I own a '93 Carolla Seca RV (1.8ltr, auto) which I love dearly and runs beautifully, but only once I can get it started!
When I turn the key to start the engine it will start briefly and then stop again. If I do it repeatedly it does the same, except sometimes it will spark into life and purr like a kitten. This lack of reliability has detracted greatly the joy of me owning this car, which is a joy to drive.
I have been under the the misguided belief that it was a Mass Air Fuel (MAF) sensor issue and have bought cans of the MAF fluid trying to spray clean all of the electrical components that look like it, only to discover recently when I tried to buy a new MAF from Toyota that this model does not have a MAF. But the issue persists and is in fact getting worse. I can sometimes get the engine to run if I spray a jet of the MAF cleaner fluid directly into the intake via the small port/tube directly above the accelerator butterfly valve and have actually removed the accelerator b/fly valve assembly, dismantled it and cleaned it, but no joy.
I am at the end of my wits and suspect it is possibly one of the electrical components that sit around the fuel intake area of the engine, but which one? If so it's a 10 min job to swap with a new one and I won't need to risk being financially taken advantage of with such an easy repair. Is this a common issue with this model? Can anyone offer some advice, please?
