Hi, have been working on this car off and on for the last few weeks. I was driving and it just lost power put it in neutral and and just spit and sputtered and died. Call Toyota service manager, and said it may be a coolant temp. sensor, changed that no luck, also changed fuel pump, it would run for a few seconds and die again. Looked at the old coil pack and could see a split in the resin and where it had been arking, so put in a new pack, fired right up, took it out for about 1 mile and started to smell somthing electrical, pulled it in the shop and saw smoke coming up out from under the hood, hurried up and popped the hood open, could not see any thing burning, figured it was the new pack, pulled that one out and replaced it with a better one, and now it just turns over no fire, nothing, pulled a plug out to see for sure. Could it possibly be the ignition module thats mounted to the fender? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you kindly.

scooter1955

Well I put the new condenser in, fired it up and this time tjhe check engine light stays on, drove it a half block and it started to act up when pushing on the gas it started to die out, tried feathering the gas and it just died. And now I am back to square one to how it was acting before I even put the new coil pack on. It is going to Toyota sometime this week and get it resolved once and for all, I feel I have wasted enough time on it, and to avoid further anxiety I will let them fix it.

kitch428

Was the coil you put in an aftermarket? As TX stated earlier, non Toyota parts can be problematic. Right out of the box! They can make you start chasing a ghost.
You can save yourself the bother, because the first thing the dealer will recommend is installing OEM parts.
If you go the the data link connector, or 'diagnostic check connector' under the hood, get a paper clip, jump terminals E1 and TE1,(diagram under the cover) turn the key on, you will see the check engine light start flashing. That's a code.
Cycle the key off and back on again and start counting the blinks.
It might be... on...pause....on, on,...pause, something like that. If it's a steady blink, there's no codes. Let me know. I can give the code from here and maybe get a head start before you tow it 35 miles.

TxGreaseMonkey

With kitch428 to help you, you cannot give up! You are too close.

scooter1955

Thank you for the inspiration, I will check the code out, but really hate to throw more money at it if I'm going down the wrong track. The new pack I had put in was a Borg Warner. Any way will keep you posted. Thanks again guys,

Scott

scooter1955

HI, check the engine light like you instructed and getting a continuous blinking, try starting, spins over good for a bit than just stops, then try it again spins and does the same thing, acts like it wants to fire once in a while, almost like its out of time.

kitch428

I'll bet it's the distributor. Is there a place close by where you can pick your own parts? aka junkyard?
Sounds like you're saying while holding the key in start position, the cranking rpm just stops all on it's own? If so, that sounds like battery connections, or starter giving up.
You have no codes, looks like.

scooter1955

Went out and checked the junkyard and everything they had was already taken. Still getting the intermittant check engine light, battery cables are tight and clean. I went ahead and bit the bullet and took it to the dealership. Will let you all know what they found out. Again tahnk you very much for your support thru all this. From now on anything like this occurs will just take it the right shop.

kitch428

Please keep us updated.

scooter1955

I sure will. Thanks again.

scooter1955

Got a call from them a few hours ago, and said it was fixed and ready to go. They ended up putting a new dist. in it. Should of done that from the gitgo. Oh well live and learn, and again, thanks abunch for your help