I was a Master Toyota Tech for 36 years. Some of the best vehicles I ever serviced. They are very tough and reliable. I have 3 now with each over 300K and still kicking perfect. Good presentation of the knock sensors.
Psh, yeah best vehicles as long as you keep dumping money into them. These knock sensors are a huge problem in Toyotas and cost a fortune to fix. I've had to spend over $4k in getting an old Lexus RX fixed. I've spent more money fixing this piece of junk than all other vehicles I've owned combined. NEVER buying Toyota ever again!
You can also inject the signal to the knock sensor at the piezo resonance frequency, and "listen" to the tone on the outside of the sensor. Great diagnosis as always Ivan!
Have a 2004 Toyota Sienna with the same engine.. about 1/3 the miles, but runs perfect. No oil leaks anywhere. changed the timing belt at 95k. Great car, no issues at this point.
You can not beat old Toyota's , they are bringing very good money down here in Aus . Once again crappy aftermarket sensors caused problems great test demonstration quick simple and very effective. Have a timing belt change coming up on my ladies daughters 2000 avalon V6 with 350000 klms engine and transmission still runs like new smooth powerful no leaks . Been changing timing belts for years but still like to watch a few vids on you tube before having a go.
My 2004 Highlander 3.3L V-6 finally needed an alternator at about 400K. Starter is original, AC blows ice cold, never needed any sort of repair. The issue many well meaning long term owners have is that their techs cut corners because typically owners of old cars want the cheapest things. I do most of my own service work, but for some things I don't tackle (like timing belts) my tech knows I want quality parts and things done right. Techs like Ivan are worth their weight in gold and enable people to keep well made cars on the road for decades. I spend maybe $100/month maintaining my old HL, compare that to the payment on a new one, omg. I also have cheaper insurance, cheaper 16" tires and many other lower costs that come along with older cars. Yeah, I don't have fancy screens or massaging seats, but I retired young instead...hhhmmmm
Wow, damn 545k miles!!! Toyota has reputation for reliability and quality build!! I've worked on 2 of those engines, 94 and 02 3.0 v6 engines! Replaced timing belt, water pump, all Aisin built! I do keep the maintenence to it every year for my costumer, 94 is 188k, 02 is 150k. Still runs good! Also my chevy blazer is 268,000 miles and all runs good, just leaks bit of oil. Not bad for this old! Great job on testing on the knock sensor on the pico!! Love how you did! ❤️ great video, Ivan. You're the man!
When I first started watching your videos I saw on your intro 'State College, PA'. I thought maybe you were a teacher at a college and you were doing videos for automotive classes. I just googled it and found out it is a municipality in Pennsylvania. Fooled me. lol I have never met a mechanic that does such in depth diagnostics to find the exact cause of a car problem. Most just wheel out the parts cannon and fire away. A lot of the electrical/electronic stuff goes over my head but I always follow you to the end and think I learn a bit. Your persistence always wins out in the end!
I went aftermarket on my mothers Highlander.. to save some money.. same codes set. Both bank 1 and bank 2 knock sensor codes. It would go into limp mode when it set the code. Took scope captures of before and after. It was better. But the computer wasn’t happy. Bit the bullet and bought Toyota factory ones. No issues. Lesson learned. Ha Thanks for sharing Ivan!
Great simple test procedure! Impressive Toyota - went to the Moon and back, and then some! Sadly, it seems most problems in the car resulted from improper work done on it!
Fantastic to see it out right! It deserved it for sticking around! Asked my African friend the mileage he got on his identical mini van and I stand corrected, it’s actually just over 200K miles. He drives as if the gas pedal is a switch.. not even joking. He also twice misunderstood how to do the oil and overfilled it with the wrong oil twice he told me.. sad Toto see that happen to such a well built and designed engine that clearly can last is cared for.. Meanwhile having cut back on the mileage for me 2011 volvo XC70, like 310K or 320K miles still.. moved up or sideways i the world. Picked up a $2,500 C30 from some chick with like 150K miles and a 2012 XC70 with like 250K+ miles for $3800 (I think I over paid during the absolute peak of this bubble). but got even more stuff to go wrong than ever fully loaded oh yea baby!!! Edit: oh also it’s a bit beat up (actually both are) but I don’t care, I’ll fix it in long run over time.
Great job! I replaced the cam, crank, and oil pump seals on the wife's Camry when I'd change the timing belt. Also - and just as important - I'd change the oil pump body/cover o-ring. That o-ring will harden and crack, making it look like the oil pan gasket is leaking.
