Sportivo_65

Let's hope thats the last of it hey...!! As I said, we did exactly that with mine and it wasn't the end of the trouble... So just cross your fingers and hope yours was the easy fix, if so you're luck!! What what Teddy said was exactly what I was trying to say... Obviously I'm not a professional though so it must have made no sense. Why the ECU re-set if all it needed was a dizzy to be replaced?

How'd you get it to the workshop though?? Mine was a major mission, it was stalling every 50m, and stalled 3 times getting her on the car trailer to have her towed to the workshop!!!! It was just doing it ALL THE TIME in the later days, hot or cold, it started happening more frequently.

Having been through it, I totally agree Teddy. I had written a reply today but deleted it and decided not to post it, but basically it was this: I'd hate to see you, Lesley, spend money on time spent with the car in workshop's being diagnosed. I believe the chances of it being the same issue as mine is very great, and I'd like to help save you some money, time and HEARTACHE!! Questions: When the car shut down, and then when an attempt was made to start it again straight away, can you tell me if the check engine light was illuminated or not?? Basically what I found with mine was, when the car did its shut down thing, when you'd try to start it again straight away - the check engine light WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. But upon starting the car again the next time successfully, the check engine light WAS ILLUMINATED, as it always should be when the ignition is turned on. So, we came to the conclusion that the car wouldn't start unless that light was on, as per usual. Suggestions for this being a symptom (and with mine - not showing codes) was this: That the computer was registering a fault (the wattage spike I was talking about) and then shutting down before giving itself time to log a code. Then on engaging the ignition again (immediately), the light wasn't on indicating that possibly the computer itself wasn't yet 're-booted' from the fail. If that makes sense... Once this spike happened again (from components getting hot on the computers board) the computer would just shut down. Now that that part on the board of the computer has been replaced, I've had 6 months of happy driving *touches wood* :rock: Anyways, could be completely different with yours, as its logging a code, mine wasn't; and I could be completely wrong, I'm not an expert. But I care and I just don't want to see you go through the same thing I have, and I know others have, with these Sportivo's. I guess, if it was me, its a cheap enough exercise to test the dizzy, make sure all is fine there, rotor button etc. That's what we did, it was a starting point and process of illumination. Got a secondhand dizzy from the wreckers, and now I've got a spare :wub:, but even with a new dizzy on it it still faulted with no codes. If the people you've got your car with get stuck, please let me know. I don't mind giving you the details of the shop here in Brisbane which fixed my computer, so they can maybe talk to the guys down there, or send it up even to have that component replaced. Best of luck luv, and please keep us posted. Julez :P

Cool. Best of luck.

How many k's has your girl done luv? Mine did this at about 130,000 I think it was.

And I bet its not throwing codes and there's no warning signs its about to do it, is there??? That problem with mine was a problem on the actual chip board in the computer, had to be repaired by an auto-electronics place who replaced the solinoid.condensor thing on the board, and *touch wood* its been running like a dream ever since. It was a problem with over-wattage getting through to a condensor that wasn't ment to have that volume or watts, and it was frying the part, and shutting the computer down, but since that parts been repaired its been fine!!! I'm not happy to hear that its doing it, but I'm interested that yours is doing it too! Please let me know how you go huni!! And I'd be asking someone to open the computer and inspect the board, save yourself some time and money having in workshops and them doing tests on it that aren't gonna tell you shit, as I'd be very surprised if thats not the problem.

I've kinda be stopped in my tracks regarding this hey. I was hoping to get some prices from both the Mt Cotton centre and the Gympie centre and make some decisions with the help of you all from there. But I've contacted 'Road Craft' a number of times now and haven't heard a thing back, and the last time their website was updated was 2005. So either I'm not contacted the right place or they aren't doing it anymore :-( Which means, its really only the Mt Cotton centre thats an option, but my concern is the noise restrictions. I shall contact Mt Cotton again and check some dates etc, post up some more info, and I'll try and contact Road Craft again. Thats the plan for now, if anyone has any other way to contact Gympie please let me know.

You got any pics of the CAI set up you've done?? I'm assuming you've set something up down closer to the turbo?? Where'd you track down your replacement piping from??? Saw the updated pics of the engine bay - looks great.

Well they seemed to not work in my car, and I hated it, so now I'd rather pay for new standard 'what ever brand or make they are' plugs every 40,000 odd ks (the whole $12 that they cost) than have the car faulting like it was at high rpm (when I don't want it to be faulting)... Maybe the set of Iridiums that were it in were dodgy, maybe my motor just likes being a pain. But its working with what Toyota have supplied me and so I'm a very happy camper, and will stick to that.

Howdy Folks, Just an update for those playing at home, after finally getting ROL14 back on the road and having the front bar repaired, we've managed to fix the 'hesitating problem'. It turns out it was spark plugs. When I bought the car it had Iridium plugs (not sure if I spelt that right) fitted. I've since found out from some other turbo car owners and for myself that these plugs are not suited to turbo engines. Its to do with the strenght of the spark at high rpm which isn't strong enough for boosted engines. So we rang Toyota, gave them the VIN number and ordered a 'stock' set (prob Denso's or something) of plugs, which have now been fitted and the car is running like her dreamy usual self again!!!! :y::D:D

Hi Folks, I've initiated this event on TOCAU and twincam and thought I'd see ift there was any interest here too while I'm at it. I noticed a thread on here from earlier this month that seemed to not go anywhere so figured it would be ok to post this here. Not meaning to steal anyones thunder, just thought I'd let you guys in on the fun too if you wanted. I just wanted to get a 'show of hands' so to speak on who would be interested in attending a Skid Pan/Driver Training Day. I would need to confirm dates and costs with the venue/training provider of course. So, right now I'm thinking about organising it so we can go to the Mt Cotton Driver Training but I also know there's one at Gympie. Not sure what the general opinion is of driving that far though. But before I do anything I'd need to know how many people are actually keen to be involved, but I've been to one at the Gympie skid pan day before and the participants paid about $100 each. I've just looked on a couple of websites and for an individual to go independantly through a training provider you'd be looking at $200. But I'm sure if we had a big enough group the price wouldn't be that high. So, let me know if your interested and then when I've got minimum of 15 people I'll make some calls. I know 15 sounds like a lot but with these events usually the best group size is 10 (for price and comfort on the day etc). And also taking into account dates and prices might not suit all after they are confirmed and some will pull out, I figure 15's a good number to aim for to get the ball rolling. Cheers, Julez PS - If I've forgotten anything or if anyone has any other ideas etc please make a mention as I don't bite. Just thought it was something different and fun we could all get involved in!!

Yeah, I got one. Just before I opened it I read this topic. Thanks :D

I should add though, the hesitation at high rpm is still there... But after having the car off the road for just over a month, I'm willing to over look that and not really worry about it just yet. As again, that would be a whole heap of different things...

Just thought I'd give you folks an update. The car has been fixed. Components in the computer itself were replaced and things seem to be going so far so good. There were spikes of volts getting through which certain parts couldn't handle therefore shutting the car down as a precaution.

I wasn't meaning that 'I was expecting Toyota to warrant the car' - that is just silly. I was merely saying that knowing there's been a couple of this same age (k's), make and model, that maybe Toyota might like to do a little more about it then wipe their hands. That's all.