[brawler]

1991, 5 speed wagon, 4afe. Car just died 3 months ago. Went through the ALL the basics. Checked the timing belt, had yellow sparks on all four wires and plugs. Had gas and 160psi compression in all four. Came back to try again last week due to having to work all the time. THIS TIME:Checked ALL fuses, everything was good except no spark at all this time. New plugs,wires, and a reman distributor. No spark from any plugs or wires. Put the old distributor in and no spark from the old one(had yellow spark in the first time we tried this one three months ago).At a total loss of where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help. Any is very appreciated! Thank you for your time.

 

[JC1843]

Replace the ignition coil-- it should be a nice blue spark. Many have had coil problems with the Toyota.

 

[brawler]

the coil is in the distributoa. I a gree that may be the problem, but the new reman one didn't give a spark either,and it may be a bad one and we will check that,but I don't think that is the problem personally

 

[Croatian_AE92]

the coil is in the distributoa. I a gree that may be the problem, but the new reman one didn't give a spark either,and it may be a bad one and we will check that,but I don't think that is the problem personally

I have never seen a coil in a distributor. Their always separate. As far as I know.

 

[SuperRA]

I have never seen a coil in a distributor. Their always separate. As far as I know.

Yes, the 4AFE as well as many other toyota (and non-toyota) engines have the coil in the distributor.

I would check all the connectors going to the distributor. Unplug them, clean them with electrical connector spray, make sure they don't have corrosion or dirt. I had similar problems before and then fiddled with the connectors. It then started up and ran.

 

[90 GP]

Try using a different rotor inside distributor. Did you check the fusible links attached to positive battery cable?