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speedyts49 · 04-16-2005, 10:39 AM

I did a search and read all the info about the location of the vsv but I still can't see the thing.
Its under the intake manafold I hear. Do I need to jack up the car and come in from underneath? Any body have a pic they can email me?

I'm trying to solve the code 71 and the vsv is one of the things I need to check. I plan on pulling the egr out soon and cleaning it too.

Pineapple · 04-16-2005, 04:25 PM

Yes its right under the intake manifold.

speedyts49 · 04-16-2005, 06:57 PM

So I have to get to it from under the car? Maybe I'll get lucky and the CE light won't come back on, yeah thats gonna happen.

ALL TRAC 88 · 04-16-2005, 09:40 PM

its under the intake manifold on right side if ur in the driver seat its kind o fhidden behind the engine mount its hard too see but its there

speedyts49 · 08-20-2005, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ALL TRAC 88

its under the intake manifold on right side if ur in the driver seat its kind o fhidden behind the engine mount its hard too see but its there

I have spent lots of time looking for this part and I just can not see it from above. Do I need to look from up under the car? All I want to do is check the darn thing to try and solve my EL code 71, Iv'e done everything else recommended except cleaning the EGR tube.

Just got back fromt he dealer and a tech said I had to find it from underneath. i was considering putting that Penzoil syncronizer fluid in the manual tranny so I have to jack it up anyway.
http://www.pennzoil.com/products/gea...cro_fluid.html

alltracman78 · 08-23-2005, 05:01 AM

Synchromesh works wonders if your transmission grinds [I'm running it in mine right now], but someone pointed out to me yesterday that it is bad for our synrcos [it eats away at them]
I'm not sure how much truth there is in this yet.
It does say in the discription that it has excellent compatibility with yellow metals [like brass, copper, which is what sychros are made of (alloy)]
MIght be something peculiar to the alloy in our syncros. :shrug:
You might want to go with a thinner gear oil for now instead.

speedyts49 · 08-23-2005, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by alltracman78

Synchromesh works wonders if your transmission grinds [I'm running it in mine right now], but someone pointed out to me yesterday that it is bad for our synrcos [it eats away at them]
I'm not sure how much truth there is in this yet.
It does say in the discription that it has excellent compatibility with yellow metals [like brass, copper, which is what sychros are made of (alloy)]
MIght be something peculiar to the alloy in our syncros. :shrug:
You might want to go with a thinner gear oil for now instead.

I have not found a post that had any negitive info of the stuff other than yours. Time will tell I suppose.

alltracman78 · 08-23-2005, 10:03 PM

Yeah, me niether.
I'm not knocking the stuff, just wanted to throw it out for you to chew on.

speedyts49 · 08-23-2005, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by alltracman78

Yeah, me niether.
I'm not knocking the stuff, just wanted to throw it out for you to chew on.

I had the car up and checked the tranny level and it was ok so I did not put the stuff in. The great thing about the 91 Celica GTS 5 speed is the manual says use gl5 or if you don't have that use gl3 or 4 and if you don't have that use Dextron 11 which leads me to believe you could put just about anything in theat tranny and it would work.
It is not really a problem so i will not mess with it further.

thanks for the reply!

alltracman78 · 08-23-2005, 10:36 PM

You must have the old manual
Toyota stopped reccomending ATF for thier manual transmissions a while back.

speedyts49 · 08-23-2005, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by alltracman78

You must have the old manual
Toyota stopped reccomending ATF for thier manual transmissions a while back.

Pehaps I do since I got it off ebay.
I never thougth of that.

alltracman78 · 08-24-2005, 11:16 AM

I talked to the guy who told me this.
Supposedly he got it from the MR2 forums. :shrug:
He was told the sulpher ate away at the synchros.

I'm going to try to do a little more digging on this.
I'll keep you updated.

speedyts49 · 08-24-2005, 07:08 PM

I think it was the MR2 group that was all jazzed about the stuff in the first place. I will be interested to hear what you find out.

GTSTWINCAM · 10-16-2007, 12:34 AM

Did you ever find the VSV for the EGR?

Did you ever fix the problem?

I have the same car and same problem

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Originally Posted by speedyts49

I have spent lots of time looking for this part and I just can not see it from above. Do I need to look from up under the car? All I want to do is check the darn thing to try and solve my EL code 71, Iv'e done everything else recommended except cleaning the EGR tube.

Just got back fromt he dealer and a tech said I had to find it from underneath. i was considering putting that Penzoil syncronizer fluid in the manual tranny so I have to jack it up anyway.
http://www.pennzoil.com/products/gea...cro_fluid.html