if you are good with celica engines then help me out please

xangrystylex · 07-03-2002, 01:39 PM

ok here is the story i mishifted and blew parts of trans and engine blah blah blah. ok well they fixed it all and got it back together. now i know the mechanic becuase my mom works at the dealership so he is pretty straight forward with me. he is stumped. he got it all back together and started it up. he said it sounded great and was letting it warm up when all the sudden it stalled. he hooked up a machine to it and it told him that the fuel injecters were still going and the fuel pump was working yet the engine was off and the machine was giving him a tach signal saying the rpms were at 500 when the engine wasnt even on?? what the hell? he said he thinks it is right before it is about to "loop" and have the ecu kick in, though he wasnt sure on that but it strongly seemed like it. he says it is prolly an electrical problem, also he checked all the vacumn lines and he is stumped. he asked me to go on here and ask around cause he knows it is a simple problem it is just finding it that will take forever. so if you can help me out let me know of some problems you have like this or some suggestoins. i also need to note if it matters at all i have a injen cai, trd exhaust, trd clutch and fidanza flwheel just installe while this was in the shop for the engine work cause this guy is cool and he put them in for me. thanks in advance.

Griffin · 07-03-2002, 04:17 PM

If you wanna PM me the guys number I could talk to him directly - might be more efficient.

Griffin

rearendman0 · 07-03-2002, 06:19 PM

xangrystylex or Griffin, i was just wondering if you guys found out what the problem ended up being . thanks

xangrystylex · 07-03-2002, 08:34 PM

no we still have no clue along with my mechanic who is dumbfounded.

xangrystylex · 07-03-2002, 08:35 PM

besides he said to just find info on here and print it out. i dont think he wants to deal with people on the phone ya know? just suggestions or maybe if someone had the same problem then an answer.

Griffin · 07-03-2002, 09:18 PM

The problem is you don't have enough info for us to make intelligent suggestions. There are probably 100 reasons why a car might stall if not more, and second hand / sketchy information is hard to work with. Diagnosing stuff like this isn't as simple as waving a magic wand ya know. Anyways I'm just trying to help, but I can't give you an intelligent response without more info.

Griffin

xangrystylex · 07-03-2002, 09:20 PM

dammit why cant my car just run right already i have been without it almost 2 months.

Griffin · 07-03-2002, 09:30 PM

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Originally posted by xangrystylex
dammit why cant my car just run right already i have been without it almost 2 months.

Frankly the chances are about 95% that whats wrong is something the Tech put back together wrong or flat out broke. Stalling problems aren't that hard to figure out for good techs as long as they can duplicate the condition, and since it wasn't doing this before the engine repair - this is a condition that has been created as the result of somethign done suring dissasembly or re-assembly.... anyways cheer up - sounds like yer almost back in your car, just need to get past this one little hurdle

Griffin

xangrystylex · 07-03-2002, 09:33 PM

yea he said it is probably one stupid wire connected wrong or something like that. he said it sounds more electrical. so hopefully it is something that he missed and just takes 2 secs to fix of well we will see over time i guess. well i will keep everyone posted on it.

fmnibblesx · 07-03-2002, 11:33 PM

the Injen intakes have been known to create idle problems. I would let The ecu reset itself with the factory airbox. And if all goes well reinstall the Injen intake.