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Is it the plug in the middle?
If it is then my car started and run but very badly. Really low revs and felt like it was going to die. When i hit the throttle it kind of was weak?
thats your TPS (throttle position sensor)...the cam sensor is just under yout plastic engine cover, to the right of cylinder 4, (2 pin grey plug, and its bolted to the block with 2 10mm nuts....
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basically my sportivo stalls immediatly after starting...to cut a long long story shot ................
can a sportivo (or 2ZZ-GE) owner please unplug your cam position sensor (grey plug on far right of engine block kind of below injector #4.........
simply unplug and tell me if car starts???
i want top see if this could be my problem?? (i tried this on my girlfriends 1zz-fe and it starts (after 3 tries) and runs?
I AM HOPING THE 2ZZ-GE WONT RUN IF THIS IS UNPLUGGED??????
many thanks for helping with this............i dont know anyone who owns a sportivo and cant seem to find a car yard with one here...
Probably expect a reply tomorrow dude.
The 2ZZ owners don't stay up past 8pm.
Hehe I was up till 2 am last night but it was too cold to go outside and check =P
2am?? i not been bed all weekend....its never too cold.....i was pulling my intake camshaft out at 4 am..(portable floodlights are very warm).
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basically my sportivo stalls immediatly after starting...to cut a long long story shot ................
can a sportivo (or 2ZZ-GE) owner please unplug your cam position sensor (grey plug on far right of engine block kind of below injector #4.........
simply unplug and tell me if car starts???
i want top see if this could be my problem?? (i tried this on my girlfriends 1zz-fe and it starts (after 3 tries) and runs?
I AM HOPING THE 2ZZ-GE WONT RUN IF THIS IS UNPLUGGED??????
many thanks for helping with this............i dont know anyone who owns a sportivo and cant seem to find a car yard with one here...
Probably expect a reply tomorrow dude.
The 2ZZ owners don't stay up past 8pm.
lets hope.........i bet someone asks the question......."will doing this break my car or void my warranty"???
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basically my sportivo stalls immediatly after starting...to cut a long long story shot ................
can a sportivo (or 2ZZ-GE) owner please unplug your cam position sensor (grey plug on far right of engine block kind of below injector #4.........
simply unplug and tell me if car starts???
i want top see if this could be my problem?? (i tried this on my girlfriends 1zz-fe and it starts (after 3 tries) and runs?
I AM HOPING THE 2ZZ-GE WONT RUN IF THIS IS UNPLUGGED??????
many thanks for helping with this............i dont know anyone who owns a sportivo and cant seem to find a car yard with one here...
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The actual labour of removing and installing would be around the $500 mark (assuming simialr work is required compared to a manual). The new box would be very expensive, a refurbished/rebuilt/second hand box would be a lot cheaper.
i have one for sale......in perth and i can fit it no probs.if you're over here or i can get it sent to you..its done 60,000k's.....also have a 5 speed manual gearbox for sale (conversion kit with manual ecu, pedals, clutch gear linkages etc etc etc...
both ready for sale
call me 0425 821975..
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If its genuinely just to diagnose a fault, then your best bet is to swap the ecus and the ignition barrels. That way no recoding or key cutting is necessary. Its a simple 5 minute job to swap the barrels if you actually have the keys and are not just a thief. And no, I wont tell you how to get the barrel out if you dont have the key
~Josh
ok?....so why would a car thief want to swap a ecu? and i know exactly how to remove the barrel/bypass factory transponder system etc, been fixing cars for almost 15 years....just rebuilt 3 04 -06 corolla's...but the replacement ecu i got came with no key!! and if i coiuld have got the key and receiver ring then i would have just swapped as i know how easy it is....
so is simple to change key/immobiliser without a ecu swap/recode........but to replace ecu we have to get toyota to code it??!!....easy to steal a corolla just hard to replace a broken ecu..........MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL HEY??
any one in perth with a non facelift sportivo want to allow me to try ecu and key swap to see if my car problem is ecu related????? will pay for your trouble and i am mechanic/insured and will take as little as 10 mins????
took ages to find a ecu and toyota arent very helpful at all
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sorry if its been discussed before but i cant find answer...
really simple question...
can i remove my 04 sportivo 2zz-ge ecu and replace with another exactly the same (to see if mine faulty)..without having to recode the ecu and transponder etc....????
i have been told that the new/replacement/spare ecu must be coded to the transpnder system?
