# 96 Corolla stalls on acceleration, white smoke from air intake **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [February 15, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691 "2019-02-15T17:27:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Dagostino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Anthony\_Dagostino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Anthony_Dagostino)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/1 "2019-02-15T17:27:44Z")
I have a 96 Corolla 1.8l. I bought the car in Fremont, and drove it to Daly City (40ish miles), with no problems. I spent a couple of hours driving around SF the next day, and my car stalled on me, after trying to accelerate from a stop light. I felt the car shuddering a little bit on the test drive home while at lights, and did notice it felt like it didn’t have great responsiveness. The car will idle all day long, but as soon as you try to move forward, it stalls. It’s throwing a code for P0105, I replaced the map sensor, and it still stalls. I can’t find any vacuum leaks visually, but haven’t tried spraying starting fluid anywhere while idling. ODB scanner says Fuelsys1: OL ERROR. Any idea what the problem could be? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/2 "2019-02-15T21:57:33Z")
A P0105 can also be a bad TPS. And given the engine won’t take any throttle, I’d say that is a real possibility. Easy enough to check with a voltmeter. > [@Anthony\_Dagostino](#): > > ODB scanner says Fuelsys1: OL ERROR. Did any more codes get set by this? And do you have fuel in the tank? Have you checked the fuel pressure? ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Dagostino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Anthony\_Dagostino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Anthony_Dagostino)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/3 "2019-02-15T22:01:00Z")
I have a knock sensor code, but the guy I bought the car from says he replaced this a while ago, and light keeps coming on. Yes, there is fuel in the tank, I also added some fuel injector cleaner. It’s actually at the mechanic right now getting diagnosed, so hopefully he will be able to tell me more. I haven’t checked the TPS yet, as my Multimeter is in Oregon ATM. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Dagostino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Anthony\_Dagostino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Anthony_Dagostino)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/4 "2019-02-15T22:02:52Z")
Have not checked pressure or pump, as I’m just kind of broke from the car purchase right now. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/5 "2019-02-15T22:06:13Z")
So what is the “white smoke from the air intake” in the title but described nowhere in the post? How many miles on this 23 year old car? ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Dagostino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Anthony\_Dagostino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Anthony_Dagostino)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/6 "2019-02-15T22:14:39Z")
246K. When the car stalls, there’s kind of a THUD, BANG, CLUNK, CLUNK (Sounds like a pathetic attempt at combustion, like a dud firework). That’s followed by white smoke (or steam), coming from the air intake specifically. I thought this fact, may help to pinpoint where exactly this is happening, but not sure if it’s relevant to the problem. ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/7 "2019-02-15T22:25:23Z")
Look for head gasket leak. Also timing chain/valve adjustment. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Dagostino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Anthony\_Dagostino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Anthony_Dagostino)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/8 "2019-02-15T22:26:44Z")
No coolant in oil, or oil in coolant, temp stays constant, no oil leaks, oil level/coolant levels stay constant. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Dagostino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Anthony\_Dagostino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Anthony_Dagostino)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/9 "2019-02-15T22:27:15Z")
I will definitely have mechanic check timing. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/10 "2019-02-15T22:29:24Z")
Read this. > **[Fuel System Definitions and Diagnostic Trouble Codes - Tire Review Magazine](https://www.tirereview.com/fuel-system-definitions-and-diagnostic-trouble-codes/)** > > Many modern-day fuel systems offer a new look into system status definitions. It's become very important to extend our understanding well beyond the Tester ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Dagostino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Anthony\_Dagostino](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Anthony_Dagostino)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2019, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/96-corolla-stalls-on-acceleration-white-smoke-from-air-intake/134691/11 "2019-02-15T22:40:29Z")
Thanks, that was the most helpful article I’ve read concerning this so far. The car exhaust does smell like gas somewhat (I said to myself, this car stinks) the day it died on me. So maybe my o2 sensor is bad, causing a rich condition, and then flooding? Would this throw a code for a rich condition though?