ok here is the situation i have a 1988 toyota camry it has 260,000 niles on it timming belt was replaced 15,000 miles ago. ok ive had a repeating problem
1st 9 months ago the car started to hesitate then it stalled and would not start. I let it sit for a few days then it started fine and i drove it home. Next day it would not start. So I replaced xpark plugs and distributor cap and rotor and wires. after car started right up and ran great for 3 months then it happened again. this time i replace fuel filter and fuel pump then new plugs, rotor, cap, wires and new air filter and cleaned the heck out of the throttlebody/ fuel injector thingy becasue it was black inside with gunk. anyways i worked on it for a bout a week and it would not start. So i gave up and was about to have it towed to shop. I let it sit for a week then went out to try to start it before i had the tow truck come and get it. It started up perfectly and had no more problems for 3 more months and about 2000 miles of daily driving. Anyways last night it happened again this time i was on the freeway about 30 miles from home. Car started to hesitate and stalled. then it would not start. So i had to push car off freway by myself, almost died doing it. So tonight i went back to try to start it hoping it was not yet towed, anyways it started but whenever i put it into 2nd gear it would stall. I drove it about 10 miles in 1st gear to the schucks parking lot. then i went in and talked to them and bought the usual new plugs wires cap rotor. When i went back out and tried to start car it would not start. I replaced plugs, wires cap rotor. And it still would not start. Checked for spark and its good on all 4. Also checked fuel filter for gas and it has gas. Anyways my car will not start and its in the schucks parking lot and i need to try again tommorow so any help or advice would sure be appreciated. This time it seems that I willnot be able to get it working without some expet help. Also it seems that the car turns over real fast now much faster then usual but i might be just noticing something that is not abnormal anyways help me out if you can if you have any advice ill try anything! you can replay here or email me at snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com- posted
17 years ago