How to Adjust Timing to Top Dead Center on Toyota VVTi Engine
12 Dec 2013, 14:39 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In order to perform any interventions on your Toyota VVTi engine’s timing system or cam shafts, you’ll firstly have to put the engine in top dead center position. This is the position wh...
How to Remove Valve Cover on Toyota VVTi Engine
11 Dec 2013, 15:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you need to perform some maintenance work on the camshafts on your Toyota VVTi engine, you’ll need to remove the valve cover first. It’s a medium skill-level job you can perform in...
How to Remove Clutch from Toyota VVTi Engine
9 Dec 2013, 10:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / If you feel that your Toyota VVTi engine revs to much but the vehicle is not accelerating as it should, this means that your clutch is slipping and it will be a good idea to change it. This proce...
How to Remove Knock Sensor from Toyota VVTi Engine
6 Dec 2013, 12:52 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The knock sensor on your Toyota VVTi engine is basically a microphone that senses if detonation occurs in one of the cylinders. The detonation happens when the fuel-air mixture ignites before it&rsq...
How to Remove Thermostat from Toyota VVTi Engine
6 Dec 2013, 10:36 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Your VVTi engine, as with all of their kind, need to work at a certain temperature to be efficient, not too low, not too high, just around 90 degrees Celsius. When the engine is cold, the thermos...
How to Remove Intake Manifold from Toyota VVTi Engine
4 Dec 2013, 15:40 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The intake manifold on your Toyota VVTi engine is represented by those plastic tubes that reunite at some point in a large tube right behind the radiator. Their function is to allow filtered air to ...
How to Remove Electric Cables from Toyota VVTi Engine
4 Dec 2013, 15:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The most common 1.6-liter VVTi engine on your Toyota Corolla features a bundle of electrical wires attached to it that controls things like fuel injectors and ignition coils. If for some reason y...
How to Remove Fuel Injectors on Toyota VVTi Engine
3 Dec 2013, 17:55 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The fuel injectors are among the easiest parts you can remove from a Toyota VVTi engine, due to its accessible localization and simple mounting style. You will only need a 10, 12 mm socket ratche...
How to Remove Water Pump in Toyota VVTi Engine
3 Dec 2013, 17:54 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / The water pump on your Toyota VVTi unit recirculates the cooling fluid through the engine and radiator to keep the system at a certain temperature. However, impurities and and other deposits will ev...
How to Find the Engine Code on Toyota VVTi
2 Dec 2013, 16:28 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / In case you are servicing your Toyota at home, you need to find out what kind of replacement parts the engine needs. That is why all engines come with a code which tells more about the engine typ...
How to Replace Fuel Vapor Pressure Sensor on Toyota VVTi Engine
28 Nov 2013, 16:11 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Modern engines make good use of the gasoline vapors from the fuel tank, by collecting and introducing them into the intake at certain moments. The collecting system uses a pressure sensor which n...
How to Replace Fuel Injectors on 2000-2007 Toyota VVTi Engine
15 Sep 2013, 13:02 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Bad fuel, containing impurities or water may severely damage the fuel injectors. Replacing them is pretty dangerous, due to the system’s pressure and the fact you’ll work with flamable s...