Nickzendar
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I received a check engine light while driving last summer that I thought was linked to me needing to replace the distributor cap and rotor. Then the light went away but when I started driving it again this summer it came back. I assusemed it was caused by the old fuel. But even after putting fresh fuel in the problem continued so I swapped plugs hopeing that would be the fix. Based on the way the car was behaving I always had an assumption as to what was the problem and never thought to check the codes to be sure. When I checked the code all I got was a code 42 which I knew was a probelm becasue it broke like 3 years ago not long after I bought the car. The light is on but go away and come back during driving. When I get into boost it will go away but as soon as im out of boost it comes back. While idleing it will sometimes go away after a while as well. After some hard driving last night it began to buck (power/fuel cut mid pull) during boost. After letting it sit for a while and then driving it home I did a pull to see if it was still doing it and it didnt buck again. The car also died twice during my test driving last night. It had a full tank of gas. Could it be my fuel pump? but if that were the case would the car not detect a lean situation and store that as a code? I need to get and install a boost and afr gauge I have just put it off becasue I didnt think I was going to get to drive this car this "summer"
Its a 1992 celica turbo 4wd with around 220,000kms
Its a 1992 celica turbo 4wd with around 220,000kms