Nowadays you can find turbos on many vehicles on the market, whether in systems essences ou Diesel. Before you start these manipulations, you will of course have to be sure that the malfunction occurs of the turbo of your Toyota Highlander. However, if you are on this page, it shows that you certainly know the reason.change-turbo-Toyota-Highlander

How to change the turbo of your Toyota Highlander

Depending on the turbo to be installed, manipulations can change a bit. As soon as you get a turbocharger, the latter is always sold with a performance note. So the best thing to do is read it. However if you have still not purchased the product, these are the steps to be able to replace a turbo on the Toyota Highlander. Therefore you will know if you can or not. Just before you start, you must have all of the tools indispensable. You will need your bucket for engine oil, a set of ratchet wrenches, your pliers, allen and flat wrenches. In general, turbos will be delivered with a lot of utensils including joints, studs as well as a syringe oil. However, we advise you to have it checked by a mechanic since working with a pit turns out to be much easier for this work. What's more, the turbocharger happens to be an extremely delicate constituent in the Toyota Highlander. Even if the handling is not extremely complex, we still advise you to go to a professional.

  • Change the engine oil and replace your oil filter. Add a little oil, but very little. It is an imperative manipulation!
  • Remove all the plugs from the Toyota Highlander turbocharger.
  • Check that there are no residues on the casings, since this is undoubtedly a cause for concern.
  • Remove the ducts as well as all of the screws and nuts which hold your turbocharger.
  • Remove the existing turbocharger from this Toyota Highlander.
  • Install the famous turbocharger, checking that the joints match exactly
  • Fit the oil return pipe
  • Mount all the screws and nuts that you removed
  • Fill the turbocharger using the oil supplied with the turbo
  • Rotate the turbine manually to activate the turbocharger.
  • Re-attach all of the components to the Toyota Highlander's turbocharger.
  • Now that when all the components have been installed, you need to start the engine and run it for ten minutes.

Once everything is installed and screwed but also that the car has been running for a few minutes, you need to take a ride with this Toyota Highlander in order to check that the assembly is working properly. We also advise you to check the oil and water level quite often in the following weeks. Leave a comment if our file has ever been useful. Enjoy the road!