PLEASE HELP!!!! 91 4runner problem

when i drive it i have to hold the gas pedal all the way down and it
takes a while to get up to speed especially on the high way then
sometimes when i let off a little bit the rpms drop and so does the
speed...also sometimes the rps will go all the way up to 5 till it
kicks in to the next gear...the car did sit for 2 yrs before i bought
it and the toyota mechanic said it may need to be driven for a while
but i have been for 2 months or so...

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On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:25:51 +0000, 91HoRunner wrote:
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> when i drive it i have to hold the gas pedal all the way down and it takes
> a while to get up to speed especially on the high way then sometimes when
> i let off a little bit the rpms drop and so does the speed...also
> sometimes the rps will go all the way up to 5 till it kicks in to the next
> gear...the car did sit for 2 yrs before i bought it and the toyota
> mechanic said it may need to be driven for a while but i have been for 2
> months or so...[/color]


Now is the tranny giving you trouble?
Does it sputter when you put your foot down? Bad gas (you've filled it up,
right?)
But my guess, as a quick fix, is the Fuel Filter.

"91HoRunner" <none@000.com> wrote in message
news:952800_ca0a1bdb1422e979994175a752de4d34@autoboardz.com...[color=blue]
> when i drive it i have to hold the gas pedal all the way down and it
> takes a while to get up to speed especially on the high way then
> sometimes when i let off a little bit the rpms drop and so does the
> speed...also sometimes the rps will go all the way up to 5 till it
> kicks in to the next gear...the car did sit for 2 yrs before i bought
> it and the toyota mechanic said it may need to be driven for a while
> but i have been for 2 months or so...
>[/color]

I recommend that you have a competent technician go with you on a road test
to determine the problem. Possible causes are a restriction in the exhaust,
vacuum leak, contaminated MAF sensor, bad spark plugs, bad high tension
wires, bad spark advance, clogged fuel filter, and bad gas.
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Ray O
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