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:
Circuit description
The actuator motor is operated by signals from the cruise control ecu assy.
Acceleration and deceleration
signals are transmitted by changes in the duty ratio (see below).
Duty ratio:
the duty ratio is the ratio of the period of continuity in one cycle. For
example, if a is the period of co ...
Registering a new contact to the contact list
New contact data can be registered. Up to 4 numbers per person can be registered.
For PBAP compatible Bluetooth® phones, this function is available when “Automatic
Contact/History Transfer” is set to off.
1 Select “New Contact”.
2 Enter the name and select “OK”.
3 Enter the phone ...
Customer problem analysis
Hint:
in troubleshooting, the problem symptoms must be confirmed
accurately, meaning that all preconceptions
must be set aside in order to make an accurate judgement. To ascertain what
the problem symptoms
are, it is extremely important to ask the customer about the problem and
cond ...


