[DanielB_ZX3]

Ok, picked up the car (fuel pump only replaced, made no difference) - it is now of crouse running worse than when I took it in because everything has been apart..

The service advisor asked me again if I'd done an engine shampoo or if anyone who used my car might have done so. Nope - I'm the only one who drives my car! I told her about the coil pack harness problem I read about on FJ and the tech who'd been working on my car came over and said no no, it's not the harness, after all - it's the actual coil pack that is 'toast' - and when I asked what exactly gave him the idea that my car had been engine shampooed he said when they took the spark plug wires off there was corrosion under the boots and on the spark plugs and there was water found 'down inside' (pretty sure he meant in the block?!).

I really have no idea what caused this - as I have hand-washed the car for the last 2 years (and a few times this winter sprayed outside of the car in a coin-op bay.. NEVER under the hood). In fact, when we had that nice warm weekend 2 or 3 weeks back, I hand washed the car and used a damp (*not* dripping) sponge inside the engine bay and wiped off all the surfaces. Never put a drip of water near anything. Never took the spark plugs out (last time they were out as far as I remember was shortly after I got the car when I checked the plug type & gap).

What is strange is that until a couple of weeks ago (yes shortly after I cleaned the car) the car was running perfectly. If there is so much corrosion where did it come from and how did it 'happen' so fast?!

I'll take it all apart later and see what I can see..