It depends whether it is petrol or diesel...If its diesel and is black smoke there is nothing to worry about. If its white smoke it could be the head gasket going, or a fuel problem.

If its petrol it could be something a bit serious like a head gasket, exhaust, oxygen sensors or dirty injectors.

The oil filter should be located on the passenger side on the bottom of the engine. You will have to be able to get under the car to see it. Just find the subframe on the right side and look up and twords the front of the car and you should see it.

If you can access the internal portion of the broken pipe, insert a hacksaw blade and cut through the threads at a perpendicular angle. Be careful not to damage the underlying threads in the pipe in the wall. Then use a flat bladed screwdriver to collapse the damaged pipe at the cut you made, by prying. You may have to make several cuts.

It has a timing BELT

most of the time it saves gas but you should use low gear when towing or going down a steep hill

It depends on how you drive.

If you shift smoothly, it should last you a while, at least 100k miles.

If you are not smooth, i.e. the car jerks a lot and you "burn" the clutch more often by downshifting when you're at high rpms for example, then you can burn out the clutch in less then a year.

I dont know what you mean by broken but if the handle i broken off and there is just a space where the handle would go, you can definitely open that, mine is like that.

First you put your finger inside the space and you will be able to feel 2 pins or something, one will be facing right and one left, they have a gap between them. You press them both at the same time and it will open.

Hope that helps

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That's probably your check engine light. Take your car to an Autozone, Advance Auto, or O'Reilly auto parts and they'll check it for free.

No, I wouldn't think so. I have a question, though? Why are you changing the pan gasket?

Sounds wild, I had a crx that I put a B16A1 into and if the engine was cold and you tried to high rev it it would lock out anything above 3000 rpms until you reset the ECU. With out the engine code this question would be hard to answer, you might try reseting the ECU by pulling the 10Amp hazard fuse on the passenger strut tower and leaving it out for 20 seconds, then see if the problem persists. But without a diagnostic trouble code it could be an ignitor in the distributor, a faulty fuel pump, or main relay. Good Luck My CRX does the exact same thing, My problem was that i had rust in my gass tank that would clog the filter in the tank. and on top of that i had a bad fuel pump. i replaced the fuel pump and rinsed out the Gas tank and i was fine. But Also an Issue in the ECU will cause that problem as explained above. hope i could help. Good Luck

the quickest and easiest way to do it on any car is to pull the e-brake lever up until it clicks just one time.

Toyota has a defective part which they refuse to perform a recall on; the ECM which controls the transmission is faulty and causes "harsh shifting" or "hard shifting". If left unrepaired it can damage the actual transmission, which Toyota may then have the audacity to also make you pay to replace. This is a known issue for all RAV 4 models from 2001 through 2003; I received a notice after the damage was already done to my RAV. Toyota refused to reimburse me because my car was "beyond the warranty", even though they admitted in their letter that the part was known to be faulty. For more horror stories, google the key words "Toyota RAV4 harsh shift" and look at the hundreds (if not thousands) of complaints that come back. Good luck to you.

It depends on the year but I have a 2009 with the 3.5L 6cyl and the filter is a cartrige type so make sure you get the right one. When you get the new filter, there are two O rings and a special insert for the oil canister to drain it.

If you do have the newer style, search the internet a bit more and you should find a blog on how to do it, with pictures!

Good luck.

PS: The 2009 V6 takes more than 5 quarts of oil!

This is an easy one. There are three screws under the glove box that will expose the fan and the cabin filter once the cover is removed. The cabin filter is on the left with two white plastic retaining clips approx. 2 inches long, pull the one close to you toward you and the back one away from you. This will allow the filter to drop out. Make sure the cover seats when reinstalling clips.

Many check engine lights are hooked to the odometer and come on every so many miles, otherwise you need to download fault codes. GET A MANUAL!

The curb weight of the 2013 Toyota RAV4 is 3435 lbs..

It depends on what you are calling a "whining noise". If it's very loud sounding like screeching tires it could be a slipping belt. Otherwise it could be an alternator that is working too hard or perhaps failing. Have it checked at an auto parts store that has in-car diagnostic equipment.

Bad windshield seal? Bad door seal or misadjusted door? Heater core leaking?

That "horeshoe" light indicates that the tire pressure is low in one or more tires......

The EPA mileage estimate for the 2007 Toyota RAV4 is 21 mpg in the city, 27 mpg on the highway.