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Now my question is it still the starter or the Soilonid (spelling) or is it something else.
Sorry for the long post.
Good luck!
If any one else has gone through this, please advise what should be my financial damage for this.
Thanks.
I am really clueless as to where on the belt to spray. So, do you have a link to somewhere on the web where it shows picture I can follow.
Please , Please help me !!
My 1993 Corolla with 125 K miles did not start. It seemed a problem with the ignition from basic checks.
I got it towed to the hackensack toyota dealer and he told it is a problem with the starter it is burnt
and charged me 277 $ part and 187 Labor for that.
Then he called me and told the DISTRIBUTOR is not working and he will have to replace it The cost is 693 Part and 187 labor. :-( poor me. Total 1400 $
I told him look this is an old car and I came to you for your diagonistic expertise. If you diagonsed earlier and found the starter problem and made me change it and now you are finding the distributor problem and later if u find some other problem I dont want to fix it.
You complete your diagnostic and give me an estimate - then i will decide if i want to go ahead with the repair.
Then he assured me that this was all it ..then i told him if it does not work after the distributor is installed
i dont want the distributor. He said no.. that is not possible. Then I asked him to try it out with old one.
Then with the shop forman he agreed to put the part and not charge me for it if it did not work but I would still be responsible for the starter he changed.
This is not the kind of service we should expect from such a reputed authorised service center. He did not do any diagnostic and said we do it as we go. What is the quality of the diagonistic then and why should we pay so much for services for which better diagnostics should be done.
I asked him to keep my old parts .
Folks please advise me ...I am feeling completely fleeced !!
I please request all to chim in.. as to how can I ensure I was not getting fleeced. For all they say the diagnostic service is completely stupid and outright unprofessional.
I was given some scribbned handwritten notes on the estimates !! It is going to take me forever to earn the 1400 $ back I am set back with !!
Mike
My opinion: go on eBay or search the internet, or go to the dealer and purchase an owner's manual, and give it to your son for the holidays.
Don't go to the dealer for a 1 minute job. Someone here will eventually help, or do a search for the procedure on the internet. It is just a reminder to change your oil, so it won't hurt anything to keep driving with the light on for the time being.
1. Turn the ignition key to the “OFF” position with the odometer reading shown. (For details, see “Odometer and two trip meters” on page 104 in this Section.)
2. Turn the ignition key to the “ON” position while holding down the trip meter reset knob. Hold down the button for at least 5 seconds. The odometer indicates “000000” and the light goes off.
If the system fails to reset, the light will continue flashing.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
http://pdftown.com/Toyota-Camry-1994-Service-Manual.html
thanks.
thanks.
Overall, it is no speed demon, but you will have no problems with your Corolla in WV. By the way, they build Corolla engines at the Toyota plant in WV.
Enjoy the trip, WV is great!
Go back to this site by clicking on the link. I'll repeat it again here:
http://pdftown.com/Toyota-Camry-1994-Service-Manual.html
Scroll down past the image of the car, the reference to the Wiring Diagram via AllData, past the Ads by Google, till you see Download | Mirror and right click >> save as.
:surprise:
Click on Download.
You'll find 113MB of a zipped up .PDF Service Manual for a 1994 Toyota Corolla. Included in the .ZIP archive is a 307 page .PDF wiring manual. I'm looking at it right now.
It truly doesn't get much better than that. :shades:
enjoy.
Apparently this was an inherent problem with theis engine so we had to be very concerned with a replacement engine block, etc. This was a year ago and so far so good.
google it.
You can also put a dye in the oil, then lift the car and shoot a black light on it, and if there's a hidden leak it will show up with the light.
How much oil are you losing, say per 1000 miles?
new battery installed, when you turn the ignition the engine seems to be just short of turning over. One time the engine stalled while driving at slow speed.
when the outside air warms up later in the morning - it turns over.
suggestions
Cold start issues are usually ignition related or compression related....not always, but it's a good and easy place to start.
If plugs are good and compression is good, then I'd check the cold start circuit, to see if the fuel mixture is being enrichened enough for cold weather starting. This may related to temperature sensors.
You might try a judicious squirt of starting ether in the air cleaner. If the engine kicks right off, then it could very well be an enrichment problem.
Don't overdo it. Couple squirts is Plenty.
Hard call, here, because a '95 Corolla, all clean and pretty, is only worth maybe $3,000--$3500 right now.