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Old 11-18-2007, 11:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I have a 91 camry. I was parked with the engine on and it just cut off and hasnt started since.... no i have power going into the coil but its not coming out and im not getting a spark from the sp. it cranks but the engine never turns over.... does any one know what could cause this or am i looking in the wrong place for the problem???
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Old 11-18-2007, 01:12 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Have you determined if your timing belt has broken? An easy way to do this is to remover the distributor cap and crank the engine. If the rotor doesn't move, your timing belt is broken.

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Old 11-18-2007, 08:43 PM   #3 (permalink)
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if the cam is turning it might be coil time
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changed the coil and nothing happend
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Did you do the timing belt test?
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