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Originally Posted by orange4boy
Photos when I'm next under there. Can you handle the suspense? It's mounted below the inverter coolant pump and the return hose splices into the radiator-bound transaxle coolant hose. The mounting bracket is pushed through the "towing hole". It's a tight fit but not too bad.
The cold line comes from the modded coolant drain plug and passes under the oil pan. I might re-route this one later and make it a hard line. I should have marked the drain plug when tightened before soldering the 90˚ on the end. I had to improvise a gasket there so it would point in the right direction. A union would be better there.
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Excellent! I'm patient ... I've had our NHW11 since Oct. 5, 2005. I can wait a little longer. <GRINS>
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Originally Posted by orange4boy
45 seconds for cat ignition? I will have to make sure I wait for that before driving up the hill. Cat preheat? My garage is going to look like the Apollo launch pad soon.
Is there a temp sensor in the cat or do they use the oxy sensor to check for cat temp?
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I'm pretty sure it is O{2} sensor #1. There is only a couple of seconds before O{2}#2 lights off. Actually, getting up the hill as much as you can at rpms ~= 1,300 is probably the best strategy. The traction battery energy is left over from the previous trip ... but I could be wrong.
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Originally Posted by orange4boy
. . . The "plug-in lite" would be great for me because it would warm the battery and give me enough juice to possibly drive up my driveway on EV without loading the engine while the warmup is underway. Who makes a cheap charger? Ha ha.
I'm hoping to be able to be in stage 4 before that though.
The slope coming home does give me a bit of a boost but I'm usually under 60% on return.
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Ok, that works. <grins>
When I first got my NHW11 Prius in October, there was a couple of months of absolute bliss as I was able to find so many resources. I'm just glad to pass one what I learned from those who came before us. <GRINS> ... Ok, maybe I added a few tricks too. <shade>
Bob Wilson