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I had a search on ebay and all I could find was shells, no actual keys.
If I can save $150 on the key, I'd be very happy.
whitestivo
go to "mrminit" (the shoe repair /key cutting guys in your local shopping centre)....to supply a key AND code it...$169....
i did not belive the guy when he told me.....
so to confirm....
IF U TAKE A WORKING TOYOTA KEY TO HIM HE WILL GIVE U A EXACT SAME WORKING KEY FOR $169.(almost same as a new blank key from toyota)
U DO NOT NEED THE CAR TO CODE IT LIKE TOYOTA WILL TELL YOU!!!! TRUST ME.. (they should be reported for lying to us to make heaps of money)
does same prices for hsv's with the hsv/gto logo keys etc...he has some fancy computer right there next to his boring old shoe machine ha ha..how times change
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as it says.,...if you in perth, work at toyota (for diagnostics device) or good auto electrician etc......PM me...car is 04 corolla sportivo its in beechboro, and really need it running as my mrs smashed her 05 levin and 6 weeks at panel shop with no transport.................
hard cash waiting......
PM ME for my number.........oh F$@K it...0425 821975 (darren)
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King Wreckers in Fairfield carry a large line of Toyota wrecks (mainly corollas and usually have one stivo in at a time).
Also the preface levin lip is 2 pieces (split in the centre). The preface/facelift sportivo lip are one piece. I think you should go to a wrecker and buy an 03 corolla bumper, then either go to Toyota to get a new 03 sportivo lip, or find one in a wrecker. Then get it all painted and fitted!
I don't think the 05 sportivo lip would even fit around you 05 sedan/wagon bumper. So go with the 03 bumper and lip.
Might be easier then trying to get a lip to fit your existing 05 sedan/wagon bumper. Goodluck!
??????...i read those last few posts a few times and i am still confused??
JUST FIT A PRE FACELIFT HATCHBACK FRONT BUMPER ON THE WAGON/SEDAN (cos thereis no "facelift parts on those cars)...u can now fit a pre face lift lip to your pre facelift bumper thats fitted to your "facelift" sedan wagon..guards,bonnet, lights are same
all 05/06 sedans/wagons use prefacelift fronts except new projector lights
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does this count as a post??
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reading up on our engines to try to fugure out the vacuum lines etrc on a 03 sportivo (stock intake etc) i keep finding mention of a air pump? (apparantly fitted behind passenger side (aus) headlight?? any ideas? mine was crashed so it would have been in a thousand pieces any way but can any one shed any light on this?.....also any one had a broken crankshaft position sensor?...this would cause engine to stall immediatly after starting yeah?
oops!!! thats what reading a usa repair guide does ha ha
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reading up on our engines to try to fugure out the vacuum lines etrc on a 03 sportivo (stock intake etc) i keep finding mention of a air pump? (apparantly fitted behind passenger side (aus) headlight?? any ideas? mine was crashed so it would have been in a thousand pieces any way but can any one shed any light on this?.....also any one had a broken crankshaft position sensor?...this would cause engine to stall immediatly after starting yeah?
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no i havent, but looking at the front bars, I can't see it fitting
...face lift or not facelife.........the sedan/wagon front bumper is longer (distance from front of wheel arch to front of bumper) thus meaning the front lip from a hatchback levin/sportivo wont fit as its not long enough at the sides....(CHECK MY POST ABOUT REPAIRING A SPORTIVO....CONTAINS PIC OF HATCH FRONT LIP ON A WAGON FRONT BAR)
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Thanks for the info. If dealer only charges $319 for genuine stuff and it should be colour matched, then the ebay unpainted imitation crap at $210 seems like a rip off.
Anyway, I will ask about the price will it's due for the next service.
319????? mate there is no way toyota only want 319 for a genuine spoiler! but if by some freak of nature it is then i will guarantee IT IS NOT PAINTED..they will want over 300 to paint it..i priced up a 05 face lift sportivo front skirt and that was unpainted 370
and the tailgates are indeed different but only diff is holes being drilled at factory but its piece of cake to drill 4 holes
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anyone tried getting used parts from wreckers etc??
tailgates are 550 (+450 for glass) new but 770 from a wrecker!
doors are making 750 each
bonnets 400
although rear bumpers are only 180???
i guess cos every damaged corolla has been front ended??!!!
