Cost/hours to remove/replace/clean EGR cleaner/etc

I'll make sure he's aware of paying attention to the small egr passages. He's coming back on Friday to tackle that (looks like it'll stay apart til he's done).

$325 for EGR & Intake manifold...and a leak-down test afterwards. I think I'm gettin my money's worth there to not have to get my hands dirty (much, I helped with cleaning the cooler...and boy was that nasty work).

 

Gonna have to wait on the Catch Can for another time, this used up all my ready-funds. But it definitely goes on the list.

 

Nope, not physically capable anymore...even if I did trust myself around an engine for anything more complicated than an oil change.

IF I could pull it off, what he performed in 3.5 hours today, would take me a week or more (15 minutes at a time). Heart & lungs won't let me exert for longer periods.

It sucks gettin' old, man!

 

Meh, 75% of changing the oil is laying flat on your back.

And no worries on beatin' that dead horse. I've done the same before.

 

If I'm understanding you, I should get a couple of "T"s and a long piece of hose (and leave it intact until I actually get the Catch Can to install? That sounds do-able.

EDIT:

Nevermind, watching the NutzAboutBolts video.

 

Can you diagram where I'm supposed to T off of?

EDIT:

Nevermind, I'm in the process of watching the NutzAboutBolts video now.

 

Intake & EGR cleaned, we're gonna have to wait til another time to do the leak-down test.

Also didn't get the chance to do the prep-work for puttin in a catch-can...we simply ran out of time.

Those'll go on the list (catch-can definitely, leak-down if symptoms persist).

But I think (hope) after seeing the state that the EGR & Intake were in...that those were the crux of the problem.

When I took the intake to the carwash to clean out, I ended up COVERED in a coating of particulate soot. and of course the EGR cooler was 100% clogged until I got it cleaned out.

 

OK. Results time. Remember, 2010 Prius...130k(ish) miles.

After the following steps:

• Clean entire EGR system
• Clean intake manifold & wipe out Throttle Body
• Replace spark plugs (he said they looked "burnt"...I have a sneaky suspicion that they've never been changed)
• Added about 1/2 gallon of coolant lost in the process of disconnecting hoses/etc

I took it on a 10-mile test drive. Seems to be running just as good as before (remember the symptoms I was seeing were intermittent). Coolant temp (TorquePro) stays exactly where it was before. I SEEM to have gained 8mpg, but I know 10 miles isn't enough for the average MPG to steady out...every time you go up a hill or accelerate, you watch that number fluctuate.

Anyway. Time will tell if this resolved the intermittent issue(s).

Thanks to everyone for their help & advice through all of this.

 

I see that (and will probably forget about it before this comes up again).

Of note: "Generic" Asian Red coolant from NAPA is more red than pink, which concerned me (I poured some into a cup to compare them). But the NON-Generic version (Xerex) was exactly the same shade of pink as what was in the car (probably original fluid). Weird.

Everything I could find said "don't mix red & pink" so I was panicking a bit, because NAPA was out of the Xerex, I had to go to the next town over to get the pink stuff from O'Reilly's.

Coolant flush & refill is now on "The List" for some point in the future.