Swapping in a Gen 4 Prius' 2ZR Engine into the Prius v

I took the car for spin on the highway and the p0012 code came back. Looks like I have some reading/watching videos to do... Ok- found this video on the subject that I thought was pretty useful:

In it, he talks about the common problems and fixes:

1. Oil: is too old, is too low, or wrong type used. I had done an oil and filter change yesterday. I put in the 4.4 quarts of the 0W-20 synthetic (Mobile) like recommended in the manual. The oil level also looks correct on the dipstick.
2. Check the variable valve timing control coil (Toyota call it a Camshaft Timing Oil Control Valve). It's on the top, left (passenger side) of the engine. The harness is plugged in and all the way so I decided to swap it with the Gen 3...

Hmmm... I don't think that's supposed to be bent like that. The one off of the Gen3 is straight.

I believe that something heavy was placed on top of the engine because when prepping the engine I noticed the #2 coil had a cracked and bent connector body compared to the rest of the coils.

I figured that I'd just run the engine later on and see if I got any codes, then replace it, but I didn't realize that something else (VVT cam sensor) was also f'd as well. On a side note, I also had to replace the crank position sensor on the back side of the engine, b/c it was also just a wee bit f'd.


So, I popped in the VVT Sensor, fired up the car in maintenance mode, and I cleared the codes. After a bit of rough idling, the idling smoothed out and the p0012 code didn't seem come back! Yay. I then took the car for a spin on the highway...

Yep, P0012 is solved, but I ended up getting P0403 on this test drive... ugh. So close!

Update: Damn! another connector not plugged all the way in!

 

Another test drive later and no codes! Amaizing! I'll check in later to post anything noteworthy.

This thread and @Ragingfit 's videos have been a godsend! I also got some bracket inspiration from this UK guy's video

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Speaking of brackets, here are a few that I created for the engine. All of them were made using aluminum angle & plate from a local scrap metal place (it's SUPER inexpensive to get all types of metal there). I used a few woodworking tools, a hack saw, desktop drill press, and table saw to cut, shape and bend the parts into existence.

• Below the water outlet to support the harness:
  
• On the front, Driver's side, top corner to replace the now missing 3rd mounting point for the air box and add another place to attach the vapor hose:
  
  
• on the top, rear, driver's side of the engine (crossing over the vapor pipe) to add a mounting spot for the harness side of the connector to the engine coolant temperature sensor that is tied into the bleed port:
  
  (sorry for the not so great pic- didn't feel like taking off the whipper assembly just to get another pic)

And now for the obligatory finished engine-installed shot:

Redoing the headlights is probably going to be my next project.