Stalled Now won't start!

[dchohman]

My 93 4 cyl camry stalled a couple of times the other day, and I was able to limp it home. After leaving it sit for a couple of days, now it won't start. It tries to start, but won't turn over. My first inclination is that it is not getting fuel. Pump? Filter? Anything else?

Thanks

[ghettosled]

check the big three things - fuel, air and spark. if it stalled and you were able to start it right away, i dont think its the fuel pump. when those have gone for me, they would cut off, then after about 15 minutes, they would work again but only for a short amount of time and die again. take out one of the spark plugs (then ground the plug) and crank the car to see if it sparks. also poke around the throttle body to see if any vacuum hoses came off or broke. if you disconnect in the air intake from the TB, you can spray in some starter fuild and crank the car to see if that helps.

[marc780]

some possible causes - throttle body and iac very dirty (clean it); dead fuel pump; broken distributor shaft, or worn out cap and rotor (if your engine has a distributor); dead coil; MAF sensor dead; clogged fuel filter; worn out ignition switch; blown fuel pump fuse. (There are more things possible, unfortunately, but these are all i can think of at the moment)

What he said, find out whether it is spark or fuel that is missing. The first and easiest step - get a can of starting fluid, follow what the can says, see if the engine will run on it for a few seconds. If it does, you now know fuel is the problem, spark is ok and can go from there. If it doesnt even try to run, time to tear into the ignition system.

[dchohman]

UPDATE - Started first try Saturday morning and ran for a while on idle. Haven't tried to take it for any distance yet. Cleaned the throttle body while it was running.