[DARKFLY]

ok this morning when i went to start my truck it would just crank and crank. finaly i got it to start but it felt like the timming was off ar it was flooded it finaly cleared up so i tried to drive to work and it would go fine and than it was like it would loose its timming and stumble untill i let off the gas. this is the first time it has happend so any ideas. my only thoughts are my tps is finaly dieing or my my dist is going bad. any ideas would be very helpfull. oh this is for the 4runner

 

[DogDenII]

Which engine?

 

[DARKFLY]

sorry spaced that part it is the 22re so the fuel injected its too early

 

[KC_JoNeS]

Well, if you think it may be TPS, here is Roger Brown's write up on testing and adjusting the TPS.

TPS

 

[4runninghank]

did you just put gas in? if so that might be the problem

 

[Alabamatoy]

What he said - water in gas.

No check engine lights? No EFI codes?

 

[cebby]

How old is the timing chain?

 

[dd113]

I would check the VSV for the cold start injector. Might be acting up and dumping/not dumping fuel into the chamber. I would also replace the fuel filter just cuz....

 

[DARKFLY]

dont know how old timming chain is i bought it 5 years ago with 150,000 miles on it and i have not chaned it so now it has 200,000 miles. i did check the tps about 3 weeks ago and only the idol was bad on it. as for gas it has the same gas that it had in it last week.

 

[DARKFLY]

how do you check the vsv?

 

[denver d]

try taking the distributer cap off and check for any signs of misfiring

 

[HighToy]

try taking the distributer cap off and check for any signs of misfiring

This is the first thing I would do. Check for moisture while you have it off. Check all of your plug wires too. You could have a fouled plug as well. After you check the general maintenance stuff then get into the rest.

 

[FEIK]

my truck just did the same thing, it acted funny and then when i let off the gas it cleared up. It ended up being my fuel filter. it got clogged and then it burned up my pump, so check the filter and see if you can blow through it easily. mine had the same symptoms you desribed. if thats not it, run a jumper wire in your "T" port on the driver side fender and pull the codes. the check engine light will flash so many times, count how many times it flashes in sequence and then look it up in a haynes or chilton manual. (the light flashes when the key is in the on position). Good luck

FSU:skull::skull::skull:

 

[DARKFLY]

thanks for the input once i get it figured out ill let you guys know what it was.

 

[DARKFLY]

ok i went home last night and it ran fine so i decided that it was close enough to changing plugs that i did that the ones that i pulled out were so wore out that they gaped at .60 with the new ones in it runs better this weekend ill have to do the fillter the cap and rotor are brand new. so i still dont know what caused it to do that but i would like to know.

 

[toyrunner]

Can you say

TUNE-UP?
Give oyur rig the care that you should and it will last longer reliably
Danny

 

[DARKFLY]

my tune ups are on a regular basis i try not to miss them or go to long between them. the reasion that my plugs were so worn out is from the extra power from the jacobs but i figure that new plugs about every 6 months is worth the power and milage that i get.