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Originally Posted by Cobb
It almost sounds like there is a disconnect between getting warm air vs having warm coolant? The Insight heats the coolant and in turn gives you heat. When the engine stops, the warm fluid quits flowing. In your case getting the engine to cycle off faster thinking its warm up produces more warm air???  |
Prius heaters are not that simple. I'm not sure what generation used what exactly, but battery pack powered heating elements and vacuum insulated coolant "thermoses" were part of it. I think Gen 3s use the pack powered A/C pump as a heat pump as well.