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:
Pre–check
1. Selecting compass display mode
the compass switch allows you to select the display or non–display
mode of the compass.
2. Setting zone
deviation between the ”magnetic north” and ”actual north” differs
depending on the location. Therefore,
adjustment of the ...
Front wheel alignment
Adjustment
1. Inspect tire
2. Measure vehicle height
Vehicle height:
Measuring points:
a: ground clearance of front wheel center
b: ground clearance of lower suspension arm front
bolt center
c: ground clearance of axle beam set bolt center
d: ground clearance of rear wheel center
Not ...
Inspection procedure
1 Check side squib(lh) circuit(airbag sensor assy center – front
seat airbag assy lh)
Disconnect the negative (–) terminal cable from the battery,
and wait at least for 90 seconds.
disconnect the connectors between the airbag sensor
assy center and the front seat airbag assy ...