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95 corolla. over 250k miles. oil changed every 3k miles still. decent tires. new shocks last year. drives like its 100k plus miles. motor sounds good still.
Today 9:30 am i drove to school. started fine. drove back from school. fine. its when i parked it and i was planning to get my wife and head to school again but when i went to start the car it didnt want to start. It cranked about 3-4 turns then the motor ignites then i let off the start so it can stay on but it just died. i thought i flooded the motor but i dont see how because i didnt hit gas. then a couple more times i let it crank and there was 2 times it look like it was going to start but nothing.
I have gas, oil is fine, coolent is good. fuses are good also.
then i check the spark plugs and i checked to see if it was sparking. i did the check and it wasnt sparking at all.
also i am not sure but honda you can hear the fuel pump, but this car you cant but i dont know my sisters geo same motor, does the same you cant hear but it works.
i bought new NGK plugs and still no spark no start. Any ideas. i don't want to replace the ignition coil. or look for spare distributor parts, but well see i prob will get these parts but if this has happened to anyone else please let me know. I need the car to drive in!
Most likely it is your fuel pump. You can barely hear it prime but you would have to be in your garage with complete silence.
Changing it out is very easy. You pull up the rear seat. Just yank on it until it snaps off. There will be 4 phillips screws holding the cover plate on. And about 7-9 8mm bolts holding on the secondary cover. Use pliers to move back the squeeze camps around the fuel line, and I think its a 14mm nut onto a 17mm nut holding on the hardline. UNplug the harness and there you are. Replacement pumps at autozone, napa, are all relative in pricing which is around $135 dollars.
Of course you can find one on ebay for alot cheaper if you can wait 3-4 business days.
Other than that check the battery connections, and go through your fuses.
ok guys i got a new used distributor and still no spark. I didnt know when you crank the motor the gas starts to pump. so its not the fuel pump.
unlike honda when its on on position it starts to pump or prime.
but i switched it and same result. no spark. do you think its because of the battery is low and that is why it dont spark or what?
I need help guys. where are all the smart techs on here? what could have gone wrong for it to just die?
i read somewhere on here that talked about the ingnition something could that be it? is it part of the distributor?
checked all the fuses relays. ect. my bro is thinking it could be the ECU but how? those rare if ever mess up.
we took apart the new used distributor and both of the rotator wheel where looking kinda burnt ish or like a small chip.
the car just wont spark. is there anything else that could hold it back from sparking or is it the distributor all the way?
Is your ignitor inside your distributor or on the firewall? A bad ignitor will prevent your car from starting. Also check your crank position sensor.
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__________________ Corolla Number TWO OLD: Corolla 1- 96 4AFE, AE101 w/ 225k Miles orig. motor, 129k trans. - TOTALED. NEW: Corolla 2- 96 4AFE, AE101 w/ 161k Miles on motor and trans.
Is your ignitor inside your distributor or on the firewall? A bad ignitor will prevent your car from starting. Also check your crank position sensor.
good question, i dont know! lol. i dont switch the distruibotr about 3 times already now still no spark. the ignitor i am not sure since i replaced it a few times i might not be.
if it was out where would it be on the firewall? engine bay our in car farwall?
i'll check this first and what is a crank position sensor?
i am a honda guy not a toyota guy. thats why i am here!
If the ignitor is internal, it will be inside your distributor and you cannot really see it unless you have the rotor removed, and the plastic cover. Those wires are very close to the distributor shaft which spins. There is a possibility that the wires could have heat cracked. But highly unlikely.
The external ignitor is located on the driver side firewall by the strut tower. I believe you have to remove the stock air box to get access to it. If this is faulty the car will not run. I was doing tests last night and while the car was running, I unclipped the harness on the ignitor and the car died. I did the same with the crank position sensor.
The crank position sensor is the sensor that I had pictured in mu own thread a few threads down. Hopefully this fixes my problem. The sensor is a magnet that reads pulses from the crank sending them to the ECU. The magnet detached itself from the base of the sensor potentially giving false signals to the ECU. If this is broke, then the car will not start.
Lastly if you have a battery tester, hell you can use the battery from a drill and use two wires, and two male fittings, attach one end to a ground, the other to the 12V and connect those to the negative and positive terminals of your fuel pump just to make sure there is life to it. MAKE SURE YOU ONLY DO THIS WITH THE PUMP OUT OF THE CAR AND DRIED OF ANY FUEL. Unless you want to BBQ yourself. But this is a way of testing the fuel pump. Of course you can test it with an ohm meter and see how much output it is making.
ok i beleave it is internal. you confused me with the external one. a tacoma trunk has an external i doubt the corolla has a external but has internal.
where is the crank and cam postition sensors? pictures please.
Thanks so much. I was looking around everywhere and i confirmed it with one of my uncle that is in to toyotas.
Found my issue and thanks for the picture helps alot.
Last question is the sensor accessible, if i take off the passenger front tire, using a floor jack. is it easy to get to and change?
Yes. Just remove the splash guard that covers that area and then just go to work.
__________________ Corolla Number TWO OLD: Corolla 1- 96 4AFE, AE101 w/ 225k Miles orig. motor, 129k trans. - TOTALED. NEW: Corolla 2- 96 4AFE, AE101 w/ 161k Miles on motor and trans.
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