2012 Prius V head gasket replacement part 1

This is part one of many. I almost have the head off. I'll try to do a more detailed review of the reassembly.

[@chapmanrider9527]

I'm doing this job now and your video is very helpful. Thank you.

[@mendelleisk4577]

The EGR system likely WAS instrumental in the head gasket failure. When it clogs (they all do) engine temps go up.

[@springer-qb4dv]

Yes that is correct. I found EGR cooler was 100% clogged with soot when my prius head gasket blew.

[@thejoester]

Would have been more useful to show the process of taking the engine apart

[@jafinch78]

What all did you change? What mileage was yours and when you changed and how is the car doing now? Thanks for sharing. I'll try to document more when I get around to swapping the head gasket and we'll see what other parts since I grabbed the timing cover and internals with the complete head assembly from a 150K donor 2011 parts car at the yard. Mine's at ~285K miles and I think ready for the head gasket change. Hopefully the block and rods are all good so I don't need to replace that or honing is enough if there is some scoring and I have to do the pistons and rings.

[@AmarnathSinganamala]

Adam this is great!!!

[@AdamDeVries]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6Cooquai92Medk kzbin.info/www/bejne/mISciKGsYriGgbM Here are a couple of more videos

[@Anamaria-bs8oh]

Great video, when do we see part2?

[@laserversus]

😂🤣😂🤣 this guy made a video instructing while he was learning as well

[@necatiacikgoz1796]

How did you guys diagnose this car with a blown head gasket. I have a 2010 prius that has a knocking engine hesitating on acceleration. And I also have coolant loss but no visible leaks. The overheating sign comes up when I do not add coolant. The car also has missfiring even if I just replaced the spark plugs and one of the ignition coils. I also replaced the water pump couple monts ago but didnt help at all. The heat is also not working when the coolant level is low.

[@mmm4638]

Necati thats a blown head gasket 100%

[@mmm4638]

If you do a compression check itll show

[@necatiacikgoz1796]

A Mianaby thanks for the reply buddy

[@AdamDeVries]

Yep. It's leaking into the cylinder. Mine did the same thing

[@necatiacikgoz1796]

Adam DeVries did you replace the engine? Do you know how much it costs to replace the engine ? You know its not easy to find someone who can deal with the head gasket. They suggest replacing the engine, which sound more reasonable to me. By the way, Thanks for the reply

[@neco415]

no second vid?

[@AdamDeVries]

Tito Lopez kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6Cooquai92Medk

[@vlobos8445]

What happened to the rest of the videos ?

[@springer-qb4dv]

Looks like he abaondoned Prius project and moved on to Tesla Model 3, which is much less servicible than even Prius. Wait till main battery suddenly dies out of warranty! LOL

[@ED-yd3xd]

Was the replacement successful? Knocking is gone?

[@AdamDeVries]

I haven't worked on it in a couple of weeks. I'll have a follow up soon

[@stanleygabrel5279]

What kind of idiot design this car? I order to change head gasket one needs to take half the car a part.

[@Denniss7420]

Probably the same guy who designed the 1993 - 2002 Camaro ;)

[@generalshibusd4948]

Bad. Car

[@springer-qb4dv]

@blacknester That is correct. I also have this prius and when the head gasket blew, I found EGR cooler to be 100% clogged with soot. After I got EGR cooler off, I threw away the lower stud as that made removing EGR cooler much easier in the future.

[@springer-qb4dv]

@@generalshibusd4948 Yes prius is not for someone who want to be able to DIY repair their car. If any of the electronic power train blows, you are looking at part cost that exceeds value of the car. And that goes double for any Tesla out of warranty! LOL