Highlander 2WD V6-3.5L (2GR-FE) (2008)
Variable Valve Timing Actuator Position Sensor: Service and Repair
Removal
2GR-FE ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM: VVT SENSOR: REMOVAL
REMOVAL
1. REMOVE ENGINE UNDER COVER ASSEMBLY See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust/Engine/Service and Repair/Removal and
Replacement/Engine Assembly/Removal
2. REMOVE NO. 1 ENGINE UNDER COVER See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust/Engine/Service and Repair/Removal and Replacement/Engine
Assembly/Removal
3. DRAIN ENGINE COOLANT See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust/Cooling System/Coolant/Service and Repair
4. REMOVE FRONT WIPER ARM AND BLADE ASSEMBLY LH
5. REMOVE FRONT WIPER ARM AND BLADE ASSEMBLY RH
6. REMOVE COWL TOP VENTILATOR LOUVER SUB-ASSEMBLY
7. REMOVE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR AND LINK ASSEMBLY
8. REMOVE OUTER COWL TOP PANEL SUB-ASSEMBLY
9. REMOVE V-BANK COVER SUB-ASSEMBLY See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust/Engine/Service and Repair/Removal and Replacement/Engine
Assembly/Removal
10. REMOVE AIR CLEANER CAP SUB-ASSEMBLY See: Fuel Delivery and Air Induction/Air Cleaner Housing/Service and Repair/Removal
11. DISCONNECT ENGINE ROOM MAIN WIRE See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust/Engine/Intake Manifold/Service and Repair/Removal
12. REMOVE NO. 1 SURGE TANK STAY See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust/Engine/Intake Manifold/Service and Repair/Removal
13. REMOVE THROTTLE BODY BRACKET See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust/Engine/Intake Manifold/Service and Repair/Removal
14. REMOVE INTAKE AIR SURGE TANK ASSEMBLY See: Engine, Cooling and Exhaust/Engine/Intake Manifold/Service and Repair/Removal
15. SEPARATE HARNESS PROTECTOR See: Computers and Control Systems/Variable Valve Timing Actuator/Service and Repair/Removal
16. REMOVE VVT SENSOR (for Bank 1)
(a) Intake side:
(1) Remove the bolt and VVT sensor.
(b) Exhaust side: