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:
Mechanical system tests
1. Perform mechanical system tests
Measure the stall speed.
The object of this test is to check the overall performance of the transaxle
and engine by measuring
the stall speeds in the d and r positions.
Notice:
Do the test at normal operating atf temperature 50 to 80 °c (122 to
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What to do if... (Troubleshooting)
If you have a problem, check the following before contacting your Toyota dealer.
The doors cannot be locked, unlocked, opened or closed
You lose your keys
● If you lose your keys or mechanical keys, new genuine keys or mechanical keys
can be made by your Toyota dealer.
● If you lo ...
Problem symptoms table
Hint:
proceed with troubleshooting of each circuit in the table below.
Symptom
Suspect area
When the ignition switch is in the on position, the srs warning
light sometimes comes on after approximately 6 seconds.
Srs warning light ci ...