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Is Dr. Prius worth getting for a Toyota/Lexus Hybrid Owner?
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Is Dr. Prius worth getting for a Toyota/Lexus Hybrid Owner?
Is Dr. Prius/Dr. Hybrid worth getting for a Toyota/Lexus hybrid owner? Or is it best to forget about trying to analyze the traction battery's health and just drive the vehicle?
No, no worth getting. You can’t tell when a hybrid battery is going to fail by monitoring voltage blocks. However if you really care, you should data log the temperature of the batteries to ensure the cooling is in good order.
Peasodos is correct. I used it to scan a car I was going to buy, it scared me didn't buy it at first, then drove all the way bck to CT to buy it. No issues and I won't run it again because I really don't want to know now lol
Has anyone had their hybrid battery "reconditioned" for longer life? I found a place besthybrid.com said they would do it for under $700. Shipping by freight would be $400 and they would replace any bad cells for $50
Has anyone had their hybrid battery "reconditioned" for longer life? I found a place besthybrid.com said they would do it for under $700. Shipping by freight would be $400 and they would replace any bad cells for $50
I wouldn’t go and perform surgery on the battery pack. Your hybrid ECU is actually conditioning the pack all the time by changing and discharging the cells.
The only preventative maintenance I would do is to ensure the battery fans are free of dust and hair for optimal cooling. As heat kills.
Ok. I'll stop thinking about it. I would like to check on how dirty my cooling system is, as I am over 100k now. Do you have to remove seat or can you get to it from trunk?
Sorry to be off topic, but have you guys changed your coolant/inverter at 100k? (if you are there yet) I was thinking of getting the test strips.
How many miles do you guys have now? I haven't seen a post if anyone has had to change out the battery pack yet on 4th Gen. I did check on the price though. Refurb are hard to find at this time. They want $3500 for refurb and Dealer $6k
Ok. I'll stop thinking about it. I would like to check on how dirty my cooling system is, as I am over 100k now. Do you have to remove seat or can you get to it from trunk?
Sorry to be off topic, but have you guys changed your coolant/inverter at 100k? (if you are there yet) I was thinking of getting the test strips.
I plan on changing mine at 150k miles as per the service manual maintenance schedule, my cars at 124k miles. No sense in changing it early for no reason, there is no test strip and whatever is in the reservoir is always going to look nice and pink.
Thank you so much peasodos! Could you possibly post the engine coolant instructions as well? Doesn't say on maintenance schedule when to change that, but everyone seems to concur 100k
Still in the distant future, but would anyone consider getting a Lithium ion traction battery upgrade when yours gives out? A lot lighter +more energy dense.
Hopefully vehicle programing will utilize it.
Been a few prius conversions lately + new gen Toyotas are coming out with them . Results look promising
Same with the 12V Battery. there's a brand called AntiGravity batteries, super light batteries like 5-15lb, mainly for race cars. I'd consider it if they have a model that can support the load our vehicles need - haven't browsed their catalog yet.
Ok. I'll stop thinking about it. I would like to check on how dirty my cooling system is, as I am over 100k now. Do you have to remove seat or can you get to it from trunk?
Sorry to be off topic, but have you guys changed your coolant/inverter at 100k? (if you are there yet) I was thinking of getting the test strips.
How many miles do you guys have now? I haven't seen a post if anyone has had to change out the battery pack yet on 4th Gen. I did check on the price though. Refurb are hard to find at this time. They want $3500 for refurb and Dealer $6k
I just changed both the main ICE coolant and the Inverter coolant @ 165k km aporox 103k miles- in Canada Lexus dealers claim both have to be changed at 160k km
Is Dr. Prius/Dr. Hybrid worth getting for a Toyota/Lexus hybrid owner? Or is it best to forget about trying to analyze the traction battery's health and just drive the vehicle?
I found it worth buying - monitoring is pretty cool and shows real-time info on pack voltage, you can see the module balancing algorithm and other info like instant charge and discharge current, module voltage, battery charge level (% and horsepower), etc. The battery life expectancy takes about 15min you first charge the battery for about 1 min then discharge at relatively low current 3-5A
See attached video I shot while driving in the city you can see all of the above, regen braking charge, acceleration discharge and in the final 30-60s EV-only driving with more discharge
Still in the distant future, but would anyone consider getting a Lithium ion traction battery upgrade when yours gives out? A lot lighter +more energy dense.
Hopefully vehicle programing will utilize it.
Been a few prius conversions lately + new gen Toyotas are coming out with them . Results look promising
Same with the 12V Battery. there's a brand called AntiGravity batteries, super light batteries like 5-15lb, mainly for race cars. I'd consider it if they have a model that can support the load our vehicles need - haven't browsed their catalog yet.
Future maintenance planning
Lol
From what I have read, Lithium just won't work right in our cars long term. There would have to be a totally different charging system and algorithm.
01-05-22, 02:55 PM
Is Dr. Prius worth getting for a Toyota/Lexus Hybrid Owner?
