92 camry 4cy at wont start 177k

[jim72]

My dau camry ran out of gas, or quit running, did the gas thing, wouldnt
start, took it to non dealer mechanic, he said fuel pump worked if he jumped it, otherwise it didnt,besides that he determined it wasnt getting any spark, he went thru varios tests according to his repair manual, couldnt pin point any wrong. Help!

[CDJr]

Did it just die or did it run out of gas? If it just died and is getting no spark, you may have broken the timing belt. Or it could be the ignition coil. Both will make it suddenly die and wont have a spark. Of course theres other possibilities too but those are the two I would check first.

[Brian R.]

Check to see if the distributor rotor rotates when the engine is cranked. If it doesn't, then you have a broken timing belt. If it does move, then you probably have a bad ignition component.

[jim72]

Thanks for the info, I dont know if it was coinsidence that it stopped from running out of gas or iginition problem, replaced timing belt 20k ago, I'll try the coil, other suggestions, last resort the dealer,30 miles away,Jim

[Bossman]

Time for a new battery?

[gator2764]

Originally Posted by jim72

My dau camry ran out of gas, or quit running, did the gas thing, wouldnt
start, took it to non dealer mechanic, he said fuel pump worked if he jumped it, otherwise it didnt,besides that he determined it wasnt getting any spark, he went thru varios tests according to his repair manual, couldnt pin point any wrong. Help!

Take the dist. cap off and see if there is oil inside. These are prone to leak internally after a while. If you do have oil inside the cap your dist. is bad. Also check the spark from a wire and see if it is weak.

[jim72]

eureka a bad coil, up & running!

[Brian R.]

Good job