BLEW UP A PRIUS?! 2010+ Toyota Prius 1.8L 2ZR-FXE Engine Full Teardown

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  @dwmcever · 3 years ago · pinned

  Post your data sources... otherwise your blowing smoke from where the sun doesn't shine.

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• IN

  @InkyLeopard · 3 years ago

  "It's a reliable car" means you shouldn't be stranded by it or need to throw lots of money at it. It doesn't mean you can completely forgo preventative maintenance. A lot of people have a hard time with that distinction.

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• WA

  @walensmithers · 3 years ago

  “How do you blow up an engine at 56mph in the left lane?” I laughed out loud😂

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• BI

  @billwhitis9997 · 3 years ago

  As a Taxi driver, I drove the Prius for 14 years. Never had one blow up. In fact, it was one of the most reliable cars I have ever driven. Considering what we put them through, that's quite an achievement!

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• TR

  @trentcarlson4857 · 3 years ago

  My 2010 started to go around 250,000. I pulled the head and installed a new head gasket, water pump and timing chain. <br>Also I think one of the most overlooked things is the pcv tube hiding under the intake manifold, completely clogged. <br> Back together and now with 25,000 miles on her still not burning any oil like it did previously. Thanks Gaskets Masters for some helpful tips.

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• HU

  @Huggy1959 · 2 years ago

  If there is one thing you have hammered home time and again is the importance of making sure that you don’t run out of clean oil. &nbsp;That will give you the best chance of getting the most mileage out of your engine. &nbsp;That message comes through loud and clear!

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• MA

  @mandmwaddle · 3 years ago

  Our 2013 Prius V courtesy car made it 350k km before the head gasket went. &nbsp;It was burning quite a lot of oil at this point. Found a 130k km used engine and it&apos;s back up and running. Still a great vehicle. Still on the original hybrid battery. Wish Toyota would bring the Prius V back.

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• IN

  @InsanePacoTaco · 3 years ago

  Anything will fail if you fail to maintain it long enough

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• TO

  @toyotanos · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s simply amazing the amount of torque that MG1 can put onto the engine. You can fully hydrolock one cylinder and the motor will spin the engine over regardless, leaving the rod in all sorts of fun shapes. On this engine, I would expect low oil to have caused the #3 rod bearing to spin, which lead to the localized overheating on the crank and subsequent failure.

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• DE

  @DennisHarden · 2 years ago

  I love your postmortem inspections of engines. It&apos;s amazing how much you can learn by tearing into these dead engines!

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• LE

  @leonardhirtle3645 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Most of the people who drive a Prius don’t know that you have to check the oil and change it on a regular basis. I watch your channel religiously. I’m a retired heavy duty mechanic and enjoy watching the carnage.

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• JU

  @juliannichols9358 · 3 years ago

  I’m sure you were having LT3 flashbacks with the dipstick. But the forklift practically lifting the engine by the dipstick, is a whole new level.

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