89 3S-FE Question

Sep 27, 2004 2 Replies

I have an '89 Camry 3S-FE and it's begun to sputter ever so slightly as of late. I don't notice any real loss of power in acceleration, but it sounds pretty irregular while it's idling.



I asked the guy at the Advance Auto Parts store and he said it could just be plug wires. I replaced the wires (figured it was a good idea anyway, since it has 211,000 miles on it). After putting nice new plug wires on it, it still sputters slighty (though I did notice it ran only slightly smoother).



I noticed when I took the vaccum hose off that the inside of the EFI "thing" (words fail me), the first 3-4 inches of the inside of it are coated in a beautiful oily grime. Could air intake be my real problem and I'm just barking up the wrong tree with the plugs and wires?



I would appreciate greatly any advice anyone could offer.



Thanks! Jason Please reply to the group.


I hope you replaced plugs also, it could be so many things at that mileage , electrical, fuel , or mechanical.

Have you changed the distributor cap and rotor? With 211K, the electrodes are probably worn down to the point of being non-existent. The distributor on my '91 Camry was changed at 117K. I should have changed it long before then.

Regards, JR

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