07 cranks, won't start--no fuel?...

[tylerwatts53]

Well, I had not actually tried to start the car with that jumper wire in. But I realized why it was not running for more than a few seconds--I had never put the intake hose (coming from the air filter) back together from when I had sprayed the starting fluid. Once I did that, I put the jumper wire in, and presto, it started up and kept running. I pulled the jumper wire, and it kept on running as if nothing had ever happened! Drove down the road and back about a mile, through all gears, just to be sure--running like the Toyota I know and love!

So should we chalk this up to a case of a bad connection that happened to get tightened up as I went through everything, or should I expect further troubles down the road? As for me, I'll just go about my normal commute and mark it as a miracle (I actually had prayed that I would get this fixed without spending any money on it! The Lord works in mysterious ways... ;-)

Thanks for all of your help--especially Scott.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by tylerwatts53

Well, I had not actually tried to start the car with that jumper wire in. But I realized why it was not running for more than a few seconds--I had never put the intake hose (coming from the air filter) back together from when I had sprayed the starting fluid. Once I did that, I put the jumper wire in, and presto, it started up and kept running. I pulled the jumper wire, and it kept on running as if nothing had ever happened! Drove down the road and back about a mile, through all gears, just to be sure--running like the Toyota I know and love!

So should we chalk this up to a case of a bad connection that happened to get tightened up as I went through everything, or should I expect further troubles down the road? As for me, I'll just go about my normal commute and mark it as a miracle (I actually had prayed that I would get this fixed without spending any money on it! The Lord works in mysterious ways... ;-)

Thanks for all of your help--especially Scott.

That is pretty wild. There may be an intermittent connection that temporarily resolved by manipulating the wires.

I completely took apart one last night and was amazed that rather than a circuit board, there is a mass of wire inside that makes the connections between the various functions. There is a small circuit board on the back side, which is the actual body ECU, but other than that it is all punched down wire connections. The relay that you were bypassing is one of the four on the lower right side of the rightmost section.

I suspect that your problem will eventually come back, but at least now you know which wires to jump to get it back going, so you don't get stranded.

Body ECU Open.jpg