hey guys, been poking around here for about a year now, try to help out where I can but now I'm having problems with the ol rig and could use a little myself.
here goes: I have a 1987 Toyota 4X4. I put a new 22r in her about 40k ago, new tranny soon after but.. now she wont idle. at stoplights, in the driveway, just doesnt like stopping I guess. if I give her gas she'll run like a champ but as soon as I lett off she quits. when it started happening I was really low on gas, when I unscrewed the cap I got that sucking sound, filled her up and she ran fine for about a day. then it started happening again. so I popped the gas cap off again, same sound, but no joy, still doesnt idle. I thought the gas tank might not be venting right because of a faulty gas cap or something and might be creating a vaccuum that was fighting the fuel delivery but nope... took the cap off, drove her around, still no joy. I'm thinking its in some way fuel delivery related but hey. worst thing is, right after this started happening I got deployed (navy) and now my girlfriend is stuck with the problem. she's pretty good under the hood so I thought I'd ask here and point her in the right direction.
just a couple of things, I havnt checked the fuel pressure yet (no pressure gauge in the shop yet) havnt checked compression yet (dont see why it'd be bad), have extra plugs but didnt have time to put em in (now they're burried in storage) and I couldnt find the dang fuel filter (anyone know where the heck that little buggers at?) oh well, am I atleast going in the right direction here? anyone have similar problems? right now its just a pain in the but at stoplights (I've driven worse vehicles) but I'd hate to see this turn into a bigger mess. you know how engine troubles go... its starts with this then that happens, then.... and so on. but yeah. any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks a bunch!
oh, cant get on here much, yall can e-mail me @ william.grow@cvw2.navy.mil thanks again
here goes: I have a 1987 Toyota 4X4. I put a new 22r in her about 40k ago, new tranny soon after but.. now she wont idle. at stoplights, in the driveway, just doesnt like stopping I guess. if I give her gas she'll run like a champ but as soon as I lett off she quits. when it started happening I was really low on gas, when I unscrewed the cap I got that sucking sound, filled her up and she ran fine for about a day. then it started happening again. so I popped the gas cap off again, same sound, but no joy, still doesnt idle. I thought the gas tank might not be venting right because of a faulty gas cap or something and might be creating a vaccuum that was fighting the fuel delivery but nope... took the cap off, drove her around, still no joy. I'm thinking its in some way fuel delivery related but hey. worst thing is, right after this started happening I got deployed (navy) and now my girlfriend is stuck with the problem. she's pretty good under the hood so I thought I'd ask here and point her in the right direction.
just a couple of things, I havnt checked the fuel pressure yet (no pressure gauge in the shop yet) havnt checked compression yet (dont see why it'd be bad), have extra plugs but didnt have time to put em in (now they're burried in storage) and I couldnt find the dang fuel filter (anyone know where the heck that little buggers at?) oh well, am I atleast going in the right direction here? anyone have similar problems? right now its just a pain in the but at stoplights (I've driven worse vehicles) but I'd hate to see this turn into a bigger mess. you know how engine troubles go... its starts with this then that happens, then.... and so on. but yeah. any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks a bunch!
oh, cant get on here much, yall can e-mail me @ william.grow@cvw2.navy.mil thanks again
