Rustycan

1988 toyota 4x4 not sure where to post, i have a few tech questions as well!

wii_tarded

Welcome. Pics would be good. Photobucket for that (copy/paste the IMG) Poke and click around, search for answers to questions and enjoy.

Junkers88

Ask away and welcome to YT!

Rustycan

Well i would post pictures but my cell phone got stolen out of my camaro, and the truck has been in the shop since monday, is this the correct place to post a tech question?

Badger62811

Welcome. Ask anything you need. I, for one, am not very mechanically inclined, but there are many on here that are. Sometimes you'll get an immediate answer, sometimes it'll take a while. Don't get discouraged. You'll get WAY more opinions than you'd ever hoped for.

Magnusian

Ask of Search and ye shall receive.

vital22re

iTrader: (2)

Welcome. Before you post a new tread asking questions, please take the time to use the search function here or even google your question as most times it will bring you back here anyways.

wii_tarded

You guys getting hammered out in the big MO?

Rustycan

yes we are extremely flooded, also a bad day just crashed my z28, well my truck is a 88 4x4 22re, and i was driving it off road and i tried to go up a big dirt pile, and basically it turned out to be too tall for it and i almost rolled the truck, i hit pretty hard, and now the truck just will not fire. it will crank and crank and crank all day long but just will not fire. I have replaced the rotor plugs wires rotor cap, i even took the valve cover off and checked the timing by moviing the crank to get piston 1 to TDC and the cam gear is lined up perfect. I restabbed the distributor and set the timing. It just wouldnt fire. So i took it to a local shop in town who said they knew what was up he assumed it was the distributor and put it in. Then he called me and said my injectors arent pulsing? but i smell fuel, i have no idea if the fuel is even making it to the rail or what im just at a loss here he thinks its the ECU and i have searched since thursday before i posted anything, i just need any help whatso ever ANY idea

Rustycan

Also i failed to mention i found the main ground strap on the frame came off, so i regrounded the cable, i just have no idea what to do i have searched up and down for anything loose checked all grounds all connections. i just have no idea.

vital22re

iTrader: (2)

Check all your important fuses. Then look for spark. You need air, fuel, compression, spark.

algranger

Like vitaly said. Check for your essentials before you go guessing.
Pull a spark plug out and put the plug wire on it.
Touch the threads or the prong to an electrical ground
Have someone turn the motor over while the plug is grounded.
If you have spark you should see it arc once per rotation.

Rustycan

i have checked for spark sorry, out of the coil its wicked and arc everywhere, but when i check it on the plug its extremely weak, but the shop told me its getting no injector pulsing, im not quite sure where to start because i can smell fuel when its cranking and the plugs get wet, i just dont know what else to try

Rustycan

everything is new and in working order in the ignition system, so i assume its something on the fuel side. i just dont know where to start

algranger

hmm well i'm no efi pro but maybe the injectors arent firing at the right time... ask vitaly lol

Rustycan

see i have no idea what controls the injector firing, i heard the distributor but it had a new one in it, and it still didnt fix it, the shop is basically telling me to come get it because they dont know whats next, they said they think it needs a new ecu but i think at this point they are just guessing, they wanted to start charging me 70 dollars and hour, so i guess im back to square one just poorer ha

Rustycan

They had basically told me there is no injector pulse and didnt go into detail.

Rustycan

So does anyone have any idea of where to start? seriously im stumped im not really a novice when it comes to cars but i have never been stumped like this