Is the problem the distributor? Your help appreciated.

Hello, I have a 1991, J reg, Carina ll auto, 2 litre (I'm in the UK). It
has developed a habit of cutting out - *not* misfiring - when the engine is
warm and when stationary or slowing down. There is often a click after it
cuts out and often it is difficult to restart for a couple of minutes after
this happens.

I have no idea whether it's related - I'm afraid I'm a member of The
World's Worst Mechanics Club - but it is also blowing some white smoke.

Any help much appreciated.

Kind regards

Neil C

"Neil Coppendale via CarKB.com" <forum@nospam.CarKB.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, I have a 1991, J reg, Carina ll auto, 2 litre (I'm in the UK). It
> has developed a habit of cutting out - *not* misfiring - when the engine
> is
> warm and when stationary or slowing down. There is often a click after it
> cuts out and often it is difficult to restart for a couple of minutes
> after
> this happens.
>
> I have no idea whether it's related - I'm afraid I'm a member of The
> World's Worst Mechanics Club - but it is also blowing some white smoke.
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Kind regards
>
> Neil C[/color]

You have to start with the basics - air, fuel, ignition at the proper times.

The white smoke is indicative of a head gasket leak, probably unrelated to
the stalling condition.
--
Ray O
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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote in message
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> "Neil Coppendale via CarKB.com" <forum@nospam.CarKB.com> wrote in message
> news:a11b85a744c9479ebd9124a37d69bbe1@CarKB.com...[color=green]
> > Hello, I have a 1991, J reg, Carina ll auto, 2 litre (I'm in the UK). It
> > has developed a habit of cutting out - *not* misfiring - when the engine
> > is
> > warm and when stationary or slowing down. There is often a click after[/color][/color]
it[color=blue][color=green]
> > cuts out and often it is difficult to restart for a couple of minutes
> > after
> > this happens.
> >
> > I have no idea whether it's related - I'm afraid I'm a member of The
> > World's Worst Mechanics Club - but it is also blowing some white smoke.
> >
> > Any help much appreciated.
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Neil C[/color]
>
> You have to start with the basics - air, fuel, ignition at the proper[/color]
times.[color=blue]
>
> The white smoke is indicative of a head gasket leak, probably unrelated to
> the stalling condition.
> --
> Ray O
> correct the return address punctuation to reply[/color]

Maybe the battery or alternator? Slowing might lesson the charge thus
stalling the car.

"Josh" <nobody@noplacenowhere.never> wrote in message
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> "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Neil Coppendale via CarKB.com" <forum@nospam.CarKB.com> wrote in message
>> news:a11b85a744c9479ebd9124a37d69bbe1@CarKB.com...[color=darkred]
>> > Hello, I have a 1991, J reg, Carina ll auto, 2 litre (I'm in the UK).
>> > It
>> > has developed a habit of cutting out - *not* misfiring - when the
>> > engine
>> > is
>> > warm and when stationary or slowing down. There is often a click after[/color][/color]
> it[color=green][color=darkred]
>> > cuts out and often it is difficult to restart for a couple of minutes
>> > after
>> > this happens.
>> >
>> > I have no idea whether it's related - I'm afraid I'm a member of The
>> > World's Worst Mechanics Club - but it is also blowing some white smoke.
>> >
>> > Any help much appreciated.
>> >
>> > Kind regards
>> >
>> > Neil C[/color]
>>
>> You have to start with the basics - air, fuel, ignition at the proper[/color]
> times.[color=green]
>>
>> The white smoke is indicative of a head gasket leak, probably unrelated
>> to
>> the stalling condition.
>> --
>> Ray O
>> correct the return address punctuation to reply[/color]
>
> Maybe the battery or alternator? Slowing might lesson the charge thus
> stalling the car.
>[/color]
I doubt if its the battery or alternator because it would not re-start.
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Ray O
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ok need some basic service and love for 10 year old toy.
in edinburgh. any recommendations please?

thanks
a.

a8359 <a8359@email.com> wrote:
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>ok need some basic service and love for 10 year old toy.
>in edinburgh. any recommendations please?
>
>thanks
>a.[/color]

I'll bet you damned carefully checked your spelling on this one
before you hit send!... :)

--
-Gord.

"Perhaps my memory isn't what it
used to be - if it ever was"

I had an intermittently open circuit winding in the distributor of my
'88 supra,
it got gradually worse over a six month period, Initially the car would
sometimes not start instantly, but would start after being turned over a
couple of times, then it would be fine for a few weeks. It gradually got
worse and eventually cut out when running.

The engine computer gave a fault code ( I can't remember exactly what it
was, something like "no G1, G2 or NE signal" )which enabled me to track
it down.

It's quite likely however that my supra was the only one ever to have
this particular fault, the electronics on Toyotas are supposedly very
good.

The first thing to do is to check for error codes.

UK spec cars usually have fewer error codes than their American
counterparts simply because there are fewer emission systems but the
codes that are there seem to be the same.

A repair manual will explain how to read the codes.

--
Neil J. Harris