Taxi life with a wanked out converted french panel van

[Wingnut]

It might need a new 12 volt or at the very least a good charge.

Wingnut what lights if any are flashing on the dash?Is the hybrid battery symbol doing anything different?

Check engine light, P0401 when you stop the engine kept running and exhaust smells of rotten eggs. Best way to discribe it is dieseling.

[mercenary for hire]

Ah good at least it's not the battery.One forum I read said they clean the egr every 100000 miles.Probably just the shite in the petrol like you said.

On me own gen 2 Prius I've been running it once a week for an hour and when it eventually got low on juice I only put €7 in the tank so it would need a fresh top-up in a few months.

[Taxi driver42]

what's wrong with an avensis.
it's like an ak-47.

I'm on my 3rd avensis I've had every model in diesel
This be my last as diesel is dead I'm going pruis next car

[Cool Boola]

Are you not worried bout all them CAT converters being robbed ?

[Panel]

Hybrid/electric taxis are the way of the future, as much as I’d still love to be still in me Carins we’ve to embrace change. I’ll have me wanked out french panel van until 12th December 2027 so I’d imagine by then there’ll be better options for hybrid and electric taxis by then.

[Rat Catcher]

Hybrids are outdated now. The majority of the fleet will be electric by this time next year, assuming Free Now meets it's emissions target.

[Panel]

Hybrids are outdated now. The majority of the fleet will be electric by this time next year, assuming Free Now meets it's emissions target.

There’s 2506 days until my wanked out converted panel van is off the road, by then electric cars will be the rule not the exception by then!

[Panel]

Ah good at least it's not the battery.One forum I read said they clean the egr every 100000 miles.Probably just the shite in the petrol like you said.

On me own gen 2 Prius I've been running it once a week for an hour and when it eventually got low on juice I only put €7 in the tank so it would need a fresh top-up in a few months.

I know you were supposed to be off the road this year, has there been any gibber about extending the age limit for 2006 registered heeps?

[Shallowhal]

Ah good at least it's not the battery.One forum I read said they clean the egr every 100000 miles.Probably just the shite in the petrol like you said.

On me own gen 2 Prius I've been running it once a week for an hour and when it eventually got low on juice I only put €7 in the tank so it would need a fresh top-up in a few months.

I know you were supposed to be off the road this year, has there been any gibber about extending the age limit for 2006 registered heeps?

Yeah.....that's been extended by 1 year,

They say it's for one year only but it won't be known if vehicles that were granted the extra year last year will be given anything extra as it didn't come into effect until around May 2020,i'm sure those licence holders are lobbying as nothing has really changed since then and we're unlikely to see any significant change this year tbh.

[silverbullet]

Ah good at least it's not the battery.One forum I read said they clean the egr every 100000 miles.Probably just the shite in the petrol like you said.

On me own gen 2 Prius I've been running it once a week for an hour and when it eventually got low on juice I only put €7 in the tank so it would need a fresh top-up in a few months.

I know you were supposed to be off the road this year, has there been any gibber about extending the age limit for 2006 registered heeps?

Yeah.....that's been extended by 1 year,

They say it's for one year only but it won't be known if vehicles that were granted the extra year last year will be given anything extra as it didn't come into effect until around May 2020,i'm sure those licence holders are lobbying as nothing has really changed since then and we're unlikely to see any significant change this year tbh.

It's sensible to extend the life of the licence seeing as the vehicle hasn't clocked up further mileage,  or suffered wear and tear.

[Panel]

Changed the pollen filter / cabin filter today between the rain showers

Under the steering column theres a knee panel that pulls of handy enough with no tools needed





Once ya have the knee panel theres another panel to be removed with 3 retaining clips pointed out below





Looking up into the firewall theres a duct to be removed for access, it pulls down with minimal force





Once you've removed this ducting you'll see a rectangular black cover, clip off the cover and you can access the filter





Using a pliers pull out the two filters, its in two pieces, as i feared the filter has never been changed. Once ya have it out compare it against the new filter, compare dimensions different styles and colours is moot





Replace the filters with the new ones, in hindsight I'd go for higher quality filters as they have a harder quality to them and makes it inserting into the filter housing easier, with the lower quality/cheaper filter that I have it makes it harder to insert it into the housing as it was getting snagged.... however thats a problem for future Panel!

[Shallowhal]

They don't make it easy Panel.....stealership would charge at least a half hour(if not more) just for that.....in fairness to Toyota(Prius)the cabin filter is behind the lower glovebox,two minute job.

[Panel]

They don't make it easy Panel.....stealership would charge at least a half hour(if not more) just for that.....in fairness to Toyota(Prius)the cabin filter is behind the lower glovebox,two minute job.

Throughout my tenure of owning heeps its the 1st one to my knowledge that i've ever replaced.

I'm sure most taximen would dismiss spending the extra €20 for clean air especially in non coivd times!

[Shallowhal]

True.....me and my partial OCD has to change the cabin filter at every service.

[silverbullet]

They don't make it easy Panel.....stealership would charge at least a half hour(if not more) just for that.....in fairness to Toyota(Prius)the cabin filter is behind the lower glovebox,two minute job.

Throughout my tenure of owning heeps its the 1st one to my knowledge that i've ever replaced.

I'm sure most taximen would dismiss spending the extra €20 for clean air especially in non coivd times!

I change mine every service or 16K whichever comes first. As Hal says it's dead easy on the Prius, and makes all the difference.