I currently own a 1988 Toyota Camry Wagon that runs perfectly in dry weather. When it begins to rain or becomes extremely humid, the car won't start. We have recently replaced the spark plugs, spark wires, starter, and rotor. This seemed to solve the problem for a while, but now it is back with a vengeance. I am able to get the car started, but it is extremely difficult. The car will stall at a stop sign and then not want to start again. If I do get it restarted, I have to drive it reved up with high RPMs all the way home to keep it from stalling. Has anyone had a similar problem that they have encountered and fixed? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Griffs
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Welcome to the AF!

Did you replace the distributor cap? Try that.

Also, could be the coil.

Exactly as Brian suggested. Replace the distributor cap, since that is the only external piece of the distributor's "normal tune-up parts" you didn't replace. If that doesn't solve the problem, then the coil inside the distributor is probably the culprit. In the generation 2 Camrys, they have a tendancy to develope a hairline crack and in wet/damp weather short itself out inside the distributor, to any metal ground point. You can replace just the coil. Do not let anybody sell you a whole new distributor as many techs want to do.

Mike

Another possibility is that you may need to clean your throttle body.

Thanks for the suggestions! We've already replaced the distributor cap. However, I've been informed that my camry doesn't have a coil per se - it has an ignitor and a stater. Do you think we should replace both, or is one likely the problem over the other?

The coil is internal within the distributor.