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1988 Toyota Van Repair Question


Topics covered: Engine, Trouble code, Fuel pump.
Mileage: 220,187 miles.

Asked on March 3, 2011

1988 Toyota Van Wagon Le motor stall 5 seconds after started

I have a 1988 toyota van wagon Le with 2.0L and I need to know how to test the Igniter. I have called everyone in this town and no one can seem to know what an igniter is let alone testing one!!! The van has had a problem of stalling out 5 seconds after it is started. I checked the fuel pump, coil, pick up coil, wires, injectors, and there are no trouble codes on the self diagnostics obd 1 HELP PLEASE!!!
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Replied on March 3, 2011

Our database does not have any testing procedureds for the ignitor. The uslau test is to check all others such as power upply etc and if all are good and you do not have sparks, the ignitos is substituted to test.

When engine stalled, are you able to restart easily? Does keeping some accelerator pedal pressure keep the engine running?

Tiny Answered by KHLow2008 (expert)
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Replied on March 3, 2011

when the van stalls and i try to restart it does the same thing it will start then stall after 5 seconds. Pressing the accelerator does nothing to help it run longer.

Tiny Response from Dicekoff
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Replied on March 4, 2011

I believe it is not the ignotors fault, more likely a sensor fault.

Was any repairs carried out prior to this occurring?

Have the ground circuit connections checked.

Have you tried to retrieve for trouble codes?

http://www.2carpros.com/articles/toyota-trouble-code-definitions-and-code-gathering-method-1990-1995

The above link should be helpful.

Tiny Answered by KHLow2008 (expert)
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Replied on March 4, 2011

ok so I checked everything in the dist.like coil, cap,volts ect..one more time and this time i decided to check the air gap on the pick-up coil and found out that it is damaged and one of the wires was frayed.but when it was tested it showed 160 ohms which is in range. So im going to replace it and see how it acts. Is there anything else i should know?

Tiny Response from Dicekoff
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Replied on March 4, 2011

The wires fraying would not affect the ohm reading. Only any damage to the coil itself would have any effect.

So far you are doing things correctly so after replacement of parts we shall see how it goes.

Tiny Answered by KHLow2008 (expert)
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