its my bro's ke30 corolla, i can't seem to find out what the problem is!

 

turn key - dash lights on - crank - engine cranks over fine - starts - key returns - car dies.

 

gone over everything but maybe someone knows what it is!

 

gone over:

 

dizzy - points, cap, rotor, timing, condensor.

fuel - lines, filter in bay, pump.

carby - seems to work ok, fuel coming in, nothing fallen off.

checked valve train - nothing broken, adjusted tappets whilst in there.

manifolds - seem ok, tightened up manifold gasket set.

alternator - belt a bit loose, tightened up.

oil - was a bit low, filled up.

valve saver - he has been getting valve additive in most tanks.

plugs - were carboned up, so replaced with new, spark is still small orange (not big bright blue) hmmm...

air filter - ok

car wasnt running hot - had all coolant there

 

its stuck out in another suburb but these things came to mind afterwards:

 

maybe its the coil

or coil to dizzy lead?

or condensor on coil or dizzy?

or fuel blockage in lines, it was hard to blow bubbles through the line with petrol cap off -

or is there a filter in the tank that has gummed up?

or a relay for the ignition circuit is not working?

or exhaust is blocked?

or alternator is not putting out enough power, ie worn bushes?

or spark isnt strong enough from a fault in the ignition circuit

 

we thought it might be the ignition barrel not working correctly but it has good operation

and i have had worse barrels that have still worked...

 

anyway ANY suggestions to fix this problem welcome!

Edited October 12, 200620 yr by styler

Check the Ballast Resistor, its normally located near the coil....it's a little white box with 2 connectors coming out of it. Grab a new one from a auto shop and put it on....hopefully thats all it is

hey thanks xany, that didnt come to mind. i have a spare ballast resistor

to suit in the shed so i'll try that out.

Sounds to me like fuel solenoid..

 

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Hey mate i had the exact same problem with my car and the coil was the problem, so ye I'm guessing its the coil.

wire hasnt come off the back of the ignition barrel?

try changing the fuel filter, it may be a bit obstructed by a piece of rust from the fuel tank (personal experience)

we checked the ignition barrel for i soldered an accesories wire for my headunit there but they were all connected to the ignition barrel. We recently changed the fuel filter and fuel pump seems ok, strange thing is the car was starting first time at 5am and ran fine but i drove to a mates in the arvo didnt drive for 2 hours then this problem occured

hot wire the coil. wire from the battery + to the coil +, then start it, this will tell ya if the ign switch is f**ked

the spark should be blue not orange, so change the coil to

Edited October 12, 200620 yr by trd

changed the coil, and the spark was alright the ballast resistor was fine, checked it with a multimeter,intake/exhaust gasket was fine, leads seemed fine, adjusted points slightly checked to see if there was a block in the exhaust and there wasnt......................ill try the coil to battery idea, thank u

ballast resistors just randomly choose to be ass pirates every now and then don't they?

Could the ballast resistor be the cause of my hard-to-start problem?

i have that same issue raven. a couple of cups of coffee will usually get me started :)

 

 

check your ignition system from head to toe

well tomorow I'm heading out to my car to do a compression test, and to change the condenser and the capacitor on the ignition coil as well as trying to hot wire it with the ignition coil ,

sounds like the guts of the ign. backing plug have burned out