That was great!! On the hard ones, I usually find a threaded hole near the intake manifold and screw an OEM sensor in. So far it has always worked. On the 5.3's there is a way to just use one sensor by rejigging the wiring. I have done that three or four times. For poor budget people, we just want to smog it. I'm sure if u had some radical knocking going on, it would back the timing off. Please don't be mad at me😥😥
Great video 📹! That's why we have 5 toyotas in our household. I Did noticed at 8:41 min in that the CV axle boot looked torn open. Axle probably will need replacing soon.
So AWESOME that you caught that belt BEFORE catastrophe 👍. I have two cars in shop RIGHT NOW with broken belts that need valve jobs 😥; and i recommended timing belts on both just a couple months earlier. Customers said, "No $ for timing belt, so gotta last a while." I guess the timing belts didn't get the memo. My lot looking like junkyard.
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics True except the diesel in the camry years ago. People loved those diesels they ran great and low maintenance too. I liked them but I don't like dirty diesel crank oil.
I am going to need to bring you my car, Ivan. It hasn't ever had the A/C recharged, it still has the original alternator and I have never touched the timing chain in almost 500,000 miles. Great video!
You don't ever get close enough to that car for me to identify it, but I thought it was a '95 or '96. That car is on the CDW27 chassis (same as the European Ford Mondeo? and the American Contour) I think that had the 2.0 liter Zetec 4 cylinder or the 2.5 liter Duratec V-6. That V-6 was rated at 170 horsepower.
That's incredible mileage, engineering perfection. I'd keep that until it dies just to see how far it will go, probably outlast its owner 😁 No snakes in this episode 🐍
Learned something new. I knew you had to watch what kind of hose you used for oil products, but didn't know you had to pay attention to the temperature the coolant gets to. Likewise, I'm not sure as I would have noticed the washers weren't perfectly flat. Good thing that's not my day job.
Went thru this knock sensor problem on my dad’s 2002 Tundra. Went thru 4 aftermarket sensors, computer was never happy. Finally bucked up and bought Toyota brand sensor ($250!) and computer was happy! Checked sensors same way in a vice with my scope. Didn’t know what the frequency is suppose to be but checking voltage - aftermarket were around 10 volts, Toyota brand was around 30 volts.
Just plain awesome Ivan. You and the Toyota both. I have 3 Toyotas because I’m a mechanic, many people tell me they are too pricey. Well, OK. The 94 Camry will be coming Your way soon, only because my scan tools do not work on it and I’m not using the cannon.
"What do we see?"...... I have to say it..... I shouldn't but I will as it's oddly comforting....... back to childhood.... ready? ....... One of these waveforms is not like the others :D Q.E.D. Objective test done and dusted. Good work Ivan.
Yes Toyota is a good engine..The timing belts are a maintenance item , anod i like to pull the cover about half way through there life cycle or before to just take a look . I drive tdi vw for the for a long time and the na before . I even had a 2lt toyato turbo diesel 4x4 a long time ago ... i once had a ahu that had a timing belt alignment problem after i bought the car . So by checking the belt i saved my self a lot of grief . The belt was in poor shape way before its was supposed to be changed. I found the how to fix the problem on line . Thanks for the videos
needs 10-15 other things as well and will need more every 6 month on; at a point in time it becomes counterproductive to keep repairing a 23 year old car with half a million miles
I like you a lot bro and I’m watching your videos everyday.I’m from Cyprus and I wish you were here lol fixing my Range Rover because sometimes I have crank issues
Nice job showing us a proper diagnostics manual for the Toyota. Although in this case, you could argue in the interest of parts vs labor, it might've been cheaper simply to replace the sensor. Scotty Kilmer, lol!
good idea on the sensor bench test. Will start doing some knock sensor testing same way to see how good new sensor output is . Can't beat 90's to very early 2000's for proper longevity build/component quality . Based on manufacture to end of life environmental impact it really good and hardly any parts/service waste in over half a million miles, trouble is true environmental solutions don't make big profits, big companies want you buying new every few years, no easy money if make products that faultless for 3 decades 😕 Was enough electrical be useful along with good quality and well located within vehicle so rarely much drama . Once you start going past 2005 the hassle and longevity and daily reliability declines until you get to latest garbage that faulty right off the production line lol . All my old Japanese wagons have been incredibly reliable and low cost, I done 35 years minimal hassle motoring for less than people paying for a brand new headache at the car dealers lol . My work and customer bills highlights fact too, all the ridiculous failures & crazy hassle and big $ bills are newer garbage ...
@0:45 "The van will make it to 1 million miles, no problem!" Wow, that's some warranty you're offering there, Ivan. And as a matter of public record too! 😉
Ivan, Great video - thank you! I wish you could have done a video series on the fix/job - I would have loved to see that. My late wife would have called this van an 'anti-lemon'. We figured for every 100 lemons there was one of these. Scotty certainly gets the last laugh here... BTW 199K on my 05 Focus 5-speed but I think rust will take it soon :( Paul (in MA)
What a great test. It would be interesting to try striking different places to see where you get the most consistent readings on the good ones. Straight in on the screw, for instance, or at the end of the tail, on the bench beside it, or in front of it, even on the far end of the bench, to see what happens.
