Shut off while driving and wont start

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Clean out the idle air control valve and EGR valve then test the throttle position and mass air flow sensors to inlcude a fuel pressure check if its within specs.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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I have a 95 Camry. I just put a battery in it. It has been making a knocking sound the past day. I checked the fluid levels and they are fine. This morning it stalled out while driving. I was also losing power while pressing the gas pedal. While driving home today I heard something that sounded like a hit then I coasted to a stop. I have power from the battery, the radio and electronics work. The engine wouldn't turn over. Any ideas?
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Are you able to turn the motor over by hand? It sounds like either the engine locked up or a timing belt broke and cause interference within the cylinder head.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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Engine problem
1995 Toyota Camry Front Wheel Drive Automatic 167000 miles

I have a 1995 Toyota Camry LE 4 cylinder with 167000 Miles. It is starting fine, while I wait for signal, its engine sound changes and car turns off. Battery is fine, spark plugs, cables and distributor cap are new. Now I noticed that the RPM is higher than earlier (it was around 3000 for 65 MPH, now around 3500 for 65 MPH). Please help me,
thanks
Shaji
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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Check and clean idle air control check for vacuum leak
Good luck
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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Engine Performance problem
1995 Toyota Camry 4 cyl Two Wheel Drive Automatic 124.00 miles

my car its stalling and don't start after, it takes a while.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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Hi there,

Start with a tune and make sure that they change the fuel filter, as this is hard to do and is often left out. Also have a scan done to check for any codes, start here.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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Car seemed to hesitate intermittently while driving and then stalled at speed. No check engine lights displayed at all. Car would turn over but not start for 30 minutes. Towed to shop. Mechanics replaced cracked throttle body hose, air filter and PCV valve. They let it run and it quit after 90 minutes, sat for a bit then restarted then quit. Mechanic said no spark at distributor, had ruled out fuel filter and pump somehow. The shop didn't say anything about ignitor or coil but jumped right to bad ECM. Help!
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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The ecm is the last thing I would suggest. Distributors are common failures for this

Roy
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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Thank you Roy. We broke down out of town so will return to our regular mechanic and go from there. Thought it sounded like it went worst case pretty quick.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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Good luck. There are a lot of guys that make conclusions based on nothing but a guess.

Roy
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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OK, so second mechanic looked it over, confident that it was not ECM. He did diagnose distributor problems and suggests replacing plugs, ignition wires, distributors, sensors. And I can't remember the list as I'm away from my noted. Question. Is it usual to replace a number of things in this circumstance? Or is some of this maintenance as he said it would get the car running the way it should?
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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Just tel them to replace the distributor first to be sure the car will run

Roy
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Car stalls when goes into reverse, sitting a stop sign have to keep giving it gas or it will stall. Also will stall if you are driving and you give it too much gas.
Have replaced fuel pump, head gasket, timing belt, throttle body valve and this still continues. No one can figure it out. Any ideas?
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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Check the idle air control valve, airflow meter, throttle position sensor, PCV and EGR valves
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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OK, as in other stuff is maintenance and don't bother yet until rule out that distributor is problem? Not interested in doing maintenance until bigger problem is diagnosed and fixed. Given age and value of car won't take too many dollars to hit a different decision point.

Car ran today in the shop for 2 hours before quitting. Guy says that ECM is doing what it's supposed to do.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2020 AT 9:50 AM (Merged)
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I have similar issue. My dealer told me that issue with EGR valve, Tomorrow I am going to replace
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