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2010 Water Pump Drive Belt

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting' started by bauerhillboy, Nov 8, 2016.

  1. bauerhillboy

    bauerhillboy Junior Member

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    I read online wherever I search that my 2010 is beltless, yet when I look under the hood on the passenger side I swear I see a belt. I called a Toyota dealer today and asked about it and a service rep looked it up and said it's the water pump drive belt. I have 100k on my Prius and that's the time when I generally put new belts and hoses on a car...just to be sure. Why don't I see any replacements for this belt online? Why don't I see any talk anywhere? Has anyone else here changed this belt?
     
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    Can you post a picture of your car?
     
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    There is no belt on a 2010 Prius.
     
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    are you in the u.s.a.?
     
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    There is a lot of vagueness and misinformation here...
     
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    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    Some hint where you are would help. In North America, model years do not closely follow calendar years. Other locations do.
     
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  7. David Beale

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    OK, if you have a 1500cc engine it's a second generation Prius, probably a 2009, even though they may have called it a 2010. Check the date of manufacture on the drivers door jamb. This car will have a mechanical water pump, driven by a belt.

    If you have an 1800cc engine (grooved plastic silver coloured decoration on the top of the engine) you have no mechanical water pump and no belt. This will be a third generation Prius.

    You should be able to identify it with this information, but if not, see my Avatar on the left. That is a third generation body. The second generation is different.
     
    #7 David Beale, Nov 9, 2016
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