4AGE Bluetop Starts then Dies

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Postby crispy'86 » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:44 pm

+1 for fuel pump or other issue,
When you turn the key on can you hear the pump run for a second or two then stop??
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Postby steroidcontaskie » Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:28 pm

My old 190e did that. Some starting issues and then randomly died when I was driving it. Turned out to be a dead fuel pump.

+1 having a listen to see if the fuel pump is running.
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Postby GOLDAE86 » Sat Sep 14, 2013 11:19 pm

Fuel pump relay?
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Postby KinLoud » Sat Sep 14, 2013 11:47 pm

Cam belt missing some teeth - cam timing out so can give similar symptoms
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Postby spoonza6 » Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:45 am

steroidcontaskie wrote:My old 190e did that. Some starting issues and then randomly died when I was driving it. Turned out to be a dead fuel pump.

+1 having a listen to see if the fuel pump is running.


Funny you say that...

I've had starting problems with it recently as in it's like battery is flat n winds slowly, but if I persist or leave it for a bit, it roars into life

Weird

Will check pump later on today
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Postby Flannelman » Sun Sep 15, 2013 12:40 pm

Try the ECU temperature sensor.

My AE101 levin did the same thing. Found by disconnecting the temp sensor and it started. Didnt run well till it was replaced, but it ran well enough to get it to the workshop.

There were no fault codes for this. It was trial and error by disconnecting vital sensors and getting the codes to make sure all was well with the system.
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Postby spoonza6 » Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:32 pm

Turned the car to on and dead silent, no priming sound at all
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Postby Stu- » Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:05 pm

It wont prime unless you crank it over.
Check voltage to pump while cranking or run return line from fuel rail into a container
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Postby spoonza6 » Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:19 pm

Ok I'm really lost on this car now n it's irking me somewhat...

Is anyone in south Auckland that can come n do a diagnosis so I know where to start to getting it running again...car is a daily n life sucks without wheels
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Postby AE82 FXGT » Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:46 pm

Stu- wrote:It wont prime unless you crank it over.
Check voltage to pump while cranking or run return line from fuel rail into a container


Not true for most (maybe all?) vehicles I've worked on.

Usually key to on/run position will prime the fuel pump for a second or two giving a very distinctive whirring noise. Then stop. If the key is in the start position the pump will run, and if the car is running with key in the on/run position, obviously the pump runs.
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Postby QikStarlie » Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:18 pm

nar stu is right, alot of toyota's dont prime till you crank engine. smallport 4age definitely doesn't. unsure about bluetop
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Postby Stu- » Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:22 pm

16v 4ages are def the way I explained it - fuel pump triggers from cylinder sync
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Postby Stu- » Mon Sep 16, 2013 8:28 pm

Mish to get it to me? I can sort for you but can't really head out
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Postby rollaholic » Tue Sep 17, 2013 7:43 am

spoonza6 wrote:Ok I'm really lost on this car now n it's irking me somewhat...

Is anyone in south Auckland that can come n do a diagnosis so I know where to start to getting it running again...car is a daily n life sucks without wheels


have you tried what stu said about checking fuel pump voltage, and that fuel is coming out the return line?

if you dont feel confident with it i could possibly come and give you a hand
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Postby spoonza6 » Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:45 am

rollaholic wrote:
spoonza6 wrote:Ok I'm really lost on this car now n it's irking me somewhat...

Is anyone in south Auckland that can come n do a diagnosis so I know where to start to getting it running again...car is a daily n life sucks without wheels


have you tried what stu said about checking fuel pump voltage, and that fuel is coming out the return line?

if you dont feel confident with it i could possibly come and give you a hand


Haven't yet done what stu recommended, just got the car home last night n started back at work...any help would be really appreciated thank you

Stu - might have to send you the orange car instead haha
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Postby l1ttle_d3vil » Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:11 pm

Pull the spark plugs out and give them a clean or just replace them.

Otherwise as the other guys have said, sounds like TPS / Map / Fuel supply.

Pulling the return line off the end of the fuel rail and putting it into a container is fairly easy - shouldn't be hard to access and is just a clip to undo. Just make sure its the small line after the regulator you pull off, not the bigger line :wink:

If fuel is coming out there, I would be checking the vacuum lines to the MAP sensor, and the TPS settings are within spec.
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