ae86 starting problems

[sidehappyside]

My friend started the motor then stalled. Started it back up, and stalled it again!. Now the car doesn't start. it cranks but just wont start. have any of you had this problem? The car is a 1985 Toyota Corolla GT-S.

[Orion ZyGarian]

Might be a loose connection...my Supra would turn over but not start when I forgot to reconnect the coil pack :doh:

[sidehappyside]

yeah i checked the coilpack, i installed an extra one that i had and the motor turned but still isnt starting. probably something else.

[Slash]

it can only be a few different things.

Spark
- check plugs
- check order of wires
- cap.. check contacts
- rotor check contact

fuel could be a culprit, but all injectors would have to be clogged at once, the tank is empty, or the fuel is stopping at the fpr or filter for all the injectors to shit at once... Pump maybe bad or not coming on with ignition?

[sidehappyside]

the dist. cap has like a blister thing, probably from the heat coming fromt he exhaust manifold. Will this keep the car from starting? because it started and drove fine until "the guy" stalled my motor TWICE!!@$#@# and that is when i got this problem

[marksaccord95]

probably a MAF problem

[ToyDoctor]

If "the guy" stalled the car by not slipping the clutch right when starting off, he may have caused the timning belt to jump time if the engine stalled abruptly. Do you have a "check engine light"?

[sidehappyside]

he was going in reverse and then braked and stalled the motor because he left in in R and took his foot off the clutch and braked. when I try to start the car, the engine light, brake light, and battery light comes on.

[sidehappyside]

the car gets fuel but no spark. What I did to test the spark was pulled a spark plug out and had the wire pluged in and touched the spark plug to the chassis and no spark. I changed spark plus but same thing. Does anybody have a 4age distributor or aw11? Or do you guys think a cap and rotor will fix it?

[Slash]

If the car isnt running then you wont get spark anyways.. it dosent spark because its shorted.....

Just go through the list i posted earlier. Replace all spark related items, they are so cheap its not even a bother to replace everything...

[sidehappyside]

well i bought an aw11 dist. and it still doesnt work. I dont think its my dist. anymore. its something else! err

[ToyDoctor]

Try to check for spark straight out of the coil, if good, go through Slash's list, if not try the following...

The ignition system is pretty simple. If you have a known good dizzy and coil, your ignitor and or wiring are the only two to worry about. The 4age black top ignitors will operate with or with-out a functioning engine computer.

If you have the 4 pulse sine wave from the pick-up coil in the dizzy to the ignitor, a good power from the black with orange wire from the round five wire connector, a properly powered coil with a good trigger wire from the ignitor, and a properly grounded ignitor, then the engine should have spark or the ignitor is bad. I hope this helps...

[sidehappyside]

i think the timing could of jumped from being stalled.

[aphxero]

I have a spare ignitor if that turns out to be the problem.

[Slash]

well i bought an aw11 dist. and it still doesnt work. I dont think its my dist. anymore. its something else! err


You bought a used dist..... thats not saying much of anything towards eliminating a variable in the equasion...

[Nikon]

i think the timing could of jumped from being stalled.
You'd still have spark if that were the case.

[sidehappyside]

i think i know what it is. Have to find ou tomororW!

[sidehappyside]

i pmed you aphxero about the igniter

[aphxero]

Problem solved! Intake cam jumped a tooth.

Motor is okay but not great. At least it drives now.

[sidehappyside]

yeah, Mark's the 86 man! I thought I traced it down to the igniter, but the timing jumped when the motor stalled and Mark re timed the motor and gave me a spare igniter w/ coil.

[JC86]

awsome, never would have thought of that. which corolla did u buy?

+1 for mark. good guy

[sidehappyside]

I've got a 85 gts coupe from some guy name Josh

[JC86]

cool