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Poor mans **1st Gen** EV SWITCH!

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by marussell, Apr 20, 2005.

  1. marussell

    marussell New Member

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    Hey there, I've been reading about the EV siwtch which dosen't work for my 1st Gen... So I got to thinking, if it drives without gas then what if you TAKE OUT THE EFI FUSE! So I did, it tried to start but coulden't, didn't go to ready but I though Wth and put it in Reverse, backed out of the driveway!!!!
    Put it into Drive and went for a cruse on BATTERY POWER! How cool eh?
    Now you could put a switch on this fuse and turn it off and on when you want.

    The real question is this bad for it? Can this Damage it? I know if you drain the HV batteries your sol, but for minimal use would this be all right?????

    I'm so excited! :D
     
    #1 marussell, Apr 20, 2005
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    ..... Yea....
    It's not happy. It starts and drives fine with the fuse back in but...

    How do you clear this out?
     
    #2 marussell, Apr 20, 2005
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    Check engine light went away.
     
    #3 marussell, Apr 20, 2005
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    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    without a method to override excessive discharge of the traction battery, you would be better off playing russian roulette.
     
    #4 DaveinOlyWA, Apr 20, 2005
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    There is more to the EV mode than disabling the ICE. The computers are still in control protecting your investment. I would say that this is interesting but should not be repeated.
     
    #5 hdrygas, Apr 20, 2005
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    I'm not going to do it again, too worried. Interesting that it still worked though, good to know if the ICE dies somehow you can still drive it around the block.
     
    #6 marussell, Apr 20, 2005
  7. DanMan32

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    It hardly be different than out of gas. Also you might be wasting battery power trying to start the ICE using MG1.

    I am sure you got a MIL, and tons of DTCs.
     
    #7 DanMan32, Apr 21, 2005
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