I have had my camry since it was new. I recently had a laundry list
of maintenance done to it including new tires, tune-up, new batt, all
fluids changed etc., etc., costing me up to $ 2,700.00. I have
maintained it good along the way. It just passed 100,000 miles
Now, when I drive roughly 30 miles on short trips doing errands and
the car gets hot, once I stop and turn off the ignation on the third
stop I cannot restart the car until it cools off under the hood??? I
have to wait about thirty minutes to let it cool off for it to start
again.
So far, no one can figure out the solution and repair for this
problem. Of, course when the car is in the mechanics possession they
cannot duplicate the complaint!!! (I don't think they have heated the
engine up enough??)
Does anyone out there have any ideas they can share with me to correct
this problem.
Would appreciate the help very much. I just retired and we need a
reliable car.

Thanks

Besides the EGR modulator, valve, coil and other things people talk
about recently here, I'd just hold open slightly the throttle and try
to start that way. If the engine starts and continues to run then it's
the Idle Air Control valve that needs cleaning. It's a fast and easy
test.

You can google the imfamous "iac valve cleaning" and read more about
it. You can also google the other problems above and learn more about
them. Of course, given the recent major maintenance, sometimes it's
hard to tell if something else got knocked the wrong way.



On May 15, 6:49 pm, prodriguez... (AT) comcast (DOT) net wrote:

prodriguez333 (AT) comcast (DOT) net wrote:
Most common complaint on these usually reliable cars is the ignition
coil under the distributor cap.
I'd check that first next time it is hot enough to fail starting.