I had a similar vehicle problem recently. It had an aftermarket fuel injector and was missing on that cyl. I swapped that injector to another cyl and the plug to a different one and that cyl plus the one I swapped the injector into were now dead. I ohmed out the injector signal wire to the PCM to find out if it had a bad driver on that port. It was fine. Turns out the aftermarket injector was bad AND the wire couldn't carry enough load to fire it. I got to thinking about the "chicken or egg" implications of it, and conclude that the wire went bad so someone misdiagnosed it to be a bad injector so put the aftermarket junk in there, which was probably bad from the git-go, but even though it failed my test didn't mean it was the *cause* of the problem.
@@Wdbx831 we don't have those siemnas here in Ireland so I don't know if it's interference Orr not buy life being what it is, when the belt snaps is when you find out it's the one sienna engine that's interference 💩
It is a testament to this old Toyota that it still managed to reach 500K even with poorly performed repairs. Who knows what else was done poorly to it? Stands to reason, if you want Toyota quality you have to use Toyota parts....and install them properly!!!
I have a sienna with over 400k miles on it and they are bulletproof (knock on wood). Little tip- if you ever work on one again, the wiper cowl comes off in 5 mins and gives you all sorts of room to work. Bonus footage question- lol- the ecu on Keith’s white canyon that would cut out under-power on the interstate, did you send off the ecu and get an answer as you said you might do? I suggested it might be a melting solder connection and was wondering if it happened to be it. Thanks and your videos are amazing!
I talked to a colleague who owns a Mercedes S class from 1974. He also said it was all original parts and that he never had to refill the AC. I don't know how many km it had run, though. So, it is very good quality from MB at that time (not now anymore obviously) and Toyota. The Toyota did it for a much lower price!
Those cam sprocket bolts are really tight on those things and the rear one can be tricky to get to especially on on a Solara. I hope it didn't fight you too much. I made a cam sprocket holder out of a 6' angle iron and two big bolts. It still helps to have a strong buddy and a long breaker bar.
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics I was able to get the sprockets off no problem using a cheap rig and regular 1/2" breaker bar. It was worth replacing all the front engine cam/crank seals as now the engine is still bone dry 7 months later on my '99 1mzfe! l
My Highlander Hybrid is at 178k with no problems. Hybrid battery still maintaining charge. I do have to use mid grade gas to avoid knocking. I guess it's cheaper than the service expense to eliminate the carbon buildup.
@@mattmanyam Thanks, but sadly those investments have not payed off. I’m waiting for 3/4 inch tooling to arrive for another go! Truly appreciate your comment.
knock sensors are a pain on most engines. Thankfully on a Subaru 3.6L you do not have to remove the intake (service data states you do). Remove alternator and MAP/BARO sensor and go in though there to get them.... Also, on parts like that, I never use aftermarket. OEM only
My RX300 asked for a knock sensor not to long ago. At almost 200k, I couldn't complain. Thing is, I was able to bypass it from the glove box. Got ride of the check engine and I'm using just one now. Will replace it at 300k lol
HOLY CROW, Thought it was that " SNEK " crawling in or out of your window in the opening shot. Any Dogs, Cats, Horses missing lately ? Good catch on that spacer but could see how easy it would be to put on wrong. " DON'T TREAD ON ME ".
Toyotas always had great reliability in that generation. My 2001 Corolla now has 216,700 and it runs like new. .I just replaced the tensioner, water pump and belt and rear wheel bearing and hub. Bearings were making noise. Question for you. I don't have the wiring diagrams for the power outlet on the center console (there is a 12 volt power outlet behind the shifter, but I need to figure out where the wiring to it comes from. Is it coming from the cig lighter outlet on the dash or someplace else? That outlet on the center console does not work but the one on the dash does. No power at the wires at the one on the center console.
@@brandtharen I don't see a separate fuse for the second outlet, but when I pulled the lower front of the dash to access the lights on the HVAC, I was able to see 2 separate wire sets plugged into the outlet on the dash. I don't have access to alldata, but I did look and can't find a diagram for the second outlet.
Seen a lot of this where "someone" worked on it and had little or no idea what they were doing. @9:37 a lot of that greasy mess looks to have come from the inner drive-shaft boot which is ripped wide open.
Cool video, can one have a bad knock sensor without code to cause slight pinging at low speed under slight load. Asked this same question on your latest video on Camry. Any suggestions would be appreciated
Ivan thanks for sharing. Honda has the same type of washer setup. I’m sure you know that. Also Honda also has a service bulletin using a shim to prevent rubbing of one of the pulleys. Is that snake still freeloading or did he move on? Lol 👍
That was good. I can't imagine driving the same vehicle for that long, I'd be so bored with it. Especially a minivan. But I guess if you use it as just transportation, a way to get from A to B, it's fine.
