Toyota Corolla (E120) 2002–2008 Repair Manual / Introduction / Repair instruction / Precaution / For vehicles equipped with catalytic converter
Toyota Corolla (E120): For vehicles equipped with catalytic converter
Caution
: if large amount of unburned fuel flows into the converter, it may cause overheating and a fire hazard.
To prevent this, observe the following precautions.
- Use only unleaded gasoline.
- avoid prolonged idling.
Avoid running the engine at idle speed for more than 20 minutes.
- avoid a spark jump test.
- Perform a spark jump test only when absolutely necessary. Perform this test as rapidly as possible.
- While testing, never race the engine.
- avoid a prolonged engine compression measurement.
Engine compression measurements must be performed as rapidly as possible.
- do not run the engine when the fuel tank is nearly empty. This may cause the engine to misfire and create an extra load on the converter.
Other materials:
Steering wheel audio switches
Some audio features can be controlled using the switches on the steering wheel.
Operation may differ depending on the type of audio system or navigation system.
For details, refer to the manual provided with the audio system or navigation system.
Operating the audio system using the steering whe ...
Inspection
1. Inspect inner rear view mirror assy
Inspect the electro chromic inner mirror operation.
Connect the positive (+) lead from the battery to terminal
1 and negative (–) lead to terminal 2.
) Attach black colored tape to the forward sensor to
prevent it from sensing.
&nb ...
Luggage door hinge torsion bar rh
Replacement
Hint:
installation is in the reverse order of the removal. But the
installation is indicated only when it has a
point.
In the lh side, work in the same procedure as in the rh side.
Since the removal of the torsion bar will cause no tension, operation
of opening and closi ...