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:
Speed sensor front lh
Replacement
Hint:
replace the rh side by the same procedure as the lh side.
1. Remove front wheel
2. Remove front fender liner lh
3. Remove speed sensor front lh
Disconnect the speed sensor wire harness clamp from
the body.
disconnect the speed sensor connector.
Remo ...
Inspection procedure
Hint:
read freeze frame data using the hand-held tester or the obd ii scan tool.
Freeze frame data records the
engine conditions when a malfunction is detected. When troubleshooting, it is
useful for determining whether
the vehicle was running or stopped, the engine was warmed up or not, the ...
Parking brake
The parking brake can be
set or released automatically
or manually.
In automatic mode, the
parking brake can be set or
released automatically
according to shift lever
operation.
Also, even in automatic
mode, the parking brake can
be set or released manually.
Operating instructions
■ Using the ma ...