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- From: welchb@woods.ulowell.edu
- Subject: Re: HELP! Engine cuts out on Toyota Corolla!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.104637.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
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- Organization: University of Lowell
- References: <1992Dec14.160215.8570@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:46:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec14.160215.8570@bcrka451.bnr.ca>, hemi@bcrkd12.bnr.ca (Hemi Thaker) writes:
- > I'm having a problem with my '86 Toyota Corolla SR-5.
- > The first time the problem happened, I was driving at 120Km/hr
- > when all of a sudden my engine died on me. I still had electrical
- > power, and could crank the engine, but it wouldn't start. The
- > engine did not sputter or cough when it died.
- >
- > This problem has reoccured a few more times. Every time,
- > I have either been driving faster than 100Km/hr, or standing still.
- > Again, after the engine dies, I can crank as much as I want, but the
- > car won't start. However, after 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes
- > later (yes, this exact), I can start the car, and it behaves as
- > if nothing had happened.
- >
- > As per Murphy's laws, this "feature" of my car is impossible
- > to reproduce in front of or by the mechanic. He had originally
- > thought it was a faulty fuel pump, and replaced that, but the problem
- > resurfaced two weeks later.
-
- I had a similar problem, and embarrassed to say it was the fuel filter.
- Unfortunately, I think your mechanic must have looked at this already.
- --
- Brendan Welch, UMass/Lowell, W1LPG, welchb@woods.ulowell.edu
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