CAR ENGING NOT START

[CTScott]

So, if the battery is already connected and you turn the key from ON to START, is does not even attempt to crank, but if you disconnect the battery, place the key is the START position and connect the battery it cranks, but only remains running as long as you keep the key in START?

How high did the water reach?

[syntax]

Originally Posted by CTScott

So, if the battery is already connected and you turn the key from ON to START, is does not even attempt to crank, but if you disconnect the battery, place the key is the START position and connect the battery it cranks, but only remains running as long as you keep the key in START?

How high did the water reach?

it seems that way.. very strange .., the floods in jeddah reached about 1 to 2 feet in some areas.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by syntax

it seems that way.. very strange .., the floods in jeddah reached about 1 to 2 feet in some areas.

The first things I would check are the AM2 fuse and the "ST" relay in the under hood fuse panel. Next would be the IG2 relay, which is part of the chunk of plastic that the AM2 fuse is mounted in.

After that it's the ECM that controls the starting process, so the next thing I would do is to open the ECM case and dry it out or pick up a cheap junkyard ECM to swap in (I've bought Yaris ECMs off ebay for as little as $25).