20 Most Recent 2003 Toyota ECHO - Page 4 Questions & Answers

have the OBD codes read as there are a few things that will cause your symptoms this will pinpoint the sensor/switch etc saving time and money searching around

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES ARE ON THE ENGINE. Found no bulletins for noise concern Intake tappet clearance should be .006"-.010" and Exhaust clearance should be .010"-.014"

it just cips of or it may have 1 or 2 screws to take off

You can buy refrigerant R-134a at any parts store.

The causes and remedy for brake jamming: As a first aid, loosen and then tighten any one of the front wheel bleeding nipple. This will free up the brakes. - Front calipers pins jammed. (Re-grease the pins with graphite grease) - Front calipers pistons jammed. (Remove the caliper one by one, do not remove the brake pipe, depress the brake pedal only one time then release, lift the caliper boot at one side with abrupt tool, just as we lift up our eye lid with thumb and index finger, pour few drops of brake oil DOT 3 into the boot, push back the piston to allow the caliper to fit on pads. - Rear wheel's pistons jammed. (Free up the pistons, inspect the brake washers, replace rear wheel cylinders if brake washers are found swollen). - Brake master cylinder defective. The brake jamming problem often arises when the brake master cylinder washers swell up due to aging or using wrong grade of brake oil. In such cases the washers expand and block the return line of the brake oil. If so, replace the brake master cylinder with original one.

Never make an attempt to disassemble the throttle plate. Nothing to do with it. Simply clean it and relearn the idle speed control speed.

if you can make is squeal parked its easy to find, can you, or do so at and ASE certified shop, the belts can squeal, ever check the tension or there conditions? try belt dressing, it might work for short time (1week) and tell you it is the belts, its sold in all stores, auto.

check fuses! bad wires to sensor , or bad sensor.

sounds like a bad starter. guages do self check when key first turned on, all the way up and back to down, no problems there.

When the Ac is turned on the extra cooling fan should come on ,if it doesnt then this is your problem as when moving the air flow is cooling the front rad which contains the hot gas ,now the Ac unit any vehicle is weighed in by a special machine and you sticking in a can of gas which is illegal to sell here in europe ,i think your AC should hold around 700 grms of gas ,look under the bonnet ,forget the pressure readings this is weekend boy racer stuff you shouldnt have any pressure on the return to the Ac pump but a suction .If you dont understand any of this then take car to a specialist garage to have the AC regassed on a machine

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Are you sure the problem is not the dimmer switch being turned down ?

If you have an Autozone in your area they will hook a scan tool to your car for free and tell you what the code means. if you dont have an autozone most auto part stores will do it for free. if this was helpfull please leave me good feed back

To the RIGHT of the Shifter, there is a little door, you push a KEY down into that hole to release the Shifter

HI JKO,

Serpentine Belt. There is a trick.

Click here for a procedure I wrote. It's quick and you don't need a prybar.

You will no doubt find it very helpful.

Best regards

Mike