Won't Start

[Mr. Dabadina]

Back story: Month ago CEL came on w/a code of a miss fire in bank 6. Symptoms where extremely rough idle to the point of shaking the car and an obvious lack of power. So I changed the plugs w/OEM and this seemed to fix about 95% of the rough idle. CEL didn't come on for about three weeks after I reset it when I changed the plugs. Then when driving CEL came back on with the same miss fire in bank 6. Same symptoms and I was able to start and limp my 4runner the 10 miles home. Thought it might be the wires gone bad (I didn't change with plugs, I'm a poor college kid). Well, 4runner sat for over a week due to an out of town family emergency. Came back today and tried to start it to test if wires are bad and it wouldn't. When I tried starting it, it sounded like it tried to turn over one or two times and then I heard something (I can't describe it for the life of me). Well now it seems like the starter is kicking really fast with nothing to crank. Starter is good and battery connections are fine. Timing belt is overdue as are the wires.

1. Am I lucky enough that a bad wire or coil pack is causing this?
2. Did I snap my timing belt?
3. Any other suggestions or comments would be appreciated.
4. No hating on not changing my timing belt, I know already.:twak:

Thanks in advance comments/advice is much appreciated

 

[suprdtydvr]

I do not think that the 96' had coil packs over the plug. there is a distributor cap and spark plug wires on mine. coil packs are directly over the plug and convert to high voltage at the plug instead of through a standard plug wire. My 2000 Tacoma 2.7L had coil packs. do you have a timing light? You can check #6 that way. Did you pull the plug to see if it is wet/black/fouled etc. etc. If it will not start your problems are likely not limited to #6 cylinder....

 

[toytech76]

They do have coil packs over cyls 1,3,5 and wires going from them over to 2, 4, 6. The most typical causes on those are worn plugs (which you have already done) bad injectors, (also a common thing) broken plug wire, cracked head leaking coolant into cylinder. Start checking the easy things then move onto the harder things. Dont throw parts at it tring to fix it. Do some diag work and find the cause

 

[suprdtydvr]

You are right. I looked at so many of them before I bought mine I forgot what it had. When I left for work this AM I cracked the hood and Lo and Behold there were coil packs!!! Sorry for any confusion.

JR