check to see if there's spark on all cylinders

 

95% sure it'll be your distributor coil.

Happened to me 2 weeks ago. If it is, make sure you hit up a dealer, because the coil has to be ordered from a Toyota regional warehouse and it'll save you 1 day of waiting.

 

junkyard's got them too

 

i get sparks on all 4 ignition wires or 4 cylinders but i dont know if its enough. it has a tiny spark.

thanks for the quick reply

 

i forgot that the coil was replaced w/ a brand new one.

 

the ignitor could still be faulty, but probably not since you do have spark

when you turn the key to on, so you hear the fuel pump humming? do you have a check engine light on?

 

my ignition timing was off

 

How did the timing jump?Does it run the way it did before?When was the timing belt replaced?

 

timing dosen't just misteriously jump in the mc dick's parking lot

you could have something much worse coming up

 

::cue eary music::

 

i'd take a very good look at the tensionner

 

When did you do your timing belt last?

 

well it could be that the belt is slipping......i havent check, at least i finally figured out what the heck been crappin around w/ car

 

the belt was change a yr ago at a shop

 

another thing that has happened to me in the past is that the position pin on the camshaft broke and the sproket was slipping in relation to the camshaft

that was on my 86 volvo with 286 000 kms, broke down 100 kms from home on april fools day...

 

well...another day w/ the car....ill repost what i can later tonite

 

well it could be that the belt is slipping......i havent check, at least i finally figured out what the heck been crappin around w/ car

The timing belt does not slip. Its a cog type belt.

 

after long day lookin around at nothing.... i found out that the ignition timing was jumpin around at idle.

what i did was link these 2 port together at teh diagnostic box and look at 10degrees BTDC and i set the distributor to 10 degrees BTDC. i had someone look at the timing while i adjusted and tighten the distri bolts down. then later in about couple min it jumped pretty eratic at a difference of 3-5 degrees.

why do i have to link the two thingy together for? and i notice the check light is on.....whats goin on?

noticin that instead of startin up and rest (warm engine) at 1100rpm then slowly down to 800, it start up and the rpm quickly jump down to about 800 or under and wanting to stall out.

could it be the vacuums......i dont know much about the vacuums stuff, someone explain why its important.

 

why do i have to link the two thingy together for?

You don't know what shorting out the 2 pins on the diagnostic connector does, but you did it anyways? :slap:

Are you sure you shorted out the right pins?

Anyways shorting out the 2 pins puts the ecu into diagnostic mode.

and i notice the check light is on.....whats goin on?

Its suppose to blink when you have the 2 pins on the diagnostic connector shorted.

If its on when you remove the jumper then you got a problem.

 

theres a sticker under the hood sayin timing and link two port together and the check light blink while "shorting out" and it doesnt stay on. i dont know if theres a sticker on ur 88camry le of yours though, but there is one on mine.
-whats "shorting out" the two port doin anyways?

i also notice the car wanting to stall out during the warm engine while driving. whats goin on?

 

EGR valve maybe the cause of stalling out

94 5sfe 180kmiles
if the EGR valve may be faulty and stuck open would it cause the car to stall on idle or low speed?

how long does this valve last anyways?

 

The egr valve can start leaking anytime, there's no typical lifetime. It can give you a bad idle indeed but many other things can possibly give you a bad idle.
Here is a way to check your egr :
You need to have a vacuum pump which you shall connect to the egr vacuum port. Vacuum should remain steady and engine should run poorly.
If your EGR valve is faulty it can be two possible problems : either it is clogged or it is just leaking.
BTW if you are interested I still have a spare one (used) (just in case).
What you can do as well as you're on it is change vacuum hoses, it's not an expensive thing and you'll be at least sure these ones are not leaking.

 

just block it off...

 

^ what would that accomplish?

 

i dont know if theres a sticker on ur 88camry le of yours though, but there is one on mine.

-whats "shorting out" the two port doin anyways?

Puts the ecu into diagnostic mode.