20 Most Recent 2003 Toyota Celica - Page 6 Questions & Answers

No. The scoop on the bonnet of the Celicas is designed to grab air, and it is then directed onto the exhaust manifold. This theory gets 5 additional brake horse power. The air intake for the engine is behind the left front headlamp.

You can usually find a Chiltons or other brand of service manual at the local library, however, take some change because they usually don't let you check them out, you have to copy the pages that you need and most have copiers onsite.

Intake manifold gasket is the most common cause of un-even idle.

IAC (Idle air control) motor is a small motor that adjust the idle.
In a cold AM,start up the car and turn on headlght,high beam,ac and radio.

Look for the IAC to see does it back down the idle as you shut off one item as a time.

IAC can be lube and save.

i would suggest getting a replacement e/w motor from the breakers yard and swithing it over. much cheaper then paying for a diagnostic!! its not a big job and shouldt cost much. id def use breakers for new motors as toyota charge a massive price for everything!!!!

it was probably a lot of things that helped. With that code on is the check engine light on? the engine may be running to rich or too lean , lean it will run hot too. check the other sensors like the O2 sensor. other than that it may be the fuel filter or really dirty injectors, or a faulty injector. hope this give you some options

there is a chance that the battry is faulty but there is also a chance that the alternator is drawing voltage back out of the battry when its not charging, this would be because the diods that stop the voltage flowing back have broken down. to see if this is the problem charge the battry,refit, but put a bulb in line on the possitive teminal if its glowing bright the alternator is drawing back try disconecting the altenator and testing it again if the bulb stops glowing you know its the altenator, dont forget the interior light will make it glow too. its also worth checking the earth straps.

Regards JR

simple turn car off put into first geat push in clutch and start it. hold the starter on. if clutch is engaged it will pull vehicle with the starter and hopefully start. at which point you drive it. in first or reverse but you can move it around like this. he may have air in the clutch line

ONCE YOU HAVE UNSCREWED THE DOOR HANDLE AND WINDOW WINDER (IF NOT ELECTRIC WINDOWS) THEN THE PANEL JUST SIMPLY UNCLIPS, IF YOU HAVN'T GOT THE SPECIAL TOOL, THEN START IN THE BOTTOM CORNER, GENTLY PULLING IT AWAY FROM THE DOOR

If you have a bad contacts at the battery, solenoid, ground and/or starter .. it could exhibit this kind of activity .. take the battery cables off the battery and clean those contacts till they are shiny, trace the ground wire to the frame/firewall and clean that contact (emery/sandpaper), and trace "hot" wire to solenoid/starter and make sure that they are clean and tight .. another possibility could be the neutral safety switch .. try starting it in neutral

Grinding going into third gear only may indicate a worn syncronizer ring. There are no adjustments on the shift cables, so I doubt highly that changing the cables will help you, since you are talking about 3rd gear only. Please note: This issue may be still under warranty, if your vehicle has less than 60,000 miles and is not 5 years old. Replacement of 6-speed internal parts is best left to a pro.

trunk struts, liftgate shocks, hatchback struts/shocks

You need to remove the plastic cowling piece on the passenger side of the engine compartment (it has the clip to hold the hood brace attached to it). If you pop up the little plastic clips that hold it down (carefully with a flat screwdriver) the plastic piece will lift out. The anti-freeze reservoir is underneath it with the fill port. The plastic piece covers the cap for the fill port and you can't see it until you take the cowling piece out.

first you will have to take a small punch and knock out the center and then drill the rivet out.and then you will have to put new rivents to hold the door back on. You will have to have a rivet gun and 2 rivits to fit the hole

You have to take the inside door panel off and little plastic inside cover right on opposite side of the mirror. Under that plastic cover there is going to be screws. You have to take door panel off because the mirror is connected with cables. So you have to unplug it before removing the mirror.

found this online- haven't tried yet though--
How do you change a headlight bulb on a 2003 Toyota Celica GT? Under the plastic covering the headlight there is a lot of fog and condensation and I want to clean it off, so how do I take off the plastic that covers the headlight?

• 9 months ago

Seem to be seal is wear off
already on the front cover
The way to open that
1. There is four screws at the back of
the headlights and unscrew them
2. Pull the headlight and dry it
by wiping or heat of the sun or
anything that can release the fog
3. Buy silicon and seal the headlight
gap with silicon and let it dry for a hour
This will help kept away fog
and condensation for sure

I had the same problem with the rear drum brakes. The main problem that I ran into is that there is a pin in the original brake shoes. When you go to an auto parts store they give you brake shoes for your drum brakes, and say they're the right one's. They don't come with the pin though. How I got around this was by going to a mechanic shop, and having them look up the part, and getting the part #. The one's that most auto stores will give you aren't the right shoes. You need to find somewhere to go to get the right part #. The correct shoes come with the pin already in them. I hope this helps.

Your diagnosis is correct. The check valve in the fuel pump is letting the gas drain out of the line from the injector rail, and cranking for a long time then starting is indicative of this. Replace the fuel pump.

I think that the problem is in the charger it maybe be broken or something.