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I am having a problem with my 91 22re 4runner. The truck will start up and work fine when cold, then after the temp builds up I get check engine light and the truck hardly idles and looses alot of power. I checked the code and I get code 2 which points to the AFM. I had a spare AFM from another...

I figured it out!! :) I had a bunch of spare ignition parts so I started to change them all out. I started with the coil, that was not the problem. Tried new wires, still no fix. Then I took the ditributor off and changed the rotar, BINGO, noticed it was quite wore and that resolved the...

Ok, I will give you the background as best I can with this new 'toy' I just bought a week ago. 91 22re motor just redone about 10k ago. When I went to bring the rig home I noticed that when I tried to excelerate, it seemed to hesitate and spudder. I thought maybe a vacuum line or something...

I checked the barings, all look and seem to be in order. I will ohm out the o2 sensor to see if there is a problem there. Also the bas idle should be around 750-850 shouldn't it? If so mine is.

I just did a compression check 140-150 accross all the cylinders, any other suggestions. I was thinking bad exhaust valves but compression is good

The gauge on mine seems to read low as well. I just bought it and is the first Toyota I have ever owned and peole do tend to say they will read low. Would putting in a thicker old change that reading like a 5w-30?

One other thing I forgot to mention. The other day when I checked my spark plugs #5 (the middle plug on the driver side) had so black build up on it. The others all looked fine (grey dust like) Would that tell me somethign is not right?

Thanks for the reply. The air filter is new as well. I have started to change out all the fluids, had a leak in the rear pinion seal so I changes that and the gear oil, put in synthetic. I guess I may have to buy a compression tester and see how the compression is. If the compression is bad...

I have a 93 v6 4runner with 238000KMs. I have changes the plugs, plugs, D cap, fuel filter, o2 sensor and I am getting pretty bad gas mileage (like 8 Miles per Gallon). It has stock 31' tires with 4.56 gears in the rear. The timing was done not too long ago alot with the head gasket and new...

I am in the same perdicatment. My spare is a 31 and I am running 31's but the door says 225. How do you easily determine the gear ratio, is it on the sticker as well and if it is the 4.88 is that good for the 31's?

Not sure what is was so I changed the thermostat and therefore had to change the antifreeze (50/50) and haven't overheated since but it has not been as cold. I will post back if it happens again. thanks for the responses!

search on ebay for the seats, any second gent set should be interchangeable. I just did a search using this link and found a blue set: http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=4runner+seat

that makes perfect sense. As of late I had not been tightening the cap so that is 'clicks' and the pressure in the tank was much less obviously and it did not leak, then I started to get an engine code and thought maybe it was because of that so i started to tighted the cap up again and low and...

I have a 93 3.0 4runner and it has a bit of a shimmy in the wheel at 80-100km per hour. It was just recently aligned and ball joints replaced. Any ideas? I know there was a recall on the steering rods i believe so I am going to call the dealer and see it was ever done to this truck but I...

I bought this 4runner v6 3.0 and no engine light was on. I have been running it for a month now and no lights. Just the other night when I filled it up for the first time (all other times I just half filled it) with 89 Octane I started to get the check engine light. Now I am going to check...