"hachiroku" wrote: > On Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:09:17 -0400, tomavery wrote: > > > "tomavery" wrote: > > > Have a 94 Toyota corolla with a 1.8l Engine. I > decided to be > > > good to my daughter and tune her car, since the > mechanic > > > wanted $600 for cap rotor plugs and wires. I put > the parts in > > > and now it does a neat trick. As you are driving > down the > > > road the engine check light comes on for less than > a second, > > > the engine is in a stall condition. If it occurs > at a light > > > the engine dies, and must be restarted. THe engine > always > > > starts and runs fairly well. Yesterday I replaced > the wires > > > and looked under the cap to ensure nothing > mechanical was > > > happening. It ran fine till she got about 20 miles > down the > > > road and it did it a couple times, then in her town > it died at > > > the light and "popped" about 3 more times. For > doing a simple > > > parts replace this is beginning to get expensive, > two > > > mechanics have looked at it and cant figure it out. > One > > > removed the condenser in the distributor and that > helped for > > > about a mile. > > > > > > Any ideas. > > > > > > If I still had the old parts I would put them back > in. > > > > > > One more thing we cleaned the battery cables, > replaced air > > > filter and PCV valve, and replaced a leaking valve > cover > > > gasket. The wire to the alternator was over the > valve cover > > > gasket and it got a little stretched but not broke. > The > > > distributor cap is a little unusual as it has 5mm > wires and a > > > clip to hold the wires in and no coil wire. > > > > > > THanks. > > > > I intend to look at it again this weekend, any suggestions? > > > > The car would is driveable but i dont feel comfortable with > her > > driving it due to the stalling at lights. This could occur > during a > > need for acceleration and leave her waiting to get hit. > With her off > > to college she can stay off the roads most of the week. > > > > Thanks Guys! > > As usual, my first thought here is to look for displaced > vacuum hoses. You > also mentioned 'condensor'. Isn't this a FI engine with > electronic ign??? > > Did you use Toyota parts? The only time I have ever had a > problem doing a > tune up on a Toy was using aftermarket parts. They are better > now than the > last time I used them, but I still stick w/Toyota parts.
Yes it is fuel injected and electronic ignition, but the guy handed me the part back. It was inside the ditributor under the rotor. It had a hole in the goo that is congealed on the side of the condenser by the wire.
My neighbor tried to replace the fuel filter being a good guy and bent the tubes, he couldnt get the bottom hose off. Sigh... now it has to go back to my mechanic. I couldnt budge the bolts either, but i certainly would have quit after seeing damage occuring