@@Runco990 I drive a 21 year old reliable vehicle myself, every day for many years. It's great. It's also like eating the same exact thing for lunch every day for 20 years. Nothing interesting about it anymore. It has become an appliance to me. That's all.
I own a 2001 Toyota sienna did the timing belt last year change the water pump while I was in there but everything else is original 294,000 miles in the damn thing gets about 32 miles to the gallon on the highway driving to Rhode Island and back all the time
You'll take my 87 Celica when you pry the steering wheel out of my cold dead hands. Good vid, thanks. Do different knock sensors have different outputs?
I'd definitely recommend an AC service on that vehicle. It's absolutely low on refrigerant, even though it's still getting cold. Low refrigerant means low oil flow. Low oil flow means catastrophic compressor failure. A simple evac and recharge with a machine would be a very wise thing to do.
@@111-c7x2t Yes. Refrigerant carries the oil to lubricate the compressor. if less refrigerant is flowing, less oil is flowing for the same RPM of the compressor. Low refrigerant, and consequently low oil, is one the main causes of compressor failure.
I was a Master Toyota Tech for 36 years. Some of the best vehicles I ever serviced. They are very tough and reliable. I have 3 now with each over 300K and still kicking perfect. Good presentation of the knock sensors.
nissans used to be pretty good too.., thier weakness is the plastic coolant tubes and plastic timing chain guides..
@Kim Pettit I thought you were a Master Bee Tech?
@@randy1ization or Upper oil pan leaks at higher milage
Psh, yeah best vehicles as long as you keep dumping money into them. These knock sensors are a huge problem in Toyotas and cost a fortune to fix. I've had to spend over $4k in getting an old Lexus RX fixed. I've spent more money fixing this piece of junk than all other vehicles I've owned combined. NEVER buying Toyota ever again!
I have a 2003 sienna I took the seats out now when I pick up chicks at the bar I don't have to bring them to my house.
You can also inject the signal to the knock sensor at the piezo resonance frequency, and "listen" to the tone on the outside of the sensor. Great diagnosis as always Ivan!
Have a 2004 Toyota Sienna with the same engine.. about 1/3 the miles, but runs perfect. No oil leaks anywhere. changed the timing belt at 95k. Great car, no issues at this point.
You can not beat old Toyota's , they are bringing very good money down here in Aus . Once again crappy aftermarket sensors caused problems great test demonstration quick simple and very effective. Have a timing belt change coming up on my ladies daughters 2000 avalon V6 with 350000 klms engine and transmission still runs like new smooth powerful no leaks . Been changing timing belts for years but still like to watch a few vids on you tube before having a go.
Interesting Ivan! I also see torn boots on the drive axle near that timing belt keyway. Nice job! She'll still run great.
Yeah that CV boot is next on the fix list.
My 2004 Highlander 3.3L V-6 finally needed an alternator at about 400K. Starter is original, AC blows ice cold, never needed any sort of repair. The issue many well meaning long term owners have is that their techs cut corners because typically owners of old cars want the cheapest things. I do most of my own service work, but for some things I don't tackle (like timing belts) my tech knows I want quality parts and things done right. Techs like Ivan are worth their weight in gold and enable people to keep well made cars on the road for decades. I spend maybe $100/month maintaining my old HL, compare that to the payment on a new one, omg. I also have cheaper insurance, cheaper 16" tires and many other lower costs that come along with older cars. Yeah, I don't have fancy screens or massaging seats, but I retired young instead...hhhmmmm
If you retired young because of saving on a car payment, you must be living in a trailer park
@@111-c7x2t didn’t say that’s the only frugal thing I did…
Wow, damn 545k miles!!! Toyota has reputation for reliability and quality build!! I've worked on 2 of those engines, 94 and 02 3.0 v6 engines! Replaced timing belt, water pump, all Aisin built! I do keep the maintenence to it every year for my costumer, 94 is 188k, 02 is 150k. Still runs good! Also my chevy blazer is 268,000 miles and all runs good, just leaks bit of oil. Not bad for this old! Great job on testing on the knock sensor on the pico!! Love how you did! ❤️ great video, Ivan. You're the man!
When I first started watching your videos I saw on your intro 'State College, PA'. I thought maybe you were a teacher at a college and you were doing videos for automotive classes.
I just googled it and found out it is a municipality in Pennsylvania. Fooled me. lol
I have never met a mechanic that does such in depth diagnostics to find the exact cause of a car problem. Most just wheel out the parts cannon and fire away.
