Calling all Technical Nerds

[Mr duck]

Hi Guys. :D

My Stivo after it has warmed up and without the air conditioner on is idling at about 1000rpm. This seems a little high to me, does anyone know what the correct idle speed should be.

[peekay]

Mine idles at 800-1000 rpm if you have an issue take it back to Toyota.

[lucio_libre]

It sounds about normal, although mine revs at 3400 at 100Kph, which i think is a bit high.

[illuminati]

1000rpm isnt that bad yet.

but is it 1000 when u start the engine when its cold? cos it should go down once the engine warms up.

[xTiGeRx]

if you open ur bonnet and check under the hood...you'll see a sticker with the engine model on it. eg: 2zz or 1zz.

read that and it should tell you what the car is suppose to idle at when it's WARM.

my car when cold sits pretty high and gradually drops to the manufacture's 700rpm idle spec.

what does it say for the 2zz? (i don't have one yet, so i don't know..yet )

[sharmz]

the celica has the 2ZZ

it starts and warms/idles at 1500RPM!

which apparently is normal for that engine and car,

at 100-110 kph the engine idles at 3Krpm

[steve139]

My Sportivo idles at 1500 when cold and drops to 850-900 once warm. My problem is it seems to take so long to warm up.

[BlackRolla]

Steve...the reason why it takes long to warm up is because of the oil that u use. It's prob thick oil.

Try 10 - 40 oil.

[xTiGeRx]

Always use SYNTHETIC...

i always do the 5,000km services...and always use synthetic...

sure it's a little costly..but it's peace of mind for me :D

[BlackRolla]

I was thinking to use Mobile 1 oil which is 5 - 50.

Is this good for the car coz i use to use that for my old corolla SX.

I heard it is not good for the engine and u get a louder knockingnoise from the engine. Is this true?

[lucio_libre]

5w-50 is a bit too thin. Just stick to the recommended viscosity, and get the synthetic type, doesent matter on brands. Toyota uses castrol, so i'll stick with castrol. As for the idling, mine always starts at round 1600 then works it's way down slowly to 1000.

[stauff]

1000 seems like a high idle, 3400 seems like a high 110km/h speed. 8300 seems like a high redline :P

Do the maths and those first two numbers are pretty normal if you scale to a redline of ~6000 like most cars have. It's a high revving engine.. 'nuf said.

- Matthew

[Mr duck]

My car went in for its 1000k service at Penrith toyota this morning. I ask the service guy about the idle speed and he said 1000rpm when warm is the correct idle speed. Apart from getting the hand brake adjusted there were no other problems with my car. :D

[sharmz]

cliff noteS: penrith toyota suck balls like hairy dykes.. /cliffnotes

Let me tell you something about toyota penrith..

I went there with my old 93 celica and asked them to check the left front (passanger side) wheel as it was squeeling and the steering was a little shaky...they serviced the car, charged me $300 dollars and told me it was just normal squeal and everything checked out A OK, they even said they took both wheels off the front to check..

after a day of driving i decided fudge it, took it to another car specialist and told him to check it out...cant remember exactly but the rod which the wheel sits on and is connected to the car snapped and had been welded together by the heat and grinding from constant driving....the wheel was only being held on by a few nuts and bolts, basically the wheel could be pushed towards and away from the firewall(guards).... :(

the guy said given my weekly m4 trips he goes with 110KMH driving it should have snapped within a week or so, there was so much damage and it was EXTREMELY dangerious. the fact that toyota let me drive with the car and claimed to have serviced and inspected the wheel problem ****** me off, they didnt pick up on it and check anything. The other place reccommended i seek an immediate refund from them, i still have the parts and photos someplace, i'll get them if anyoen wants to see em, but yeah, it was shonky and ignorant of them to charge me for further service inspection and let me drive away like that..

short, their ****** and dont think they will bend over backwards as they are lazy bastards...ok well ive read through a few car forums and spoken to alot of celica owners and theyve also been screwed around by these guys...

ok /rant /vent :D