Another problem with my Solara

by **Coconut** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:50 am

All of the sudden, I was on the highway the other day driving on the 4th gear (Automatic tranny) and pushed harder on the gas, so it shifted gear to 3th and it started shaking and it took forever for the RPM to reach 6000, then shifted back to the forth gear, it felt like I was driving a 3 cyl car ( mine is 6 CYL). It got no power whatsoever.

Once, I was at a red light, and when I pushed the gas to accelerate, the car took off VERY VERY slow to the point that cars behind me started sounding their horns.

I took it to my mechanic and he hooked his scanner and got the following codes:

135 - Which is the O2 sensor ( I was told that if the O2 has been on for a long time, it could damage some part of the engine, is that right? )

300, 303, and 306.

I was told that the problem could be either the fuel filter, or the spark plugs wires or that thing that is connected to the wire and placed right above the sparks)

Has anyone encountered such problem?

Note that my car doe not have a salvage title, however, I learnt that the car was involved in an accident in the past. The engine light has been on ever since I bought the car at 58K miles. Prior to taking the car to the mechanic, I tried Fuel Treatment and Injector Treatment with no promising results.

I am in need for the AC fan blade ( Just the blade itself ), if anyone is parting a Solara and still has that part intact please email me at :

moudy AT tamu DOT edu

Please Advice,
Moudy

by **Mole** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:07 am

p0135-heated oxygen sensor heater circuit malfunction

p0300-random/multi misfire detection

p0303- cylinder 2 misfire

p0306- cylinder 5 misfire

possible trouble area:
ignitions, injector, fuel pressure line, EGR, compression pressure, mass air flow meter, connector connection, ECM.

by **Coconut** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:10 am

Thanks Mole,

Now, how can I narrow it down to know which part is causing all that troubles?

Thanks again

by **Coconut** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:13 am

Forgot to mention that when I floor the car, it smells like a burnt plastics and it sometimes makes a noise that sounds like ( Piiiiiiiiiii, it goes on and off) and I do not have to be driving fast to hear that noice, it comes up whilst driving 40MPH.

by **onefiend** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:57 am

Coconut wrote:Forgot to mention that when I floor the car, it smells like a burnt plastics and it sometimes makes a noise that sounds like ( Piiiiiiiiiii, it goes on and off) and I do not have to be driving fast to hear that noice, it comes up whilst driving 40MPH.

I hit the gas hard on my car yesterday and smelled something like "burnt plastics" I hope its not anything to be concerned about. But I dont get the noise that Coconut gets.

Anyone know anything about the "burnt smell" when accelarting hard?

by **SC V6** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:22 am

I had misfiring when I swapped a larger pulley on.. then one day it just stopped... I would change your plugs.. and see if that does it

by **Coconut** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:13 am

I replaced the spark plugs 4 months ago. I got these double head platinum ...

by **Coconut** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:44 am

I guess what I am going to do is, unplug the spark plugs and see if among the 6, there are 2 with less noticeable worn, that could be a sign that the spark plug wire is defective.

by **ChargedSolara** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:39 am

i had some misfires as well, my 90k tuneup took care of most of my CEL issues..i had denso ik22 and magnacor wires, that might help

by **HKSV6SLE** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 1:26 am

hey one fiend.....just hope that the bruning smell is a plastic bag stuck to the muffler. cuz it could be tranny fluid dripping down and hitting the exhsaust like on my car.

by **onefiend** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 7:41 am

HKSV6SLE wrote:hey one fiend.....just hope that the bruning smell is a plastic bag stuck to the muffler. cuz it could be tranny fluid dripping down and hitting the exhsaust like on my car.

Dude, I hope its not that...gonna take a look at my car later today.

by **HKSV6SLE** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 9:50 pm

if it is ur fcuked. cuz i am. :drinking:

by **indiglosolara** » Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:05 pm

HKSV6SLE wrote:if it is ur fcuked. cuz i am.

damn these are nice postive words...

by **krazeee1707** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:14 am

HKSV6SLE wrote:if it is ur fcuked. cuz i am.

Do you know where it's leaking from exactly. When I popped my new tranny in, the fluid was leakin like crazy. Well, I forgot to change the seal where the cv joint/ shaft goes into the tranny. Hope you get it fixed and figure out what the problem is.

LOU

by **HKSV6SLE** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:19 am

yea i know...it doesnt matter cuz my car is going to be sold soon anyways. im having electronic problems now also. :drinking:

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