Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior have a problem hope you all can help

ok like it said i just got this celica two days ago good price i might add too ill get to that after the ?'s i have ok im wondering what is the normal idel for a 2000 gt 5 spd. my idel is normal 3rd line after the 0 to 1000 rpms ok thats the first ? ok the other one is im at a stop in 1st gear and when i start tring to move my idel will almost go to 0 or will if i did not start reving and then vary vary slowly take off the i well get a burning rubber smell after i get to moving i dont know a-lot about cars so i tried to discribed it as best as i can i might be able to add any info that you need that might help figure what is wrong thats all questions so back to the good price its a gt 5 spd. came with a alarm system cd changer and the inside and outside are clean and well taken care of ill get pics up when i can get ahold of my dads digital camra got all of that for $8400.00 oh did not tell you the color its carbon blue. ok another quetion thats not on my first post is there a way to turn off tracktion control and can you tell me where to find a manual on the internet or how much one would cost to get one thanks

Celicas don't have traction control.

now your idle sounds a bit right, it maybe one line below normal, check your throttle cable..

now that problem from startin off from a stop i dont know, check your clutch i guess

that burning smell, is your clutch, dont do that to your car its harmful to the clutch which will affect the car's Performance a lot

for the manual check ebay

you're probably burning your clutch by not releasing it fast enough. Just get used to finding the clutch engagment point, give it just enough gas so it engages smoothly and lift off the clutch...don't ride the clutch or slip it. how much experience do you have driving a stick?

i have the same car...idle is fine and for the smell... that is your clutch... you need to release the clutch a little faster and just get used to driving it.

i have close to a year experience of driving a stick and im letting off on the clutch good cause this dont happen every time it just happens whe my rpms all of a sudden drop to 2 to 1 line before 0 and then idel there till i rev it to get it up to around 1500 and let out the clutch and move it also takes off slow when this happens

"it just happens whe my rpms all of a sudden drop to 2 to 1 line before 0"

it sounds like your car wants to stall, when you're in first and you're letting off the clutch and giving gas right? you could be right below the engagement point, so let off more but then you need enough gas so you don't stall your car. The longer you take to get off your clutch the more you slipped it and the more likely to smell that burn. maybe it doesn't happen every time b/c somtimes you are on level ground and then sometimes you are going up a slight incline, in which you would need more gas to get going.

it doesn't sound like your clutch is dead b/c your engine wants to stall...and if your engine wants to stall your clutch still has grip. if however, you are at the engagment point and the rpms go very high and you smell a burning smell...then I would say your clutch is dead.

ok i took it out to day and really consentrated on what i was doing i found out that i was doing the part where i get that burning rubber smell i took care of that just was not uses to the clutch now i am but i still have the problem of the sudden drop of rpms like what QTRMLR_1 said its like its wanting to stall but it dont it will drop and will stay at the 2 to 1 line above 0 still i eather put is in nutral or hold down the clutch all the way to get it back up

do you have a check engine light?

nope the check engine light is not on.
also on my last post i left out that i have to rev after i put it in neutral or hold down the clutch.
sorry about all my spelling typing real fast dont help.

normal idle for the GTS is 800 RPM + - 50, GT is 700 + - 50 RPM (manual) it's higher for automatics.

sounds like you are starting the car in 2nd or 3rd gear for the stalling/smell part.

Try starting in 1st

Thanks v3n0m a friend said that it had traction control and with me not knowing about cars or have a manual did not know so i was going to check with you all.

i always make shure im in 1st before i start.
and thanks for everyone anserwing my normal idle question it sounds like its fine so now all thats left is way my rpms will fall and at like it wants to stall

oh come on...how could someone not know where 1st is... on a GTS I could see someone confusing 1st with reverse, but on a GT??????

i know where 1st is if your talking to me i just make sure I'm in it every time i get in out of habit

I was talking to the guy who was suggesting you didn't know where 1st was...just sounds ridiculous

i get 1st and reverse all the damn time because i have GTS 6spds..they should move the reverse some where Far far right..

ok i agree its ridiculous i would say if you did not know where it was you sould not be driving it and that is weird about where the reverse is on a GTS sound like its right next to 1st gear instead of after 6th that is where they should have put it like most of every other 6 spds are.

ok i have talked with my bother in-law he said it might be a spark plug prob could that be the reason for my rpms going down and my car wanting to stall but dont

wow my old gt was like 900 and once in a while it when to 1100 when jusing servo in nutral osv.

get my new gt in 1-2 days so havent checked that one yet my be my old one was a little fucked up.

lol and this is really redicules when i think better on it ahhahaha

way you just dont let you dad try it and if he have the same problem send it to toyota if not then its you ho is doing it wrong

it has happened to him i guess i could take it to Toyota but i don't have the money I'm only 16 and looking for a job the burning rubber smell i got was from me i was not use to the clutch but the drop of RPM is not from me it will happen with the clutch all the way in usually when I'm on a hill going down or up some time it will happen when I'm on a flat road but 9 times out of 10 it will be a hill

im 18 and never had job and i am just home and dont go to school or nofhing, and my parents are brooke ass hell and i havent lived home in a year, and in some way i always hook up some mony, just turn it in and you will see it ends good

just turn it in and ask them to send a bill and then you father pays it

isent he trying to help you out or wath?
just say it will be broken if you drive with it like this!
and he most fix it before its so broke that you just can throw the car in the garbage

^ Man, you have some very nice parents. I started working when I was 12. I am 20 now and have been working ever since. You can say that I fully paid 2 Celicas. One GT and one GTS. I pray to god that nothing will happen to my car, because I will be dead broke, lol.

OOCelica, how many miles are on the car? When was the last time you know the spark plugs have been changed? Can you talk to the previous owner?

there are 85,605 miles on it dont know when the spark plugs been changed last and i might be able to talk with the last owners

ok sorry been so long computer was down the old owners dont know when the spark plugs were last changed also recently 2 days ago my check engine light came on went to a local automotive place where they did a dignostics test they said the light is for a rich system they said it might be a seal leak a hose is creaked or off or the injectors are going bad. also i am still haveing the drop of rpms i have check and tighted my throttle cable and it did nothing also i have found something wierd when i turn my a/c on my rpms will go up to a good idel were i could take off dont happen all the time but it dose happen also when i turn the a/c off the rpms will go back real low it is now staying between the 0 and the first line when the rpms drop im also have a lot of problems going up hills too i think thats all i need to add right now.