Engine dies when press gas

[retroshade@aol.com]

Hello all,

I have a 96 Camry. Last night I cranked it up to back out of the driveway and it died when I hit the gas. Eventually it cranked back up but kept dying when I pressed the gas, but the car idles fine. It was low on coolant so I filled up the radiator with antifreeze, as it was smoking when it was running. Then I noticed the fan wasn't coming on. I checked the fuses which were okay then found that the fan will run only if the A/C is on. Still has the same problem of dying/stalling out when gas pedal is pressed. Help would be greatly appreciated. Any ideas? Temp sensor? Fuel filter? Thanks, all.

[white90dx]

A '96 Camry is a 3rd gen, not 2nd gen... but we can probably still help you here.

If your motor still has a distributor (I think it does), it is probably the ignition coil. I assume the weather has been wet around your place recently?

-Charlie