A Little help please...

I bought a 2004 that was hit in the front. I have it mostly put back together. However, after doing the major work I wanted to start the vehicle and move it. So I plugged in the main battery plug and re-hooked up the 12V battery. Then the dash lights lit up as well as a bunch of the idiot lights and I could hear the inverter making noise. When I push the power button, nothing. I am at a loss because when I bought the vehicle it had a broken engine mount. When I was putting the car in neutral it tried to start and I didnt have all the dash lights lit up. Of course I turned it off immediately because of the engine mount. Now I have a bunch of lights on and no start....any ideas??

 

Im pretty certain it is seated properly. When you plug it in, you need to kind of pull the plug down, then flip the lever...Im 99.9% certain it seated properly the second time I did it. But by all means, I will try again tomorrow. Thanks for the reply...keep them coming!

 

I will confirm tonight. I knew this was common. Thats why I did it twoce. And the second time was different than the first. But I will do it again a few times and see if I get a different outcome. Will advise tonight.
Thanks!

 

OK. so here we go. I played with the big battery plug and it was set properly. So I thought about the brake switch not making contact or reading properly to allow the vehicle to start. Because we had to replace the brake resovoir, we decided to bleed the brakes again. It started....now I have another issue. The engine cylinder number three was making a noise. When I bought the car we had to replace the intake manifold. It was shattered. We did our best effort to make sure no shrapnel was in any of the intake ports. But when the engine tried starting (It actually ran) number three did make a prominent noise. So we did a compression test. We had 200 lbs (seems really high to me) in every cylinder except #3. It had 100. Any ideas what to look for, or do I swap engines? Also as of now I ran it briefly for probably 30 seconds at a time. How long is it safe to try running for diagnostic reasons without cooling fluid in either system at idle? And just so I dont run the big battery low, is there a way to charge that pack? For now, thats all I have....
Thanks,
Jeff

PS- one other strange issue...the passenger window worked prior to starting the vehicle...now it doesnt roll up. The other windows work. We tried the passenger door switch as well as the drivers door switch for that window....

 

As I understand it, about 5 months before I bought it (5 months ago). I'll try the seafoam...its a cheap test, considering the alternative. I dont know what HV DTC's are, so pretty sure Im fine there...
Thanks, I will post the results next week. I am away from the car til then.

 

Ok. I didnt understand, and still dont have a thorough understanding of the whole prius system at this time. This is the first prius I have worked on. I will complete the repair and try seafoam. Then bring it to a place in Denver called Adopt-A-Part. They have the toyota Prius diagnostic equipment and seem pretty knowledgeable from the few times I have been there picking up various parts for this repair. And I believe they dont charge as much as Toyota for diagnostics in my area. If anyone knows of a dealership that will perform tests for less than $150 in the area please let me know.

I believe the engine was running, only because when we took put the plugs to do the compression test I could smell fuel, and had great spark. And when I walked behind the engine when we put the plugs back in, there was hot exhaust coming out of the tailpipe.

I thank you all for your advice. Most likely I will be here looking for some misc answers. But I do have the bonus of having my girlfriends Prius to look at while doing the repair for any visual inspections. When I got the car, it was partially taken apart already. So I am missing some parts still.....

As for the HV DTCs, when I posted that I took the previous post as this would be something I set. But now that I have gotten some sleep I believe that stands for High Voltage Diagnostic Trouble Codes?

I cant wait to get this car running. I got 49.2 MPG in my girlfriends car going 100 miles to work on the car at my friends shop, costing about 6 bucks....that same trip in my truck would have been about $25-30. God will I be happy to drive the Prius!:rockon:

 

David,

When we did the compression test we pulled all spark plugs. Then hit the power button, and the engine would start turning pretty much right away. Nothing come out, nor did it sound like there was a noise like pieces of shrapnel. I would lean more towards the suggestion that it was valve noise. Thank you for the idea.

Uart,

I think at this point, now that I see the electrical and contril system managing the ICE works, I think best bet is to at least put the cooling systems in place and then run it for a longer period of time. When the ICe was initially started, the noise was quite a bit louder than the last time I ran it for about 30-45 seconds, just to park it out of the way at the shop. So I am keeping my fingers crossed that Seafoam or something will loosen up the possible sticky valve.

All I did as far as running the car so far was run it where the ICE was turning for about 10-15 seconds at a time, probably 6 times total. Then parked it, with about a 30-45 second run time. Hopefully I havent ruined any pump, etc. I guess time will tell.

If anyone has any other suggestions on how to free up the valve(s) please chime in. I am thinking about pulling the valve cover off and seeing if it is possible to push each valve spring while there is no load on the valve from the cam. I think this should be fairly easy, just turn the ICE over with a ratchet on the crank...but as I mentioned before I havent worked on a prius prior to this one.

One last note, does it really matter which coolant I use for both coolant systems? I dont really care to buy from Toyota, as I am pretty sure it will be stupidly expensive to buy anything from them....

Thanks again all for the help!
Jeff

 

Im not sure. I was planning to take the valve cover off next week to inspect. I am grounded until then.....girlfriend wants to suck up my time all weekend...