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:
Problem symptoms table
The suspected circuits or parts for each problem symptom are shown in the
table below. Use this table to
troubleshoot the problem when a normal code is displayed in the diagnostic
trouble code chart but the problem
is still occurring. Numbers in the table indicate the order in which the
circ ...
PDA (Proactive driving assist)
When a detectable object
is detected, the
proactive driving assist
operates the brakes and
steering wheel to help prevent
the vehicle from
approaching too close to
the object.
WARNING
■For safe use
Driving safely is solely the responsibility
of the driver.
The proactive driving assist is
design ...
How to proceed with troubleshooting
1 Vehicle brought to workshop
2 Customer problem analysis
3 Check and clear dtcs and freeze frame data
4 Problem symptom confirmation
Symptom does not occur: go to
step 5
Symptom occurs: go to step 6
5 Symptom simulation
6 Dtc check
There is no
output: go to step 7
There is outp ...