I am relatively new to this forum but I have recieved a lot of very helpful information from it so I thought I would try and give back to the community.

I own a 1992 sc300 5mt (basically stock the gte thing was just wishful thinking I guess) and for the longest time it would shut off when I tried to start it. It would normally happen when the car was hot. It would just sputter for a little while and then die at startup.

I noticed that there were a lot of other threads on this so I thought that I would add my 2 cents on the subject.

I finally took the car to one of my good friends (who is a toyota mechanic) and had him look at it. He ran lots of tests on it and finally figured out that it was my fuel pump ecu. 350 from the dealership a 12 pack for my friend and problem solved.

 

most of us just bypass the fuel pump ecu when it goes bad. there is a thread on this forum to DIY. it costs nothing to do and will fix the problem. or you could get a used one from the classifieds for much cheaper.

 

cool man thanks... I just ordered the part so I cancelled the order... Never thought to look in the DIY for this problem... Thanks again

 

ah yeah man, i had the same issue in my 400. its one of the simpler DIY's on here.

 

no problem, glad you didn't give the stealership 350 bucks for that silly part.