Possible electrical problem?, PROBLEM HAS BEEN SOLVED!! Options

[jordisonjr]

Alright 6gc, I tried using the search, and really couldn't find anything.

My celica is acting really weird.
Whenever I drive it, the revs randomly rise and fall really speradically. Its really inconsistant, and when they go up and down, the whoel car jerks, almost like when someone is lerning to drive 5 speed.
At first I thought it was my clutch slipping on the flywheel, but then my dad checked it out and thought it seemed for electrical.
Then my buddy checked it ou and said it was my distributor and that I should change my cap and rotor.
So I changed my cap and rotor, and its still got the problem.
I really don't know what to do, its my daily driver, and its to the point where it barely drives becasue I don't want to damage anything else.

I took a video on my phone, to give you a better idea of what its doing, I know its real bad quality, but hopefully it'll help.



This post has been edited by jordisonjr: Sep 30, 2011 - 9:37 AM

[jordisonjr]

Well after about a year, and a wild goose chase of this problem,and changing a lot of parts, with the help of 6gc.net I've finally solved the problem.

Turns out that on of the pick up coils in my distributor was not working correctly.
Change out the distributor and solved the problem.
Took it to toyota to get it scanned with hopes that the CEL which had came on a year before the problem started was maybe related to my issues.
Turns out it was, but I still don't get why the light would come on, and the car would not have any problems drivinguntill almost a year after.
But at least its fixed now.