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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [sergelbergeron]
by sherry9
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Mar 30, 2008 (3:31 pm)
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Replying to: sergelbergeron (Mar 28, 2008 11:55 am)
Your problem does sound like mine but I am only putting in 6.5 gallons. The most I have gone on the empty light is about 20 miles. I also assume there should be more in the tank but I'm not willing to try it. I have contacted Toyota and they tell me it is normal, I don' think so. They are not willing to do anything till it gets warmer. Have you taken yours in for service? I have been asking other people I see if they are having these problems and they aren't. I sent a letter to Toyota arbitration last Monday and am expecting to hear from them this week. I requested a buy back or replacement since it can't seem to be fixed. It is out of Toyota's hand now and they have to abide by the arbitration ruling. It has to be settled within 40 days. I will post what happens.
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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [sherry9]
by yermell
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Mar 30, 2008 (5:45 pm)
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Replying to: sherry9 (Mar 30, 2008 3:31 pm)
well my tank problem is improving, I've gone from 7.5 gal. or so last month up to 9.68 gals. today. I was on my flashing light. The temp was 43 F. I too wish Toyota would come clean on this. If the bladder tank is best technology I could probably live with it in the winter, if that is what I was expecting. But as I said in an earlier post, I didn't have this problem last year.
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- #24 of 90
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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [yermell]
by stevegold
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Mar 30, 2008 (7:39 pm)
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Replying to: yermell (Mar 30, 2008 5:45 pm)
My bladder problem this winter disappeared a few weeks ago but I did NOT have it in 2007, 2006, 2005 or 2004.
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- #25 of 90
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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [stevegold]
by sherry9
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Mar 31, 2008 (4:20 pm)
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Replying to: stevegold (Mar 30, 2008 7:39 pm)
I just filled mine up today and it took 5.2 gallons with 1 bar still lit. It has been in the sixties here for the last few days;
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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [sherry9]
by railroadjames
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Mar 31, 2008 (4:53 pm)
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Replying to: sherry9 (Mar 31, 2008 4:20 pm)
Worth mentioning is the method by which the Prius should be filled. My point being: Over the last 4 plus yrs of filling my '04 Prius I found that filling very slowly makes fill-ups attain maximum fill. When I do hit the blinking fuel gauge lite I know I can go approx. 25 miles. With that in mind, I find fill-ups usually are about 9 to 10 gallons. Again I reinterate. FILL VERY SLOWLY. It works for me. Last note...Winter's very cold weather does vary fill-ups about a gallon or so less.
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Re: Bladder issue really worth getting upset over? [railroadjames]
by sergelbergeron
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Apr 01, 2008 (4:00 pm)
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Replying to: railroadjames (Mar 31, 2008 4:53 pm)
Well spring is almost here in Canada. I will watch this closely this summer and next winter. On my 05 and the 08 and I will advise - up here in Canada we are in litres so I will be converting. It is still a great car - I just wish I could depend on the gauge - is full really full?
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- #28 of 90
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Flap covering filler hole?
by stevegold
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Apr 11, 2008 (7:58 pm)
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Replying to: sergelbergeron (Apr 01, 2008 4:00 pm)
Does your Prius (or HH) have a spring loaded round metal flap that covers the hole where the filler nozzle gets inserted? My 2004 does not, but it may have fallen in the tank causing the filling problems I experienced a few months ago. I don't remember if there ever was such a flap. Other owners report having such a flap.
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- #29 of 90
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Re: Flap covering filler hole? [stevegold]
by sherry9
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Apr 13, 2008 (10:47 am)
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Replying to: stevegold (Apr 11, 2008 7:58 pm)
Not that I know of.
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Re: Prius and filling the tank [jchshade1969]
by gscheil1
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Apr 28, 2008 (4:50 pm)
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Replying to: jchshade1969 (Mar 06, 2007 11:00 am)
Add gas very,very,very slowly.
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- #31 of 90
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Re: Flap covering filler hole? [sherry9]
by stevegold
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Apr 28, 2008 (7:04 pm)
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Replying to: sherry9 (Apr 13, 2008 10:47 am)
There is no flap. The problem must have been caused by very cold temperatures that did something to the rubber bladder in the tank. Once it warmed up, the problem disappeared. I don't know why it never happened in previous winters.
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