Hi. We have a 1991 toyota landcruiser 80s series 3fe efi engine that has about 220000 on the clock. The car first stalled while driving in June 2006! At that time it stopped completely and the problem was with the main relay. However alot of other stuff was replaced before the original fault was found, including fuel pump, solenoid, ignition coil, rotor, fuel and air filter, spark plugs. And ecu was removed and checked. The car was towed to an auto electrician who discovered the efi relay was faulty and replaced it. When we finally got the car going again the stalling problem started. It can happen anytime and at any speed although it doesnt seem to happen while idleing. Usually it starts again almost immediately and will run fine until the next stall. The problem became an almost daily occurance, happening each time we drove it. We took it back to the auto electrician who had it for 3 weeks but couldn't find the problem. We tried another auto electrician who said he couldn't fix it. In desperation we took it to a mecahanic about 2 hours away who came highly recommended. The car is now with the very patient mechanic who has had the car since january. He diagnosed the distributor as the problem, after checking codes and using a portable computer. Apparently there are 2 sensors in the distributor and because this model land cruiser was only made for about 18 months we had to order the part from the usa.( We are in Australia) the car has stalled once since the new part was installed. About a month ago. It took about 20 mins to start that time and the code showed the same fault code (ignition signal 2 fault I think) the mechanic still has the car and seems to think it will happen again. He is driving the car every day in an attempt to duplicate the stall. Any help would be greatly greatly appreciated. I should add that before the distributor was replaced the car was stalling while driving very frequently. At least each time it was driven. Could the distributor not being an original toyota part cause the one fault that has occured since the part was replaced. Please help! The mechanic doen't want to return the car until he is sure it is fixed, could it be that it wont stall again? How will we know that the car is not going to stall again and the problem is gone for good. The car runs fine when it isn't stalling when it stalls it is a total lack of power, like someone has turned off the car. We have four children and dont have a car we can all fit in. Thanks for taking the time to read my question!
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 AT 4:00 PM
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