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Posted: **Thu, 06 Jan 2022 1:10 +0000**

Hey,
Trying to help a friend with a 2TR-FE Hilux.
They were driving it and all of a sudden it shut down and would not start again.
I tried my scan tools and would not even connect.
I disconnected the battery for 30 seconds and car would start again, scan tools revealed no codes.
After running for a few minutes it shut down again, only way to start it was disconnect the battery for 30 seconds again..
My Scan tools are only cheap Autel, but they would not even connect until i disconnected and reconnected the battery..

They did say they smelt 'Rotten eggs' So im wondering if the ecu would shut down if the battery was being cooked/overcharged? It was 13V with and without engine running at time of test

Posted: **Thu, 06 Jan 2022 4:31 +0000**

Blackbox34 wrote:They did say they smelt 'Rotten eggs'

This smell was reported with some early versions of unleaded vehicles. Not sure if it's still an issue though? I thought this was generally resolved by slightly altering the formula in the actual fuel years ago.
As for the shutting down and disconnecting the battery to restart? Bit of a loss here, maybe ... just thinking out loud here ... is it possible the wrong fuel has been put in the vehicle?

Posted: **Thu, 06 Jan 2022 5:05 +0000**

When i was looking at it i pumped some fuel out to test the fuel pump and filter. Fuel definitely smells like good unleaded

Posted: **Sun, 09 Jan 2022 4:44 +0000**

I was following the vehicle today when it happened..
the engine coughed a few times then shut down, it would then crank but would not restart.
No engine codes.
No 'Eggy smell'
Disconnecting the battery did not fix it this time, the engine coughed a few times but did not start,

Today it was sitting out in the sun and was only running 5 minutes before it shut down. When it first occured it was sitting out in the heat all day.
When disconnecting the battery resolved it, it was sitting in the shade on a cool day - Maybe temperature related?

What software is everybody using to see what is going on with the ECU on these vehicles?

Posted: **Mon, 10 Jan 2022 5:51 +0000**

Techstream, do a search

There I did it for you

viewtopic.php?t=16394

Posted: **Mon, 10 Jan 2022 3:58 +0000**

Great, Thanks!
I have ordered the stuff for Techstream, hopefully it can provide some insight

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