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Coolant Flow Control Valve (Air heating issue)

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Technical Discussion' started by Cloaked, Nov 12, 2007.

  1. Cloaked

    Cloaked New Member

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    My heater is not working too swiftly in my 2005 Prius, and I am starting to get cold feet in the morning. I just hit 46k on it and took it in to Toyota to review a couple problems.

    After running a $49 diagnostic test on the car, I was infomed that I need a $400 coolant flow control valve.

    Obviously my main question is whether this is a costly proposition, can I get a valve somewhere else and are these codes accurate to the issue at hand (P1121, P1150, P1151, P1161)?

    Thanks for any feedback on this!
     
    #1 Cloaked, Nov 12, 2007
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    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    p1161 isn't showing up but the rest sure point out the valve in question.

    unfortunately, there's not a lot you can get aftermarket for these cars yet. doing this on your own is risky because getting air in the coolant loop is NOT good. $400 sounds reasonable for parts and install.
     
    #2 galaxee, Nov 12, 2007
  3. Cloaked

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    The $400 was only for the part. An additional $200 for the labor.

    The part is #16670-21010, and your correct about finding an after market, I can't find it anywhere.

    The Toyota tech was kind enough to give me all this information...
     
    #3 Cloaked, Nov 13, 2007
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Cloaked @ Nov 13 2007, 09:39 AM) [snapback]538844[/snapback]</div>
    Check back with them. $400 sounds like the whole job, the valve is only $66.47 list price. Try Hoy-Fox with your part #:

    http://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/ind...amp;catalogid=2

    (I tried to post a direct link to the part#, but it didn't work.)

    - Tom
     
    #4 Tom_06, Nov 13, 2007
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