How To Assemble Crankshaft Bearings on Toyota VVTi Engine
1 Mar 2014, 18:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Assuming that you put the half bearing plates in their position and the crankshaft over them, you now have to put the other halves on and screw in the bearings, in the VVTi engine's case here a...
How To Check Crankshaft Bearing Condition on Toyota VVTi Engine
21 Feb 2014, 18:05 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The crankshaft is exposed to high frictional forces when the engine is running. In order to sustain these forces for a long period of time, the crankshaft is mounted on specially-designed bearings, ...
How To Assemble Crankshaft on Toyota VVTi Engine
20 Feb 2014, 14:33 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Assuming that you’ve assembled the pistons correctly and put them in their corresponding cylinders, you’ll now need to couple them with the crankshaft and put the bearings back. The o...
How To Correctly Install Pistons and Rods on Toyota VVTi Engine
13 Feb 2014, 17:43 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In case you’ve disassembled your Toyota VVTi engine to replace the piston rings or perform other repairing jobs, you’ll need to put all the parts back together correctly. We’ll ...
How To Correctly Position Piston Rings on Toyota VVTi Engine
29 Jan 2014, 17:30 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Presumably that you want to replace the worn out piston rings of a Toyota VVTi engine, you’ll need to know how to correctly put the new ones in place. The hardest part is to reach the pisto...
How to Clean Toyota VVTi Engine
21 Jan 2014, 11:03 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Once you’ve stripped it out of all its moving components, the engine block seem to be only a lump of metal casted into a certain shape and can be cleaned with whatever you want. Well, it&rs...
How to Remove Crankshaft on Toyota VVTi Engine
6 Jan 2014, 17:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Normally, you wouldn’t need to take out a Toyota VVTi engine’s crankshaft if you are not performing a major repair job after something went wrong. The job is very complex and you will...
How to Check Valve Tightness on Toyota VVTi Engine
6 Jan 2014, 11:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you feel your Toyota VVTi engine low on power, one cause must be the combustion chamber’s tightness. And there are two things that can go wrong with it - loose valves or worn out piston rin...
How to Remove Crankshaft Bearings on Toyota VVTi Engine
3 Jan 2014, 16:13 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Decided to disassemble your Toyota VVTi engine? Here’s a tutorial on how to take out the crankshaft bearings in order to pull out the crankshaft, rods and pistons. Unlike other engines, Toy...
How Toyota VVTi Works
30 Dec 2013, 14:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / VVTi stands for Variable Valve Timing with intelligence, a system introduced by Toyota in 1996 to replace the previous VVT one. To understand the need for a variable valve timing system, you firs...
How to Remove Oil Pump Intake on Toyota VVTi Engine
23 Dec 2013, 13:59 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The oil pump’s intake is basically a bent metal pipe with a filter at the end which goes right down in the oil pan of the engine to absorb the oil and send it throughout the engine. Sometim...
How to Remove Oil Pressure Sensor on Toyota VVTi Engine
23 Dec 2013, 11:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you happen to get the oil pressure warning light on your Toyota dashboard, one of the first things you have to check is the oil level. Next comes the oil pressure sensor itself. The oil pressu...
How to Remove Flywheel from Toyota VVTi Engine
22 Dec 2013, 16:08 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Usually, you don't need to perform maintenance jobs on your Toyota VVTi engine's flywheel, but if you plan to tune the four-pot and put a lightweight flywheel, here's a short tutorial...
How to Remove Oil Pan on Toyota VVTi Engine
22 Dec 2013, 16:04 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The oil pan's role on a Toyota VVTi or any other engine is to collect the lubricating oil falling from its components to be absorbed back by the oil pump and recirculated. Due to its positio...
How to Remove Oil Pump on Toyota VVTi Engine
19 Dec 2013, 13:24 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If the oil pressure warning light pops on your Toyota’s dashboard, first thing to check is for the oil level and if there are any leaks. If not, then the oil pump might have a problem. The ...
How to Remove Cylinder Head on Toyota VVTi Engine
18 Dec 2013, 13:44 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / I’m not gonna ask why would you need to remove the cylinder head from a Toyota VVTi engine, but I suppose something wrong happened and you need to change some valves or rectify the whole cylin...
How to Remove Camshafts on Toyota VVTi Engine
17 Dec 2013, 14:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Normally, you don’t have to maintenance the camshafts or valves in a Toyota VVTi engine's lifetime, as they are built to last for a long period. However, if something goes wrong and you n...
How to Remove Timing Chain on Toyota VVTi Engine
15 Dec 2013, 14:41 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Removing and replacing the timing chain on your Toyota VVTi engine is a very complicated process and it’s best to see a service for this kind of job. But if you are good with a spanner and hav...
How to Remove Timing Chain Cover on Toyota VVTi Engine
13 Dec 2013, 16:35 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Normally, you won’t need to make any interventions on the timing chain of a Toyota VVTi engine, but if for certain reasons you have to, here’s a tutorial on how to do it. The timing c...
How to Remove Crankshaft Pulley on Toyota VVTi Engine
13 Dec 2013, 10:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The crankshaft pulley that runs the accessory belt is held with only on bolt. But that is probably the hardest one to remove. This happens because this bolt is very well tighten and when you&rsqu...