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Also to add, believe it or not, the headlamps of the facelift corollas, between Japanese and African built have different glare shields inside.
and *i'm still not sure about this one* but, the African built corollas (2zz/1zz) all have a blue sunshade tint on the top end of their windscreen. While Japanese built corollas (1zz) will have a clear windscreen...
Question I have is - why the slight differences? Shouldn't it all be using the same parts since the design is the same, just built in a different factory?
well i got a new screen in my sportivo (african) and they arrived with a top tinted nice screen (they said they fit whatever was fitted from factory....my girlfriends jap built ascent has a clear (not top tinted) screen, but my other african ascent has top tinted screen.....maybe the hot african sun?? hahaha japan dont need sunshade due to smog and strange eyes......( i can say this slighlty racist comment as my girl is asian hahaha)
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I did not do this repair to make a quick 15ish grand......i did it to get a very cheap good car..
i also have a s15, vx clubby with vz front and another corolla (2004)....BUT I COULD NOT SELL A CAR I HAVE WELDED TOGETHER COS I AM NOT DODGY ..i will keep the sportivo for a cheap debt free car...(once i sort out efi problem , see other post i think its throttle position sensor cutting fuel thinking its decelerating??)
anyone bought a code reader/scanner that works on these corolla's (2zz or 1z's)??
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Japanese Built:
Vin number starts with 'J'...
Anything else will start with something else...
vinnumbers...
africa start .........."AHT"
Japstart ................"JHT"
and believe it or not the doors are different too...the lock/striker position is 30mm higher on african shell, so to fit a jap door means lowering the striker
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how on earth did u square up the front end in your backyard? a job like this is hard to do in a work shop let alone in your garage
it was the front driveway mate:)...firstly i drilled out every spot weld on floor pan, exhaust tunnel, wheel arches to "A pillar" on both halfs...(robot spot welds are in precise EXACT places)....line up holes...went crazy with 10mm nuts and bolts:)...
then test fitted front guards (which are bolted to front and back sections), bonnet, bumper....hey presto it lines up.....remove front panels....went and bought new mig welder, open 6 pack of jim beam's and spent 2 days and nights awake welding....and after i re welded factory spot welds i seam welded every single seem too...
STRONGER THAN ORIGINAL BUT HEAVIER THAN THE TITANIC:)
not to mention illegal....ILLEGAL??? its called a "full sectional body repair" or "car clipping" in usa...(INSURERS AUTHORISE REPAIRERS TO DO IT AND BY LAW DONT HAVE TO TELL OWNER)
dont try this at home!I DID
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look slike such a ***** child!
haha
colour variation is a bit whack though....
i almost cried when i discovered (after waiting for a silver rear end wreck to come up for sale)..that wagons use silver 1CO paint and not the hatch silver which is 199...but dont worry its being fixed:)
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did you spray the silver sportivo red :) i want to do that
MATE INCREASE YOUR MEDICATION:):):):):):
hahahhaha
the red roughly painted areas were so i knew where to cut out......(trim damaged areas off the body...then keep only those areas on front cut:)
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Hmm... that looks like a facelift front (can tell by the foglights)
I don't know if a facelift front lip would fit on there, but it would look interesting..!
its a 05 wagon front end but the 05-06 sedans and wagons use pre-facelift style panels with a shorter bumper and facelift shaped foglights...(so you're half correct:)
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Do you mind telling the final cost ;)?
sportivo wreck = $1500
+ statutory write off rear ended wagon = $1600
- sold rims off wagon for -$800,
and still have engine (50,ks) 5 speed manual gearbox,with harness and ecu, passenger front door, dash parts etc....spent heaps on tools which lat forever :) and usefull on next project.........another 1500 special...now has door and front guards on it..chasing a tailgate in perth if any around...wreckers want 770!!!!
SPORTIVO OWNERS...HELP?
in Corolla / Corolla Sportivo Club
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i have tried evrything...as soon as it starts, the injectors stop running......no pulse........i took off the rocker cover to notice the cam sensor square magnet things broken off after i accidently put a 1zz-ge sensor in by mistake.....now i need a 2zz-ge camshaft too...
car been like this for months....i have replaced so far..
tps
idle valve
vsv valve
coolant temp sensor
maf and new airbox
fuel pump
fuel injectors/rail
crank sensor
vvt sensors
oil pressure switch
coil packs
spark plugs
have replacement ecu but needs toyota workshop to code this to my key!!!
ALL THIS STARTED AFTER RUNNING OUT OF FUEL:(