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Re: VSC, TRAC OFF and CEL's all on!!! [benlbr] by kiawah
Oct 28, 2008 (1:27 pm)
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Replying to: benlbr (Oct 28, 2008 7:40 am)

Except if your state includes emissions inspection with your annual inspection, your vehicle won't pass with a check engine light on.
 
Look carefully at all of the tubing associated with the evaporation control system. You may find a tube has come off, or a plastic fitting has cracked. I had a mouse (or something) chew thru one of my tubes a couple years ago.
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Steering Squeel in my Steering Wheel..... by andrelaplume
Oct 29, 2008 (9:48 am)
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I have an 02 Camry w/69K miles. From new, now and then (every year or 18 months), when it started to get cold outside I would get a squeel when I would turn my steering wheel....something in teh steering column. They used to lube it for free but now she's a bit older they want to charge me $60! Whatever they used to do was usually done in 10 minutes or less. Does anyone know how to lube this area and with what?
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Re: Steering Squeel in my Steering Wheel..... [andrelaplume] by rearwheeldrive
Oct 29, 2008 (11:56 am)
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Replying to: andrelaplume (Oct 29, 2008 9:48 am)

To help keep belts quiet ,spay them with belt dressing. Walk into an auto parts store and go to the isle with engine sprays and look for belt dressing spray. Its about $3.00.
 
Then go out to your car start it, open the hood and spray it on the area where the belts are. On the left side of the engine compartment. Spray it so it hits the inner part of the belt that is going over the pulley. Or spray the pulley where it just get ready to make contact with the belt.
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Re: Steering Squeel in my Steering Wheel..... [rearwheeldrive] by andrelaplume
Oct 29, 2008 (12:15 pm)
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Replying to: rearwheeldrive (Oct 29, 2008 11:56 am)

no, this is a squeak when I physically turn the steering wheel...it in the steering column....
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Battery Replacement and Engine Hesitation by craznazn
Oct 29, 2008 (8:55 am)
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Just replaced the OEM battery (24F) for my 2004 Camry LE (4Cyl) with an Energizer that I bought from Sam's Club. Now, I'm experiencing hesitation at idle. In the store's battery catalog, there was a mention on ESP incompatability with replacement batteries which can cause hesitation.
 
Any one else have that experience and what countermeasures were taken?
 
Thanks!
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Re: Battery Replacement and Engine Hesitation [craznazn] by kiawah
Oct 29, 2008 (9:56 am)
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Replying to: craznazn (Oct 29, 2008 8:55 am)

Check to make sure that the battery is good, delivering the voltage needed. It may have low voltage and need charged, or a bad cell....causing your hesitation problems. You should have close to 14Volts on it.
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Re: Steering Squeel in my Steering Wheel..... [andrelaplume] by rearwheeldrive
Oct 29, 2008 (9:53 pm)
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Replying to: andrelaplume (Oct 29, 2008 12:15 pm)

Squeal may be the plastic rubbing on the steering wheel not a normal maintenance thing but find some lithium spray grease in the the same section of the store and spray it on the area where the steering wheel meets the column
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Re: 1998 toyota camry 90k Service [balakrishnap] by rearwheeldrive
Oct 29, 2008 (10:05 pm)
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Replying to: balakrishnap (Oct 23, 2008 11:44 am)

Price for timing belt change.
  
Sometimes I see dealers run specials for this service. Id walk in, not drive in and ask about any service special. Of course this dealer has already gave you a price. Im guessing a 4 clyinder is about $200.00 labor plus $55.00 for the part.That's 3 hours tops at $65-$75/hr. A master mechanic specializing on this car will have it done in 30mins.
 
I do my own for the price of a belt from the local parts store which is about $30.00.
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Re: VSC, TRAC OFF and CEL's all on!!! [kiawah] by rearwheeldrive
Oct 29, 2008 (10:46 pm)
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Replying to: kiawah (Oct 28, 2008 1:27 pm)

To check your evap system it starts in the area behind the gas tank beneath the trunk. A bunch of hoses are there.
 
 I doubt if this area is bad, but another area possibly with a tube off is the VSV next to the MAF flow sensor in the duct from the air filter. The VSV(vacuum switching valve) could have a loose tube, hose. It is to the right of the MAF, and related to the EVAP canister in the trunk area.
 
This is for a 2AZ-FE engine (4 cylinder).the fuse for EFI main is forward right corner of fuse block

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