1991 Camry stalling
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From: pquetzal on 26 Dec 2007 20:01 My 1991 Camry runs well except for one annoying problem. After heavy rains only, if the car is not garaged, upon first starting out in the morning, the car engine will cut out when at a stop sign, light, or even sometimes if I am not stepping on the gas. I have to put in park, restart and keep the foot on the gas for a while, then go into drive and hope it does not stall out. I replaced the spark plugs, distributor cap and wires, hoping this would take care of it but it did not do the trick - hate to get rid of the car for this if I solve the problem - any thoughts?
From: Ralph Mowery on 26 Dec 2007 20:24 "pquetzal" <pquetzal(a)removethis.comcast.net> wrote in message news:J_2dnRVmJf3KZO_anZ2dnUVZ_qmlnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > My 1991 Camry runs well except for one annoying problem. After heavy > rains only, if the car is not garaged, upon first starting out in the > morning, the car engine will cut out when at a stop sign, light, or even > sometimes if I am not stepping on the gas. I have to put in park, restart > and keep the foot on the gas for a while, then go into drive and hope it > does not stall out. > I replaced the spark plugs, distributor cap and wires, hoping this > would take care of it but it did not do the trick - hate to get rid of the > car for this if I solve the problem - any thoughts? Similar problem on mine was a $ 600 mass air flow sensor or whatever it is called.
From: JM on 26 Dec 2007 20:58 "Ralph Mowery" <rmowery28146(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:13n5vn57g6kas62(a)corp.supernews.com... > > "pquetzal" <pquetzal(a)removethis.comcast.net> wrote in message > news:J_2dnRVmJf3KZO_anZ2dnUVZ_qmlnZ2d(a)comcast.com... >> My 1991 Camry runs well except for one annoying problem. After heavy >> rains only, if the car is not garaged, upon first starting out in the >> morning, the car engine will cut out when at a stop sign, light, or even >> sometimes if I am not stepping on the gas. I have to put in park, >> restart and keep the foot on the gas for a while, then go into drive and >> hope it does not stall out. >> I replaced the spark plugs, distributor cap and wires, hoping this >> would take care of it but it did not do the trick - hate to get rid of >> the car for this if I solve the problem - any thoughts? > > Similar problem on mine was a $ 600 mass air flow sensor or whatever it is > called. > God whats it made out of SOLID GOLD ? Johnny UK
From: David In NH on 26 Dec 2007 21:02 "pquetzal" <pquetzal(a)removethis.comcast.net> wrote in message news:J_2dnRVmJf3KZO_anZ2dnUVZ_qmlnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > My 1991 Camry runs well except for one annoying problem. After heavy > rains only, if the car is not garaged, upon first starting out in the > morning, the car engine will cut out when at a stop sign, light, or even > sometimes if I am not stepping on the gas. I have to put in park, restart > and keep the foot on the gas for a while, then go into drive and hope it > does not stall out. > I replaced the spark plugs, distributor cap and wires, hoping this > would take care of it but it did not do the trick - hate to get rid of the > car for this if I solve the problem - any thoughts? It might be as simple as cleaning the throttle body. I've done that a number of times on different cars and when this is needed, the symptoms are the same as you've described. If you can do it yourself, it'll cost you a couple of bucks for the cleaner and a few rags or paper towels. If someone does it for you, it shouldn't cost more than 1/2 hour labor. (It usually takes me about 10 minutes to get this job done.) I'm sure google-ing this will turn up how to clean it. (I think I may have posted that myself.) Good luck and let us know what happens.
From: Justa Lurker on 26 Dec 2007 21:38
pquetzal wrote: > My 1991 Camry runs well except for one annoying problem. After heavy > rains only, if the car is not garaged, upon first starting out in the > morning, the car engine will cut out when at a stop sign, light, or even > sometimes if I am not stepping on the gas. I have to put in park, > restart and keep the foot on the gas for a while, then go into drive and > hope it does not stall out. > I replaced the spark plugs, distributor cap and wires, hoping this > would take care of it but it did not do the trick - hate to get rid of > the car for this if I solve the problem - any thoughts? Not suggesting that you "shotgun" the problem in lieu of diagnosis & troubleshooting, but aren't the ignition coils troublesome on these cars ? I would think that could possibly cause problems when it is very damp out if there was some sort of leakage path or whatever which kills the spark at low idle. Just a guess. |