GazzaGSi Posted January 2, 2006 Author Share Posted January 2, 2006 After the mechanic and I had been testing various things under the bonnet we have come to the conclusion the culprit was the Rotar arm! Absolutely burnt to a crisp. Which would be why the car has had the symptoms it has. When it was runnning roughly the rotar arm must not of been connecting with all the tips in the dizzy cap, And come to think of it when it was running poorly it sounded like the leads were connected incorrectly which I can only assume would be when the rotar wasnt connecting properly. This is the only thing we come across that was bad, all earhting points etc and the battery are fine - so fingers crossed this is the problem. Attached are some pics of the worn rotar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Fingers crossed thats it, what about the tips in the dizzy, are they not well knackered as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprasport Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 hope that cures it mate. don't want to put a dampner on things but seen much worse than yhat running fine, and that surely wouldn't be intermittent or a reset wouldn't correct it. hope i am wrong though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGSi Posted January 2, 2006 Author Share Posted January 2, 2006 we cleaned up the dizzy tips and they seem ok. thats what i thought too about the ecu reset but at the minute im game to try anything. Will have to see tomorrow when a motor shop opens so i can replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprasport Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 fingers crossed for you. did you try the other thing i mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGSi Posted January 2, 2006 Author Share Posted January 2, 2006 yes i did, i started it this morning and did it and the car seemed fine. touch wood, the car has been runnning fine all day - did not make the problem while the mechanic was here, grrr. But hopefully a new rotar will prevent it happening again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGSi Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 For those interested I just thought I would let you know that the car has been running fine since the change of the rotar arm. Probably around 5 - 6 hrs driving time and no cut outs Thanks for everyones help and suggestions and if anything untoward happens, I will let you know. Thanks again, Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 good to hear its sorted..... quick question: whats the correct way to jump start another car using the Supra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGSi Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 From reading the above it should be done with the engine off and from my problem I think the jump start had nothing to do with my problem. After what I have read though I wont be jump starting a car with mine again. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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