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:
Eco Driving Indicator Light customization (except vehicles with a manual transmission)
Eco Driving Indicator Light can be activated or deactivated.
1 While the odometer is being displayed, press and hold the “DISP” switch to
display the Eco Driving Indicator Light customization screen.
2 Press the “DISP” switch to set Eco Driving Indicator Light to on or off.
3 Press and ...
Inspection procedure
Hint:
start the inspection from step 1 in case of using the hand–held tester and start
from step 2 in case of not
using the hand–held tester.
1 Perform active test by hand–held tester(abs warning light)
Check that ”on” and ”off” of the abs warning light can be shown on the
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Inspection procedure
1 Check connector
Disconnect the negative (–) terminal cable from the battery, and wait at
least for 90 seconds.
check the connection of the combination meter connector and the
airbag sensor assy center connectors.
Ok:
the connectors are connected.
2 Check combination ...