A lot of the electrical/electronic stuff goes over my head but I always follow you to the end and think I learn a bit.
Your persistence always wins out in the end!
I went aftermarket on my mothers Highlander.. to save some money.. same codes set. Both bank 1 and bank 2 knock sensor codes.
It would go into limp mode when it set the code.
Took scope captures of before and after. It was better. But the computer wasn’t happy. Bit the bullet and bought Toyota factory ones. No issues. Lesson learned. Ha
Thanks for sharing Ivan!
Miles per dollar Toyota is definitely among the best if not the best outright
Great simple test procedure! Impressive Toyota - went to the Moon and back, and then some! Sadly, it seems most problems in the car resulted from improper work done on it!
Really cool bench test Ivan. What we really want to know is....Have you found & evicted the snake??! 😁
Never evict a snake. Bad luck is sure to follow. (;-)
Snake is MIA haha
Either the snake or the wife is gone. I’m sure of that.
@@billrimmer5596 🤣🤣
@@t5ruxlee210 I don't know, i had great luck after i evicted my ex wife! 😂
Fantastic to see it out right! It deserved it for sticking around! Asked my African friend the mileage he got on his identical mini van and I stand corrected, it’s actually just over 200K miles. He drives as if the gas pedal is a switch.. not even joking. He also twice misunderstood how to do the oil and overfilled it with the wrong oil twice he told me.. sad Toto see that happen to such a well built and designed engine that clearly can last is cared for..
Meanwhile having cut back on the mileage for me 2011 volvo XC70, like 310K or 320K miles still.. moved up or sideways i the world. Picked up a $2,500 C30 from some chick with like 150K miles and a 2012 XC70 with like 250K+ miles for $3800 (I think I over paid during the absolute peak of this bubble). but got even more stuff to go wrong than ever fully loaded oh yea baby!!! Edit: oh also it’s a bit beat up (actually both are) but I don’t care, I’ll fix it in long run over time.
Great job! I replaced the cam, crank, and oil pump seals on the wife's Camry when I'd change the timing belt. Also - and just as important - I'd change the oil pump body/cover o-ring. That o-ring will harden and crack, making it look like the oil pan gasket is leaking.
The oil pump seal leak is a 4-cylinder problem :)
Nice test. Hope the new sensor will last another 500K miles.
Incredible, and that's miles not ks..wow.very good investigation on that washer concave Ivan, well done.
That was great!! On the hard ones, I usually find a threaded hole near the intake manifold and screw an OEM sensor in. So far it has always worked. On the 5.3's there is a way to just use one sensor by rejigging the wiring. I have done that three or four times. For poor budget people, we just want to smog it. I'm sure if u had some radical knocking going on, it would back the timing off. Please don't be mad at me😥😥
It's nice to have 2 sensors to work with 😁
The shredded belt was very interesting. The quality of Toyota is hard to beat.
I tell everyone, these are nothing but trouble once you have passed 500,000 miles but nobody listens . 😂
Excellent diagnosis Ivan!!...good job..👍👍😊
Great video 📹! That's why we have 5 toyotas in our household. I Did noticed at 8:41 min in that the CV axle boot looked torn open. Axle probably will need replacing soon.
So AWESOME that you caught that belt BEFORE catastrophe 👍. I have two cars in shop RIGHT NOW with broken belts that need valve jobs 😥; and i recommended timing belts on both just a couple months earlier. Customers said, "No $ for timing belt, so gotta last a while." I guess the timing belts didn't get the memo. My lot looking like junkyard.
Haha Toyota don't care... Non interference FTW. That's exactly why these engines are so bomb proof 💣😎
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics True except the diesel in the camry years ago. People loved those diesels they ran great and low maintenance too. I liked them but I don't like dirty diesel crank oil.
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics Is the vvti version non interference tho?
@@nickelbus7596 all 1mz is non interference. Not sure about the 3mz...
I am going to need to bring you my car, Ivan. It hasn't ever had the A/C recharged, it still has the original alternator and I have never touched the timing chain in almost 500,000 miles. Great video!
What do you drive?
It is a 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis LS. Don't ask me how many intake manifolds I have had on it! Well, actually 3.
I think it has a knock sensor. I think 1996 was the first year of OBD 2.
@@lvsqcsl 96 was a good year. I'm at 300k on the Mystique, purrs like a kitten :)
You don't ever get close enough to that car for me to identify it, but I thought it was a '95 or '96. That car is on the CDW27 chassis (same as the European Ford Mondeo? and the American Contour) I think that had the 2.0 liter Zetec 4 cylinder or the 2.5 liter Duratec V-6. That V-6 was rated at 170 horsepower.
