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dean p · 06-15-2005, 11:58 PM

I was just about to sell my car when I thought, gee I should wash the engine compartment. This was the biggest mistake. For some reason now my car does not want to start that well. After about a 1/2 hour when I finally get it going, it will idle nice, but when you apply the gas fast it wants to stall; however, when I slowly apply the gas it will rev up fine. I have checked the dis cap, plugs and wires, cleaned the fuel injector, cleaned all inside the butterfly value (located just after the air intake) changed the oil. I am at a loss as what else it could be. Has anyone had similar issues before?

WRS · 06-16-2005, 12:43 AM

you didn't happen to get water in your fuse box did you?

EggBeater59 · 06-16-2005, 01:55 AM

wasn't any water in the dizzy cap when you checked it?

farqy · 06-17-2005, 03:02 PM

may be the evaporative canister

when you rev it, your engine draws the fuel from there to expend that fuel, and if it was full of water, it would idle just fine on fuel from the gas tank, but then when you pin it, you would be drawing water from the evap container and wreaking havoc

try taking off the hoses from the evap container and just stoppering them, pinch em' off or whatever, then run it....

just a suggestion

Pineapple · 06-17-2005, 04:33 PM

Water in spark plug well causing miss fire. Blow, suck all the water out.

fredk · 06-17-2005, 05:27 PM

get it warmed up and pull the plug wires out of the head and the dist cap off, let all the water dry up and reassemble

89CelicaGTTurbo · 06-21-2005, 10:30 PM

also check your AFM. water or moisture in th AFM will cause a malfunction in the AFM. maybe you should leave your car outside on a hot day

82 RA64 · 06-23-2005, 01:07 AM

Comperssion check?

EggBeater59 · 06-23-2005, 06:39 PM

doesn't sound like an afm to me.. ususally car won't idle at all. but, have you checked for error codes from the ecu yet? that would help you... alot.

dean p · 06-24-2005, 10:37 PM

Well I still have not been able to make any progress in making the car run smoothly or starting easier. The compression is good and the evaporative canister is good as well. Wouldn't the spark plugs be wet if I was trying to start it for awhile? I noticed that they are dry when I pull them out, they are somewhat carboned up most likely to the turning over process. I am thinking it might be something to do with the injectors, suggestions? I really don't want to spend alot of cash just to sell it, but what can I do.

89CelicaGTTurbo · 06-29-2005, 01:20 PM

Like EggBeater59 said. check for any error codes. if nothing comes up then it could be something mechanical. if a code pops up, you should get a good idea of what sensor need to be replaced or fixed.

el niño · 07-04-2005, 10:49 PM

check the spark plug rubber caps, any water down in there will short it out and make it run like crap.

fredk · 07-04-2005, 10:52 PM

plugs are dry after cranking?

el niño · 07-06-2005, 10:11 PM

the wire rubber cap connectors that go over the plugs, not under

dean p · 07-06-2005, 11:37 PM

Thanks for all your suggestions. It ended up being a cracked rotor in the distributor. I looked at it earlier and couldn't fine anything wrong. After spending a few bucks to get it diagnosed

all it needed was an $11.00 part go figure.