Starting

[dickiebrickie]

Hello everyone I am new to this,

I have just bought a 94 (L)

2.4 gl auto previa It might sound sily but how do I start it. ie do I have to depress the throttle or just turn key?

Any help much appreciated. Many thanks dickiebrickie.

[propnut]

Hello everyone I am new to this,

I have just bought a 94 (L)

2.4 gl auto previa It might sound sily but how do I start it. ie do I have to depress the throttle or just turn key?

Any help much appreciated. Many thanks dickiebrickie.

If the car is properly set up and in tune you should just need to turn the key. When cold the car has a "cold start injector" that injects fuel as the starter motor cranks over. This is sufficient to get the car going and then the main injectors kick in taking the car to fast idle. You may however find from time to time that a little tap on the throttle will help if the car is very hot.

They are great cars but be advised they are known to blow head gaskets on high mileage units. Also the radiators don't age well. If yours has over 100K miles I would suggest you buy a new radiator off eBay for around £70 and a new thermostat from Toyota. Before you fit it however get some rad flush and flush the entire system a few times to make sure the block is nice and clear. Then fit the new rad and thermostat fill with a 50/50 mix of antifreeze and distilled water. DO NOT under any circumstances use tap water, that would just be plain stupid.

Best of luck

[martin1]

Hello everyone I am new to this,

I have just bought a 94 (L)

2.4 gl auto previa It might sound sily but how do I start it. ie do I have to depress the throttle or just turn key?

Any help much appreciated. Many thanks dickiebrickie.

If the car is properly set up and in tune you should just need to turn the key. When cold the car has a "cold start injector" that injects fuel as the starter motor cranks over. This is sufficient to get the car going and then the main injectors kick in taking the car to fast idle. You may however find from time to time that a little tap on the throttle will help if the car is very hot.

They are great cars but be advised they are known to blow head gaskets on high mileage units. Also the radiators don't age well. If yours has over 100K miles I would suggest you buy a new radiator off eBay for around £70 and a new thermostat from Toyota. Before you fit it however get some rad flush and flush the entire system a few times to make sure the block is nice and clear. Then fit the new rad and thermostat fill with a 50/50 mix of antifreeze and distilled water. DO NOT under any circumstances use tap water, that would just be plain stupid.

Best of luck

I shall bear this in mind but mine has done over 200,000 miles and only had a water pump and clutch need doing the cooling system was drained and refilled when the water pump was done.

Will have to keep an eye on the temperature etc if they are known to head gasket failure at high mileage

[propnut]

In actual fact all research tends to point to gasket failures being as a result of blocked water ways leading to heat stress. Engines that have had their coolant changed on a regular basis and have had distilled or demineralised water used as the dilutant don't seem to suffer the blocked water ways (obviously) and as such the gaskets seem to last and last. Take heart it sounds like yours has been well looked after....best keep it that way.

I see you are a member of the estima club. At least you can take heart that you will never suffer a cracked head (unless you seriously overheat it) like our sister diesel cars do.

[martin1]

In actual fact all research tends to point to gasket failures being as a result of blocked water ways leading to heat stress. Engines that have had their coolant changed on a regular basis and have had distilled or demineralised water used as the dilutant don't seem to suffer the blocked water ways (obviously) and as such the gaskets seem to last and last. Take heart it sounds like yours has been well looked after....best keep it that way.

I see you are a member of the estima club. At least you can take heart that you will never suffer a cracked head (unless you seriously overheat it) like our sister diesel cars do.

Yes I am, hence why I don't have many posts on here unfortunately, I must admit the Previa came with a full virtually up to date service history complete with repair and parts reciepts so we were lucky as it was an unseen eBay purchase, the one reason I went for was the less likely the head would go on it :D and I will certainly keep up with the maintainance of it