Toyota Previa Wasp

Black and Yellow Previa disguised as a Wasp?

Every sting has a Bean.

Photos from Mike G.

Toyota Previa Sales Brochyre from 1991

Sales brochure in perfect shape, showcasing all Toyota’s from 1991.

It contains the Toyota Previa.

"I forgot I had this sales brochure in perfect shape, showcasing all Toyota’s from 1991. I bought this from a car show for .25cents or so sometime in the early 2000’s."  Brandon M.


Photos from Brandon M.

Red Toyota Previa from 1991.

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Painting interior panels in Toyota Previa

VIP interior in Toyota Previa

Abner Zavala is basically doing a body restoration with VIP interior.

 Looks good! The photos are from Abner.

Seats out of a Honda Odyssey.


The seat will be permanent dye with the interior color.


Question to Abner: Did you add custom welded metal to adapt the seats?

- Yes we did for extra space and also replace it with the seat belt and buckle.

Replacing head gasket on Toyota Previa

A common problem on older Previas is the head gasket blows..

Samay Sengamphan shows how to replace it. Pictures belongs to Samay.

"Doing head gaske job with engine in the van is the best way... less parts to remove and alot less mess." - Samay Sengamphan

Samay Sengamphan:
"I believe you can still get one from Toyota.or maybe online source(Amazon, Rockauto.com, Partsgeek). If you cannot get Toyota OEM, next best option is either Beck-Arnley or Felpro; I wouldn't settle with none other than these brand."

Toyota Previa Camper, conversion

Micro Campervan

Eric Petersen has made the most beautiful conversion of a Toyota Previa that I have seen. He also has a Youtube channel (GotMountains.ca) with some videos explaining the build.

Take a look.

" It will seat 6, has lots of storage for one or two people (more on roof) and has a shelf unit that can switch to a closet to hang a suit if needed. I usually just use it as shelves for now. Its a fully outfitted RV with 200Ah of batteries, water/sink/tap, large inverter, 12V fridge, ability to connect to shore power, portable 2 burner stove, etc. I have a folding bag toilet but seldom use it as restrooms are generally easy to find." - Eric Petersen

"The seat unit slides forward to allow someone to sit in the back like the old rumble seats did. Once it's slid all the way to the back, the seats pull forward to make a double bed (a little smaller than a double). It leaves about 6" between the front of the bed and the cabinet behind the passenger seat." - Eric Petersen

" also made a roof box in front of the roof top tent. I had a friend who worked at Pelican so I got 2 big boxes and it added a lot of storage. If you have a trailer hitch, you could also add some there."





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Made by Si Fu

Dual freezers
"I have (3) 100W Solar panels with one 127 ah Lithium battery.  Running my freezers 24/7 and it uses about 20% of the battery for the night.  Day time the battery is recharged to 100% by 11 am." - Si Fu

Replacing the clutch on the Toyota Previa, removing transmission and driveshaft

Doing a Clutch Job on the TCR11 Toyota Previa.. It was the most massive work I've done so far. Juggeling the gear box is the hardest part.. Slowly made progress though.

Check out this video:





Symptom is in this video:

Diagnose clean and fix PCV valve on Toyota Previa

Positive Crankhouse Ventilation Video!

Found some air pressure coming up in Oil Filler Cap so decided to check out the PCV valve.

Seems to be a common problem on the Previas. It's a pretty simple procedure to check and clean it.

Watch this video. If you find it useful I hope you give a thumbs up!





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Good instruction for PCV.

https://www.autozone.com/repairguides/Toyota-Previa-1991-1997-Repair-Information/EMISSION-CONTROLS/Positive-Crankcase-Ventilation-PCV-System/_/P-0900c1528008a1b8

http://zenseeker.net/Previa/PreviaMaintenance-Engine.htm

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Originally Posted by brentcole5
negative pressure because after i took the cap off and noticed the idle drop i just set the cap back on and the idle picked up again
That's correct operation, and confirms your PCV(Positive Crankcase Ventilation)valve IS functioning. You'd notice the same thing if you removed the PCV valve hose with the engine running too.

Here's why.

Your PCV valve is a one-way valve in a rubber hose connected to the valve cover at one end and your air intake at the other. O.k., so when your engine is running the intake is sucking on that hose through the PCV valve as it sucks air into your engine. Some air from the intake is also blown simultaneoulsy into the crankcase through another hose creating a positive pressure flow, out of the crankcase, of blow-by gasses through the PCV valve into the intake. Whatever blow-by gasses sucked, through the PCV valve, out of the crankcase get recycled back into the combustion process through the intake.

This system causes a vacuum(negative pressure)under the valve cover due to the constrictions in the flow of the blow-by gasses from the crankcase to the PCV valve. When you remove the oil cap(while the engine is running)and break the valve cover's air-tight seal it prohibits that from occuring. This creates a vacuum leak. Vacuum leaks cause your idle to lower and usually make the engine struggle to run at all.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116/oil-cap-idle-change-126506/