dire straights....., please help.

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driving down the road yesterday morning. Stopped at a light and the car died. It started right up. WEnt on about my business and the ge dies again, only this time, no start. Got it started finally and it dies again on the way home, we push it into an apartment complex. Got another ride and went and got the fuel filters. 1. filter is a sock that goes inside the tank, so yes, we dropped it. Put that filter on. I also bought another filter wich is a cannister filter above the the rear diff. the only thing that didn't get changed was the pump because when the car runs it pumps just fine. The engine doesn't bog down, it cuts out and kicks when it grabs. I am going to drop the tank again and drain it and install some seefoam, and then fill it up. WHen it starts to die thr rpm's just drop to 0. When it does start you have to keep it above 4k rpms. Could this be something electrical?? or what. we have been in and out of the tsrm for the last day and a half and we can't figure it out. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated because it's looking like another sllepless night thanks to the supra. PLEASE help, for I am clueless as much as I hate to ad mit it. Thans for reading and responding.
 

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if it were me i'd take a close look at your fuel pump. or at the FPR. not to hard to check fuel pressure and that is where i would start. otherwise how does it drive? normal aside from the stalling?

good friend of mine had a similar problem with his grand cheroke. he decided it was the fuel pump when he discovered that the car would start up after he hit the gas tank with a 2x4.
 

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I finally got it started and I had to keep it rev'd over 4000 rpms to keep it moving. so ....., no, it's not running normally.

It just started this yesterday after replacing the water pump.
 

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could it have jumpt timing, My lil brother said he found the screws around the distriputer cap loose.. would that be the cause for it "spit and sputter".
(this is actually Mikes Lil Brother, Jared)
 

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Damn... By looking at the thread title I thought we were having a discussion about how Mark Knopfler can make a guitar howl like a horny angel...

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so......, where am I supposed to find these codes? the car wont start and I have torn it down even further than I need to, to get to the plugs. Never needed codes because there has been nothing I couldn't handle, till now. I need some constructive critcism.
 

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supramacist said:
so......, where am I supposed to find these codes? the car wont start and I have torn it down even further than I need to, to get to the plugs. Never needed codes because there has been nothing I couldn't handle, till now. I need some constructive critcism.

Against my better judgement, I'm doing this for you. My constructive criticisim is that if you had searched, you would have gotten the answer to your question in about the same amount of time as it took you to write that post.

With that said, here are your answers:

Section 1.5 of this post tells you how to pull the codes:

Just purchased your Supra? A must read on maintance issues!

And the full list of codes (in the TSRM - you do have a TSRM right?)

http://www.supracentral.com/foundation/tsrm/efi-system/

TSRM Fuel Injection page 26
TSRM Fuel Injection page 27
TSRM Fuel Injection page 28

I'd also suggest you read this post before posting a reply or asking other quesitons:

http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19859

Hope this helps.
 

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ofcourse I have the tsrm. the plenum is coming of tonight. section 1.5 is utterly worthless since I have no idea as to what you mean. Thank you very much. seriously.
 

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FI-23 through 24

start reading at the bottome of the page under where it says "(Without Supre Monitor Display)"

short the terminals, turn key to on. watch CEL, traslate code using supracentral's link or on page FI-27 through 29 in the TSRM. report back to us with codes in hand and we'll see what we can make of it. or who knows, you might be able to get it yourself.