Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 02:55 pm, by: Wesley Fayers(Wes_fayers)
Earlier today I put my foot down an next thing car started backfiring n then lossed some power. Hoped out my car n my cats were glowing red n on fire, my cats are definitely screwed coz I can here the •••• rattling around in them
Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 06:33 pm, by: Tom Richards(Tomr)
disconnect the low voltage plug to the coils one at a time and try starting the car The car will start with the faulty one disconnected and will not start with the good one disconnected.
Buy on ebay for about $70. (some early camrys have the same coil)
Supercheap, Repco or your local autoparts shop will have them or order them in I used Top Gun still going strong after 4 years and they fitted ok a bit longer is better than too short
The coils run 4 cylinders each 2 on the left bank and 2 on the right, that's why it will still start and get you home, but cook your cat's on the way. Check your leads, dizzy caps and rotors?
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 07:58 am, by: Tom Richards(Tomr)
wes, you have to work thru it in a logical order.
If the car is running on 4 cylinders(you have not actually confirmed this) you have to do a split and work towards the causes outlined in an earlier post.
1) disconnect each coil one at a time and start the car each time. If it runs with 1 disconnected , but not with the other disconnected you have isolated the fault to a bank( the side disconnnected when the car runs. 2) As have stated the coils are new, 3) measure /check the lead from the coil to the disti. should be a couple of k ohms 4) disconnect lead from coil to dist, at the disti and check for spark on the faulty bank. 5)if you have spark, check rotor and disti for cracks etc. 5) if no spark swap the igniters and repeat 4). If the result is the same , the fault is not the igniters. 6) replace ecu
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