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Sedans Toyota Camry Toyota Camry: Problems & Solutions 
314 messages, Last post on Oct 25, 2001 at 1:39 PM
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hello group: I am preparing to change the engine coolant for my 99 Camry, But somebody mentioned in alt.auto.toyota group that Toyota using special red coolant, and you only can get it from Toyota dealer. is that true? |
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Yes, you can get the red coolant in any toyota dealer. I would like to share my tune-up story with the folks in this group. I have a 92' camry with 220,000 miles. Recently, the engine developed a problem. When I started the engine, it stalled immediately. I replaced the platinum spark plugs and the wires not long ago by myself. It doesn't make sense these parts will go wrong. I checked the Hayes Toyota book which listed possible causes. One of them is the vacumn leaks. I checked all the hoses and couldn't find any broken ones. If you think carefully, there are many factors to consider. It is difficult to separate each other. My strategy is to remove each at one time. My focus turned to the fuel system. I added a bottle of fuel injector cleaner, but it didn't work. I thought about the fuel filter. It hasn't been replaced since I got the car (was 42,000 miles), but once the car started, it never had any problem, which made me reluctant to do so. I spent several days trying to figure out how the engine worked, which made me to try to clean the throttle control. The book said the PVC valve can make the part dirty. I bought a bottle of cleaner ($0.69) from W-Mart and sprayed the joins of that round disc which controls the air flow coming into the engine. After 20 min. or so, I started the engine several times, it failed to start (worse than before). I pressed the pedal a little, it started without problem. I guessed the problem is due to the vapor from the cleaner. Since then, the stall problem is gone and my car runs like new again. I will post my experience with high mile cars if anyone wants to hear. My previous 85' camry got ~190,000 miles, but was totaled. |
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| where on a 4 cyl camry is the round disc you say controls air intake? | |
| The round disc is near the PVC at the end of the plastic pipe from the air filter. By taking off the plastic pipe, you will see it. If you press the gas pedal, you will see it exactly controls the openning. I will do the cleaning every time I do the tune-up, which I did not do so before (a big mistake). | |
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I don't think I asked this question before, but excuse me if did already. When I have the car running and I disconnect the air intake hose from the throttle-body, the car stalls. I want to have the car running while I clean the throttle-body, but I'm not sure how to do this. I assume a sensor is sending a message that there is a problem, which shuts down the engine. I've done this before on a mitsubishi engine and had no problem with car not running after disconnecting the air intake hose. Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
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| I am going to change bothe shafts on my mothers 1994 camry, no abs. I have the parts and wanted to know if after you unbolt them from the transaxle and the hub, do they slide out or does the strut need to be removed. thanks | |
| The only thing I know for the 92' Camry is there is a sensor in the air filter box. I did have a 85' Camry, but since it was totaled, I don't have it anymore. I think the sensor is used for checking air temperature, BUT it might be used for measuring the airflow volume according to the manual. If the latter is true, disconnecting the hose will cause errors in the ECM. An easy way to find out is to disconnect the hose first, then start the engine and see what will happen. I don't understand why you need to run the engine in order to do the cleaning. In my case, I didn't run the engine. I used a thick phone book and put on top of the gas pedal (this allows the throttle wide open), or you can ask somebody to press the pedal. Hope these will help. My experience is, know your limit. I always leave the work I can't do to the Toyota dealer, e.g., replace a gas tank, etc. | |
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Ah...I think changing your fuel filter after all of those miles would be an EXCELLENT idea! Not expensive and not hard to do. |
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| A couple of months ago I bought new tires for my '99 Camry and noticed it started pulling hard to the right. So I got it aligned last week at a local garage. While it doesn't pull hard anymore, it still "drifts" to the right a bit. The garage is saying that I could bring it in and they'd double check the specs but that this is typical of Camry's due to the specs Toyota has for the toe and camber. Sounds a little suspect to me. Anyone else heard anything like this? | |
| Thanks for the suggestion regarding the replacement of the fuel filter. I asked the toyota dealer one day and the person said it was not necessary. I normally don't do it unless something goes wrong. I think the person is right. You can replace all the parts and the car, of course, can still run. Sometimes, repair shops do this kind of dirty work. Anyway, I will stay away from the filter for the time being. I don't go to any gas stations because poor grade gas will clog the filter and perhaps damage the engine. | |
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