Quote Originally Posted by redorange View Post
What could be the proble with my sister-in-law's 97 Corolla?
The car keep won't start and when they get it running it stalls gasping for air. The mechanic first said it was electrical so they changed the following so far:
Battery, ignition coil, alternator, battery wire connection, spark plug wires.

The car clicks when you turn the keys but it won't start now and she had to get pushed when it stalled on the road.

Could this be MAF sensor or a vacumm problem because it starts to gasp for air according to her before it dies? They have to step on the gas pedal to try and keep it from stalling.

Please help guys, I'm here in the US and they are asking for my assistance but I can't really do anything if I can't see what is going happening to the car. We also really need the car now since my father-in-law is in the hospital.

TIA

The car is in Sucat now any good shops around there? The only one I know of is Autotechnika near ATC if I recall correctly.
What Corolla is it? GLi? XE? XL?
I've experienced the same problem before, both in the 4K and the 2E I think your sister's corolla is powered by 2E which is having a carburetor, I think the idle jet is clogged, a simple choking job at the carb will do the trick, aside from that, the fuel filter will also have to be checked if it is still clean. In case it's already dirty, replacing the fuel filter may prevent the recurrence of the same problem...