Hi,
A while back I bought a '92 ES300 with 32k miles (yes, 32,000) from a little old lady who drove it to the store once a week. After a 1200 mile trip the car died on me, slowly, 2 miles from my house. It took about 3 miles to die, slowly losing power and then finally just shutting down. Since then it hasn't started. Here's what I know and have done:
# The ECU is throwing a code for ignition coil / ignitor / distributor
# I've replaced the ignition coil and ignitor to no avail
# The engine is getting fuel (according to mechanic, and I can hear the fuel pump) and spark (according to me)
# Everything else seems fine, the starter appears in good order, no broken or cracked hoses, fuses are all good*
*except the main relay is missing, which is totally weird because it didn't just disappear while I was driving the car. Must have been rewired somehow / at some point?
I ran out of things I could try and took it to a mechanic. He says he can't figure out what's wrong with it and he thinks it must be an ECU problem - since replacing the items the code references didn't help I guess. His suggestion is to have the dealer check it out (great).
Anyone have any ideas on what I could try or what it might be? I'm really stumped at this point.
Thanks!!!
A while back I bought a '92 ES300 with 32k miles (yes, 32,000) from a little old lady who drove it to the store once a week. After a 1200 mile trip the car died on me, slowly, 2 miles from my house. It took about 3 miles to die, slowly losing power and then finally just shutting down. Since then it hasn't started. Here's what I know and have done:
# The ECU is throwing a code for ignition coil / ignitor / distributor
# I've replaced the ignition coil and ignitor to no avail
# The engine is getting fuel (according to mechanic, and I can hear the fuel pump) and spark (according to me)
# Everything else seems fine, the starter appears in good order, no broken or cracked hoses, fuses are all good*
*except the main relay is missing, which is totally weird because it didn't just disappear while I was driving the car. Must have been rewired somehow / at some point?
I ran out of things I could try and took it to a mechanic. He says he can't figure out what's wrong with it and he thinks it must be an ECU problem - since replacing the items the code references didn't help I guess. His suggestion is to have the dealer check it out (great).
Anyone have any ideas on what I could try or what it might be? I'm really stumped at this point.
Thanks!!!
May 29, 2009 at 5:27 AM
