Our car has just developed the exciting feature of not restarting if you have driven for a bit and then stopped for five minutes or so. If you waited a few hours it would start again, but now it's not even doing that.
Yesterday It broke down and the recovery mechanic squirted (eye witness reported it said 'brake cleaner' on the can) an aerosol into the air intake and the engine fired up. He then released the nut at the end of the injector housing and said that petrol was not getting up there.
He thought the problem was either the fuel shut of valve (which it turns out this car does not have) or the fuel pump.
Since its an old corolla (1994 GLi 1.3, 4E-FE engine) and it does not seem to have any diagnostic system connection [at least nothing is mentioned about it in the Haynes manual] what would likely be the cheapest and easiest course of action for a novice to take.
Is fitting a new fuel pump a specialist job and is it likely to be anything else that is playing up?
Is this really a job for a Toyota specialist? I would likely to have to remorgage the house to take it to a Toyota dealer. I live in north west London, near Finchley Central. Grateful for any advice, thanks.
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