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The screw is factory designed so you can only put it in so far and thus giving you the proper ratio so its hard to mess up. After about a month.... this is going to sound really dumb.... but I started using a lower octane gas (I don't have the owners manual so i have no clue what is...

I have recently taken it to a mechanic to do an inspection and see if we could deduce the problem. Now when I say running rich and the "smell" I'm referring to that fact that I can smell gas/chemical of some sort (honestly I think the issue has been the fuel octane I have been using.... I was...

Yeah the "valve" is the throttle body... sorry the word was escaping me at the time. No vacuum leaks... checked all the hoses.... unless something is not tightened down enough. I know its running rich because I can smell it and there is some condensation coming out of the exhaust every now and...

Bump* I still have not been able to find the issue. Any suggestions are welcome.

I have had that happen to me before. When I was having the issue I checked the connectors to my battery and one of them was slightly loose. That may be the issue.

Hello, I am not well versed when it come to vehicles and I have been running through the forums here to try and find a solution to my answer but thus far have not found one so perhaps someone could help point me in a direction. I have a 2000 4runner Limited, 3.7 V6 with 125,000 miles I had...