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:
Ecm/pcm processor
Dtc p0606 ecm/pcm processor
Monitor description
The ecm continuously monitors its internal circuits. This self–check insures
that the ecm is functioning properly.
If a malfunction is detected, the ecm will set the appropriate dtc and
illuminate the mil.
The two cpus, main and sub cpu i ...
Noise occurs
Inspection procedure
1 Check of speaker installation
Check speaker installation condition.
Check that each speaker is securely installed.
Standard: malfunction disappear.
Hint:
the radio is equipped with noise prevention system that does not work against
the regular use of t ...
General information
There are many ecu controlled systems used in the corolla. In general, ecu
controlled system are considered
to be very intricate and require a high level of technical knowledge and expert
skill to troubleshoot.
The fact is, however, that if you proceed by inspecting the circuits one by one, ...