Water Temp in Prius - GreenHybrid

Clubford00 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-08-2006, 12:21 PM

Has anyone figured a way to determine water temp in a 05 Prius? comming from a racing background, oil pressure is the most important guage in the car, however water temp is right there too. I hate the fact that when im in my Prius i dont know the oil and water temps. Anyone hook anything up to know these?? thanks. Dean

xcel · #2 (**permalink**) 01-08-2006, 01:10 PM

jdenenberg · #3 (**permalink**) 01-08-2006, 03:50 PM

There are many OBD2 scanners that work in the Prius (look for the buzz word "CAN"). Here's one on the web that is a self-contained (but a little clunky) unit.

http://www.scangauge.com/

An interface for your PC is:

http://www.spacetools.com/tools4/space/590.htm

Make certain to ask if it handles the CAN bus protocols. They're newer and not on may cars (CAN is a higher performance protocol used on Trucks and the Prius)

JeffD