Toyota RAV4 Service Manual: Valve body assembly
Components
Removal
- Disconnect cable from negative battery
terminal
Caution:
Wait at least 90 seconds after disconnecting the
cable from the negative (-) battery terminal to
prevent airbag and seat belt pretensioner activation.
- Remove no. 1 Engine under cover
- Drain automatic transaxle fluid
- Remove the drain plug and gasket, and drain atf.
- Install a new gasket and the drain plug.
Torque: 47 n*m (479 kgf*cm, 35 ft.*Lbf)
- Remove automatic transaxle oil pan subassembly
- Remove the 18 bolts, oil pan and gasket.
Notice:
Some fluid will remain in the oil pan. Carefully
remove the oil pan sub-assembly.
- Remove the 3 magnets from the oil pan.
- Examine particles in the pan.
- Use the removed magnets to collect any steel
chips. Look carefully at the chips and particles
in the pan and on the magnet to anticipate what
type of wear you will find in the transaxle.
Steel (magnetic): bearing, gear and plate wear
brass (non-magnetic): bush wear
- Remove valve body oil strainer assembly
- Remove the 3 bolts and oil strainer.
Notice:
Be careful as some fluid will come out with the
oil strainer.
- Remove the o-ring from the oil strainer.
- Disconnect transmission wire
- Disconnect the 5 connectors.
- Remove the bolt and lock plate, and remove the
atf temperature sensor.
- Remove transmission valve body assembly
- Support the valve body and remove the 17 bolts and
valve body.
Notice:
Be careful not to drop the check valve body,
spring and accumulator piston.
- Remove the check ball body and spring.
- Remove the 5 bolts, 4 plates and 5 shift solenoid
valves.
Installation
- Install transmission valve body assembly
- Install the 5 shift solenoid valves with the 5 bolts and
4 plates.
Torque: 6.6 N*m (67 kgf*cm, 58 in.*Lbf) for bolt a
11 n*m (112 kgf*cm, 8 ft.*Lbf) for bolt b
Hint:
Each bolt length is indicated below.
Bolt length:
12 Mm (0.47 In.) For bolt a
45 Mm (1.77 In.) For bolt b
- Install the spring and check ball body.
- Align the groove of the manual valve with the pin of
lever
- Install the 17 bolts.
Torque: 11 n*m (112 kgf*cm, 8 ft.*Lbf)
Notice:
- Push the valve body against the accumulator
piston spring and the check ball body to
install it.
- Tighten the bolts marked by * in the
illustration first temporarily because they are
positioning bolts.
Hint:
Each bolt length is indicated below.
Bolt length:
25 Mm (0.984 In.) For bolt a
41 Mm (1.614 In.) For bolt b
45 Mm (1.771 In.) For bolt c
- Install transmission wire
- Coat the o-ring of the temperature sensor with atf.
- Install the atf temperature sensor with the lock
plate and bolt.
Torque: 6.6 N*m (67 kgf*cm, 58 in.*Lbf)
- Connect the 5 shift solenoid valve connectors.
- Install valve body oil strainer assembly
- Coat a new o-ring with atf.
- Install the o-ring to the oil strainer.
- Install the oil strainer with the 3 bolts.
Torque: 11 n*m (112 kgf*cm, 8 ft.*Lbf)
- Install automatic transaxle oil pan subassembly
- Install the 3 magnets in the oil pan.
- Install a new gasket and oil pan with the 18 bolts.
Torque: 7.6 N*m (77 kgf*cm, 67 in.*Lbf)
- Install no. 1 Engine under cover
- Connect cable to negative battery
terminal
- Add automatic transaxle fluid
Fluid type:
toyota genuine atf ws
- Inspect transaxle fluid level
- Inspect the fluid level (see page ax-102).
- Perform reset memory
- Perform the reset memory procedures (a/t
initialization) (see page ax-18).
Components
Removal
Disconnect cable from negative battery
terminal
Caution:
Wait at least 90 seconds after disconnecting the
cable from the negative (-) battery terminal to
preven ...
Parts location
System diagram
On-vehicle inspection
Check shift lock operation
Move the shift lever to p.
Turn the ignition switch off.
Check that the shift lever cannot be mov ...
Other materials:
Terminals of ecu
Check tire pressure warning ecu
Disconnect the e56 ecu connector.
Measure the voltage and resistance of the wire
harness side connector.
If the result is not as specified, there may be a
malfunction on the wire harness side.
Reconnect the e56 ecu connector.
Measure the ...
Intuitive parking assist
The distance from your vehicle to nearby obstacles when parallel
parking or maneuvering into a garage is measured by the
sensors and communicated via the indicator and a buzzer.
Always check the surrounding area when using this system.
Types of sensors
Rear corner sensors
Rear center sen ...
Customizing the startup and screen off images (if equipped)
An image can be copied from a usb memory and used as the startup
and screen off images.
When the engine switch is in the “acc” or “on” position (vehicles
without a smart key system) or accessory or ignition on mode
(vehicles with a smart key system), the initial screen will be displaye ...