Ignition Wire , Starter , AC problems

Hi,

My friend who owns a 1998 Toyota Corolla driven 120000 miles recently
had problems with his car starting up. Seems like the starter was
broken, although he stretched the car for a few days this way.
Recently, when he was driving the car wouldnt stop firing and even if
he tried would not shut down. Eventually the ignition wire burnt out
leaving a lot of smoke behind.

The car technitian said that the malfunctioning starter caused the
ignition wire to burn out and replaced both of them. This was fine,
but there is another problem now where when the AC is started , the
compresser locks and the engine stops.

Was just wondering if someone can point to what could be the problem
here or any pointers would be helpful.

Thanks,
vivekian

On Mar 6, 1:40 pm, "Ph@Boy" <u...@example.net> wrote:[color=blue]
> vivekian wrote:[color=green]
> > Hi,[/color]
>[color=green]
> > My friend who owns a 1998 Toyota Corolla driven 120000 miles recently
> > had problems with his car starting up. Seems like the starter was
> > broken, although he stretched the car for a few days this way.
> > Recently, when he was driving the car wouldnt stop firing and even if
> > he tried would not shut down. Eventually the ignition wire burnt out
> > leaving a lot of smoke behind.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > The car technitian said that the malfunctioning starter caused the
> > ignition wire to burn out and replaced both of them. This was fine,
> > but there is another problem now where when the AC is started , the
> > compresser locks and the engine stops.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > Was just wondering if someone can point to what could be the problem
> > here or any pointers would be helpful.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > Thanks,
> > vivekian[/color]
>
> Are you certain that the AC compressor is frozen, or by pushing the
> accelerator pedal a bit to increase engine speed can you keep it
> running? Do you hear any "belt squeal"? It could be that the engine rpm
> is not being increased when the compressor is started and that stalls
> the engine. Please provide a bit more information.[/color]

Havnt tried that as yet, but i will ask him to do that. From what i
had seen, the car was started and was in the parking gear. Now after a
few seconds when the AC was started, the compresser would lock and the
car stop subsequently. Also, the AC had not given him any problems
earlier. Its only after the burning of the ignition wire that this has
happened.