[toyota4555]

Hey Gents -

On my 1990 Turbo, I notice the intermittently, it will stall out after the car has been driven and you go back out to start it, engine is warm. It stalls out right when I start it, if I give it gas "it will fight" through it and then act like nothing happened. Once you get going, it doesn't act up again. Car idles PERFECT otherwise. Never stalls or even hesitates when driving, has plenty of power.

Car is bone stock, no warning lights, automatic w/ 92k miles.

Appreciate some ideas on where to investigate.

 

[destrux]

Sounds like a leaking fuel injector. The fuel drips out of the injector (usually more than one) and sits in the intake port or the cylinder. If the car sits for a few hours it evaporates or leaks down into the oil and the car will start fine, but if you start it right back up after 15 minutes or so it's still there and floods the spark plugs. You'd have to pull the injectors out and have an injector specialty shop clean them. Don't waste your time with the stuff you dump in the tank, it doesn't work... same with the "on car" cleaning machines.

My honda used to do that, clean injectors fixed it right up. I think it cost me $175 to have them done, but that was for 4.

 

[Kruso]

Sounds like a leaking fuel injector. The fuel drips out of the injector (usually more than one) and sits in the intake port or the cylinder. If the car sits for a few hours it evaporates or leaks down into the oil and the car will start fine, but if you start it right back up after 15 minutes or so it's still there and floods the spark plugs. You'd have to pull the injectors out and have an injector specialty shop clean them. Don't waste your time with the stuff you dump in the tank, it doesn't work... same with the "on car" cleaning machines.

My honda used to do that, clean injectors fixed it right up. I think it cost me $175 to have them done, but that was for 4.

I'd be very surprised if that's what the issue is. MKIII's have a tendency of acting this way one warmed up. Generally it was a wiring issue, primarily near the CPS. If you literally "wiggle" the wires around the CPS when the engine is not starting it should do the trick ultimately pointing at a harness issue caused by heat soak.

 

[MADSUPRA88]

I'd be very surprised if that's what the issue is. MKIII's have a tendency of acting this way one warmed up. Generally it was a wiring issue, primarily near the CPS. If you literally "wiggle" the wires around the CPS when the engine is not starting it should do the trick ultimately pointing at a harness issue caused by heat soak.

:werd:

More than likely it a wiring issue.