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:
Body panel sealing areas
Be sure to apply body sealer to the body panel joints and door edges (tip of
outer panel folded part), etc., To waterproof
and rustproof them.
Hint:
apply degreasing agent to a clean cloth and clean the sealer
application areas.
After removing the applied spot sealer from the se ...
Circuit description
Refer to dtc p0010
Dtc no.
Dtc detection condition
Trouble area
P0011
Condition (a) or (b) continues after engine is warmed up and
engine speed at 550 to 4,000 rpm (problem of the advanced
ocv):
valve timing does not change from current valve tim ...
Circuit description
The camshaft position sensor (g22+ signal) consists of a magnet, iron core
and pickup coil.
The g22+ signal plate has 3 teeth on its outer circumference and is installed on
the camshaft timing pulley.
When the camshafts rotate, the protrusion on the signal plate and the air gap on
the pi ...