That's incredible mileage, engineering perfection. I'd keep that until it dies just to see how far it will go, probably outlast its owner 😁 No snakes in this episode 🐍
Ivan now wearing snakeskin boots
Learned something new. I knew you had to watch what kind of hose you used for oil products, but didn't know you had to pay attention to the temperature the coolant gets to. Likewise, I'm not sure as I would have noticed the washers weren't perfectly flat. Good thing that's not my day job.
Went thru this knock sensor problem on my dad’s 2002 Tundra. Went thru 4 aftermarket sensors, computer was never happy. Finally bucked up and bought Toyota brand sensor ($250!) and computer was happy! Checked sensors same way in a vice with my scope. Didn’t know what the frequency is suppose to be but checking voltage - aftermarket were around 10 volts, Toyota brand was around 30 volts.
Just plain awesome Ivan. You and the Toyota both. I have 3 Toyotas because I’m a mechanic, many people tell me they are too pricey. Well, OK. The 94 Camry will be coming Your way soon, only because my scan tools do not work on it and I’m not using the cannon.
@ 9:37 you can see the CV joint boot at the transmission is split.. Its also slinging grease all over.
Grease left the chat 150k miles ago😂
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics or more!!
"What do we see?"...... I have to say it..... I shouldn't but I will as it's oddly comforting....... back to childhood.... ready? ....... One of these waveforms is not like the others :D
Q.E.D. Objective test done and dusted.
Good work Ivan.
Yes Toyota is a good engine..The timing belts are a maintenance item , anod i like to pull the cover about half way through there life cycle or before to just take a look . I drive tdi vw for the for a long time and the na before . I even had a 2lt toyato turbo diesel 4x4 a long time ago ... i once had a ahu that had a timing belt alignment problem after i bought the car . So by checking the belt i saved my self a lot of grief . The belt was in poor shape way before its was supposed to be changed. I found the how to fix the problem on line . Thanks for the videos
You should give the customer a quote on new half-shafts, too. His CV joint boots are torn. Good times Ivan.
Just wobbles a bit under hard acceleration... Ok for another 100k miles 👌
Now it just needs a CV axle 👍
I saw that too! Torn boot.
needs 10-15 other things as well and will need more every 6 month on; at a point in time it becomes counterproductive to keep repairing a 23 year old car with half a million miles
Another Scotty Kilmer special. I love Toyotas. Got 2 Camrys.
I like you a lot bro and I’m watching your videos everyday.I’m from Cyprus and I wish you were here lol fixing my Range Rover because sometimes I have crank issues
Nice job showing us a proper diagnostics manual for the Toyota. Although in this case, you could argue in the interest of parts vs labor, it might've been cheaper simply to replace the sensor.
Scotty Kilmer, lol!
good idea on the sensor bench test. Will start doing some knock sensor testing same way to see how good new sensor output is .
Can't beat 90's to very early 2000's for proper longevity build/component quality .
Based on manufacture to end of life environmental impact it really good and hardly any parts/service waste in over half a million miles, trouble is true environmental solutions don't make big profits, big companies want you buying new every few years, no easy money if make products that faultless for 3 decades 😕
Was enough electrical be useful along with good quality and well located within vehicle so rarely much drama .
Once you start going past 2005 the hassle and longevity and daily reliability declines until you get to latest garbage that faulty right off the production line lol .
All my old Japanese wagons have been incredibly reliable and low cost, I done 35 years minimal hassle motoring for less than people paying for a brand new headache at the car dealers lol .
My work and customer bills highlights fact too, all the ridiculous failures & crazy hassle and big $ bills are newer garbage ...
Cool video with the frequency thanks
@0:45 "The van will make it to 1 million miles, no problem!" Wow, that's some warranty you're offering there, Ivan. And as a matter of public record too! 😉
Ivan,
Great video - thank you! I wish you could have done a video series on the fix/job - I would have loved to see that. My late wife would have called this van an 'anti-lemon'. We figured for every 100 lemons there was one of these. Scotty certainly gets the last laugh here...
BTW 199K on my 05 Focus 5-speed but I think rust will take it soon :(
Paul (in MA)
Scotty is a blowhard.
Toyota does have some good engine's in their auto's.
Good job on the knock sensors.
What a great test. It would be interesting to try striking different places to see where you get the most consistent readings on the good ones. Straight in on the screw, for instance, or at the end of the tail, on the bench beside it, or in front of it, even on the far end of the bench, to see what happens.
I had a similar vehicle problem recently. It had an aftermarket fuel injector and was missing on that cyl. I swapped that injector to another cyl and the plug to a different one and that cyl plus the one I swapped the injector into were now dead. I ohmed out the injector signal wire to the PCM to find out if it had a bad driver on that port. It was fine. Turns out the aftermarket injector was bad AND the wire couldn't carry enough load to fire it.
