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:
Inspection procedure
1 Check wire harness(dlc3 – airbag sensor assy center)
Turn the ignition switch to the lock position.
disconnect the aribag sensor assy center connector.
measure the resistance according to the value(s) in the
table below.
Standard:
2 Check wire harness(cg of dl ...
Circuit description
In the diagram below, when the engine is cranked, current flows from terminal
st2 of the ignition switch to
the starter relay coil and also current flows to terminal sta of the ecm (sta
signal).
When the sta signal and ne signal are input to the ecm, tr is turned on, current
flows to the c ...
Circuit description
The rear heated oxygen sensor is used to monitor oxygen concentration in the
exhaust gas. For optimum
catalytic converter operation, the air fuel mixture must be maintained near the
ideal ”stoichiometric” ratio.
The heated oxygen sensor output voltage changes suddenly in the vicinity of ...