Hi Guys and Gals, I was speaking to an auto electrician the other day and he was telling me about ECU problems with late 80's early 90'S Toyotas.
He has 2 late 80's 20valve Corollas and was having trouble with one of them, namely starting again after a run.
Apparently Toyota fitted some inferior capacitors in various models his being one and MR2's as well and this affected American versions and import cars also.
Other problems were rough running, alarm problems, poor starting etc.
I can't remember the name of the capacitors but they were brown in colour.
So has any one in the club had similar problems and found them extremely difficult to solve, if so it might be worth while removing the top of the ECU and checking if the said capacitors are leaking and replacements are fairly cheap and could stop the vehicle being scrapped. Other ECU's in the vehicle could also be affected. Not sure if Celica's were affected so it will be interesting to find out if any member has had similar problems.
Regards Stu.