I got to thinking about the "chicken or egg" implications of it, and conclude that the wire went bad so someone misdiagnosed it to be a bad injector so put the aftermarket junk in there, which was probably bad from the git-go, but even though it failed my test didn't mean it was the *cause* of the problem.
looked like the cv boot was split too
Great video Ivan👍 👍. Was there a torn boot on the axle shaft?
It's mind blowing to think that such a tiny insignificant error could have been catastrophic to that engine
Not catastrophic... It would just stall lol
I assume it is not an interference engine.
@@Wdbx831 we don't have those siemnas here in Ireland so I don't know if it's interference Orr not buy life being what it is, when the belt snaps is when you find out it's the one sienna engine that's interference 💩
It is a testament to this old Toyota that it still managed to reach 500K even with poorly performed repairs. Who knows what else was done poorly to it? Stands to reason, if you want Toyota quality you have to use Toyota parts....and install them properly!!!
Always check for low oil level or low oil pressure before changing knock sensors .
Hint: when checking a measurement like that, measure across 4 or 5 full waves and then divide by number of waves to minimise any optical errors
Thanks for the mystery video/ great detective work: thanks Ivan/
Did you by any chance look at the PCV system, in the Volvo world a clogged PVC system would actually push the seals out
I have a sienna with over 400k miles on it and they are bulletproof (knock on wood). Little tip- if you ever work on one again, the wiper cowl comes off in 5 mins and gives you all sorts of room to work.
Bonus footage question- lol- the ecu on Keith’s white canyon that would cut out under-power on the interstate, did you send off the ecu and get an answer as you said you might do? I suggested it might be a melting solder connection and was wondering if it happened to be it.
Thanks and your videos are amazing!
999 thumbs up...now 1000~Thanks Ivan 👍
I talked to a colleague who owns a Mercedes S class from 1974. He also said it was all original parts and that he never had to refill the AC. I don't know how many km it had run, though. So, it is very good quality from MB at that time (not now anymore obviously) and Toyota. The Toyota did it for a much lower price!
Those 1mz-fe engines were the best V6 engines Toyota ever made. And the 5s-fe 4 cylinder engines were bullet proof too.
Those cam sprocket bolts are really tight on those things and the rear one can be tricky to get to especially on on a Solara. I hope it didn't fight you too much. I made a cam sprocket holder out of a 6' angle iron and two big bolts. It still helps to have a strong buddy and a long breaker bar.
I didn't remove the sprockets... Oil leak was of no concern to the customer lol
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics I was able to get the sprockets off no problem using a cheap rig and regular 1/2" breaker bar. It was worth replacing all the front engine cam/crank seals as now the engine is still bone dry 7 months later on my '99 1mzfe! l
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Cool Ivan, thank you for that!!!
My Highlander Hybrid is at 178k with no problems. Hybrid battery still maintaining charge. I do have to use mid grade gas to avoid knocking. I guess it's cheaper than the service expense to eliminate the carbon buildup.
Wow, I think you just saved that engine.
It's a non-interference engine, so a broken cambelt is a non-issue. Same non-event recently on my old Camry.
Looked like a torn cv boot too.
Look at the drive shafts booths
Cool. Hope you are going to replace the cam seals. Nothing worse than oil leaks.
Eh maybe on the next t-belt change in a few hundred thousand miles haha
Mechanic Ed
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Ivan the right inside CV boot is cut open.
Sprayed grease is from the CV boot
How did you get that crank bolt loose? I’m fighting with my crank bolt on a odyssey.
The special impact socket from Lisle and a decent impact gun has been pretty reliable.
@@mattmanyam Thanks, but sadly those investments have not payed off. I’m waiting for 3/4 inch tooling to arrive for another go! Truly appreciate your comment.
Hondas can be tiiiight. You need the special pulley holder 6 point Hollow socket and a long breaker bar 💪
@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics Being 67 I may have lost some muscle over time but that bolt is ridiculous!
LOL! I was just going to say, "Send this video to Scotty!!"
knock sensors are a pain on most engines. Thankfully on a Subaru 3.6L you do not have to remove the intake (service data states you do). Remove alternator and MAP/BARO sensor and go in though there to get them.... Also, on parts like that, I never use aftermarket. OEM only
Bro which version and model of PICO oscilloscope are you using?
My RX300 asked for a knock sensor not to long ago. At almost 200k, I couldn't complain. Thing is, I was able to bypass it from the glove box. Got ride of the check engine and I'm using just one now. Will replace it at 300k lol
Schematic: Would you do a series showing people the way to read wiring diagrams?
.The Go Tech UA-cam channel has some videos about reading wiring diagrams.
HOLY CROW, Thought it was that " SNEK " crawling in or out of your window in the opening shot. Any Dogs, Cats, Horses missing lately ? Good catch on that spacer but could see how easy it would be to put on wrong. " DON'T TREAD ON ME ".
