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1997 2.7l tacoma no start

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by jhunsaker307, Jul 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM.

  1. Jul 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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    So my truck won’t start after I drive it and park it for 10-15 minutes. After about an hour it will. When it won’t start I have checked injector pulse and there is none. I can hit it with some ether and it will fire right up and gain injector pulse. Replaced crank, cam and maf sensors. Leaning towards ecu or ignition switch. Any thoughts?
     
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    Search “hot no start”

    I’m sure u will run into one of my threads dealing with the same issue

    could be easy CTS(back of head near firewall)
    Could be harder (leaking injectors)

    The latter was my issue
     
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    Leaking injectors was your issue? Did you have the same symptoms ?
     
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    YES!

    but after replacing CTS and injectors, got another no start condition
    with diagn help here, the 3 month old CTS (that i just replaced) failed.....had to RR CTS for 2nd time
     
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    But I have no injector pulse so it shouldn’t be leaking injectors it’s something electrical
     
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    With the injectors turning off “no pulse” I am thinking CTS or ECU. I would start with CTS.
     
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    FWIW, the CTS is usually referred to as the ECT on a scan tool.
    Easy enough to check if you have a scan tool.
     
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    How do you check that with a scan tool?
     
  9. Jul 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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    No injector pulse when she warm soaks... IMHO definitly electrical in nature. You are going to have to check the all of the grounds, this might help but then it might be the wrong year.
    https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/all-ground-point-locations.727612/

    The parts you replaced, factory parts or?

    With a scan tool and when she does not start, is there communication between the tool and the PCM?
     
  10. Jul 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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    Verify the ignition switch is 100 percent good. It's actually two switches. It can cause a lot of aggravation as power for the ignition and injectors goes through it.
     

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