Prius Work

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steelcityuk
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Prius Work

Post by steelcityuk » Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:33 am

The time has come to do a few jobs on the Prius. On the list is a coolant change, it's important because the power invertor is water cooled so I don't want any corrosion in it's water ways. The wheel trims are scratched and the alloys are showing signs of corrosion - yes it has both. The alloys are going to be cleaned up (grit blasted) and sprayed silver rather than the dark grey they are now. The wheel trims sorted out with filler and resprayed. I'm going to give the brakes a clean up whilst the wheels are off - one's a squeaker which is no good when trying to sneak up on people in stealth mode...

Steve.
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Re: Prius Work

Post by Peter.N. » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:23 am

I hope you don't still have it when the batteries need changing :o

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Re: Prius Work

Post by steelcityuk » Tue Jul 31, 2012 7:52 am

Well they do have a good reputation battery wise so fingers crossed. If it fails I can either go for a salvage one or send mine away for replacement cells. She's up to 113K and everything still works flawlessly. It feels very taught still.

They're very relaxing to drive, especially in urban areas.

Steve.
XM 2.1 SED K Plate - RP5876
Scenic 1.5 dCi 100
Gone -
Scenic 1.9 dCi 130 FAP
Prius T Spirit
XM S2 TCT Exclusive Hatch LPG
XM S2 2.5 VSX Estate
XM S2 2.1 VSX Hatch
Xantia 110 HDi Exclusive
Pug 405 GTX TD

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