies. I love my car, but that doesn't mean I know a heck of a lot about them, in general. I put in my car's information on the dealership sites (and it seems to be all of them, I didn't try just one) and ask for water pumps and they give me listings for at least a dozen things, with all kinds of diagrams and blow ups and related parts. Then they call it the water pump assembly, and with things like gaskets for it and other bits, and mounting stuff and so on ... as a noob to their website, it's very confusing, and I don't know if that water pump assembly has all the parts I need to replace the pump, or if I have to get the gasket and/or other things separately.

    That's why I asked. But it had the proper part number, so I finally decided it was probably the whole thing. (Though, yes, will also be getting thermostat, since it's cheap and right there, and the actual Toyota coolant.)
     
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    They ask way too many questions! If they have the vin number, that is all they need
    because it tells them all about the car.

    I "think" it comes with the gasket.