on startup a lot having been driven normally an hour before.Breakdown recovery thought it was fuelling
- starvation such as blocked filter or tired fuel pump, and suggested replacing fuel filter first. Could smell some fuel out the back so I dont think the fuel pump has failed.
Intermittent engine management light.
Drove it home with Recovery van following, and the engine ran normally uphill and downhill, but on one brief downhill dip in a housing estate I tried to accelerate a bit to help with the traffic flow between parked cars and it felt like I slammed the brakes.
... the engine kept running and then idled normally for 15 mins chatting to the breakdown guy.He said I didnt brake so I am guessing fuel cut?
Engine management light later identified as fault code 14.
(Igniter/Coil/ECU or wiring)At home the engine cutting out has since happened if it was dry or wet conditions, and also if the engine was cold or upto normal temp on the gauge.
Usual mr2 knowledgeable mechanic been unavailable so its been to local Toyota.
Getting it onto the tow truck it was a very strong fuel smell out the exhaust which the car does not normally have as it runs smooth.
Apparently it cut out when driven off the tow truck.
They have replaced the fuel filter to try and sort out the fuelling.
Also done an A Service.. It was still running lumpy so they also fitted an igniter and coil supplied by me.
On removal the old igniter was found to be cracked and letting water in.
They said it is driveable and had not cut out on them.
It is running lumpier than they would have liked on local roads 20-30mph and still got engine management light, but they dont have the diagnostic equipment for the import cars so not much else they can do with it.(I thought if it is a little lumpy intermittently I might be able to drive it to my usual mechanic when available).They asked if it was rev limited to 3000 rpm? Nope, but that sounds like a limp home mode
- have they reset the ecu? I suggested disconnecting battery to reset ecu.Invoice says it has fault code 44
- what does this mean as I cant find it in the usual places for ecu fault codes? Maybe a typo for 14 ... I will check on Monday.When I got in the car to start it, it almost didnt want to start and looked like it was going to cut out if I didnt hold the revs around 1000 for a while.
After a couple/few minutes it seemed like it would keep running but the idle was all over the place between 500 and 1000 jumping around but mostly not enough to stall.
Engine management light was on constantly to start with and then intermittently.
I looked in engine bay and engine block was shaking quite a bit with smoke out the exhaust.
I tried pulling the throttle cable several times to see what that did and sometimes it made it shake less and sometimes it shook just as bad. On one occasion the fuel in the exhaust popped.Even when up to temperature the idle was still all over the place and engine management light on intermittently.
I have never seen the engine shake this much.
I left it with Toyota as I was not confident the engine would keep running, also it might make whatever is wrong with it worse.
Until this problem started in December it was running really sweet last year and lots of fun to drive.
Usually a very reliable car.Anyone got any ideas?