That’s a clean van for a half million miles
Thanks Ivan!
my 99 solara se just past 230k miles,alt 14.1,starter is new though, ac factory and cold-only probs is evap purge valves occasionally get stuck.
Toyotas always had great reliability in that generation. My 2001 Corolla now has 216,700 and it runs like new. .I just replaced the tensioner, water pump and belt and rear wheel bearing and hub. Bearings were making noise.
Question for you. I don't have the wiring diagrams for the power outlet on the center console (there is a 12 volt power outlet behind the shifter, but I need to figure out where the wiring to it comes from. Is it coming from the cig lighter outlet on the dash or someplace else? That outlet on the center console does not work but the one on the dash does. No power at the wires at the one on the center console.
AllDataDIY has wiring diagrams, a month of access will run you $20. Otherwise you can try to find a factory service manual on ebay or amazon.
I have a 2000 Camry with a similar setup (lighter + separate 12V outlet) and I believe there is a separate fuse for the power outlet.
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I don't see a separate fuse for the second outlet, but when I pulled the lower front of the dash to access the lights on the HVAC, I was able to see 2 separate wire sets plugged into the outlet on the dash. I don't have access to alldata, but I did look and can't find a diagram for the second outlet.
@@cclngthr AllDataDIY is different than AllData
Im pretty sure the generation of your corolla will stop counting miles at 299k
Hey man, could you tell me hiw much voltage I should expect to see when tapping on the knock sensor? What is considered too low with a good smack?
Seen a lot of this where "someone" worked on it and had little or no idea what they were doing.
@9:37 a lot of that greasy mess looks to have come from the inner drive-shaft boot which is ripped wide open.
CV boot needed at 9:37 if it hasn't been mentioned before.
Cool video, can one have a bad knock sensor without code to cause slight pinging at low speed under slight load. Asked this same question on your latest video on Camry. Any suggestions would be appreciated
Ivan thanks for sharing. Honda has the same type of washer setup. I’m sure you know that. Also Honda also has a service bulletin using a shim to prevent rubbing of one of the pulleys. Is that snake still freeloading or did he move on? Lol 👍
Oh yes..he had that work done at Meathead Motors! Ivan to the rescue..go TOYOTA
Great test Ivan, but what about the 🐍?!
Is the cv boot broken as well?
That was good.
I can't imagine driving the same vehicle for that long, I'd be so bored with it. Especially a minivan. But I guess if you use it as just transportation, a way to get from A to B, it's fine.
Isn't the most exciting vehicle...but quite practical :)
@@Runco990 I drive a 21 year old reliable vehicle myself, every day for many years. It's great. It's also like eating the same exact thing for lunch every day for 20 years. Nothing interesting about it anymore. It has become an appliance to me. That's all.
9:00 no way! backwards. wow
Also I noticed a torn CV axle inner boot right side...
It is astounding how many of a vehicles problems are the result of a prior "repair".
Replacing both or just one?
Both
I like your way of testing knock sensors, now you need three hammers with different masses to test the sensitivity.
A toffee hammer lol im joking :-D
I own a 2001 Toyota sienna did the timing belt last year change the water pump while I was in there but everything else is original 294,000 miles in the damn thing gets about 32 miles to the gallon on the highway driving to Rhode Island and back all the time
Ivan, Did you have to take the wiper cowl off to do the timing belt on that van? Lmk love your channel man.
Nope...easy to do as-is :)
Did you do the water pump and the tensioner too?
passenger side CV boot is torn. 9:38
Owner is aware...
I want to know, what happened to the snake?
Nice work ‼️ Are you Mexican dude ❓️
Did I see a bad CV axle?
Is the 7.1khz related to the engine speed, so why does 1 hammer blow give you that
I'm guessing that is the natural frequency of the piezo element in the sensor...
You'll take my 87 Celica when you pry the steering wheel out of my cold dead hands. Good vid, thanks. Do different knock sensors have different outputs?
I'd definitely recommend an AC service on that vehicle. It's absolutely low on refrigerant, even though it's still getting cold. Low refrigerant means low oil flow. Low oil flow means catastrophic compressor failure. A simple evac and recharge with a machine would be a very wise thing to do.
low refrigerant means low oil flow? what??
@@111-c7x2t Yes. Refrigerant carries the oil to lubricate the compressor. if less refrigerant is flowing, less oil is flowing for the same RPM of the compressor. Low refrigerant, and consequently low oil, is one the main causes of compressor failure.
@@johnaclark1 nah
@@111-c7x2tOh, so you must be trained in automotive HVAC and can explain why I'm wrong?
Ivan, your Jeep kills battery is set to private. FYI
that was a solid bench test, but how about the snake?
Macayver!!👍👍