Recent content by mrsboone

Yes, like the good old days.

Thanks RAD4Runner. Is there a way to bypass the cold start temp switch?

As you can see from this pic, the sensor is not visible by camera (at least not for me), hubby put tool showing where its located.

I LIKE Yota Yard. What a place, never knew it existed.

I'll have hubby take a pic for you. That's what we were thinking that of all of the vehicles out there, there ought to be a way to substitute.... Thanks.

Cleaned it, put it back in, didn't make any difference. now the electrical part is coming loose, so have to replace now.

Doesn't work? Throwing a code, took it to dealer they recommended we change it. My 4r was allowed to sit for 6 years, trying to bring it back to life.

1994 t4r, 3.slow Cold Start Temp Switch, anyone know where I can get a new one? Toyota's #89462 FSM says its Start Injector Time Switch. Dealer has them for $201. grrrr, my 4runner won't run properly without one, but I can't find one at any of the other parts places.

Also, still throwing same 4 codes. Coolant Temperature Sensor Intake Air Temperature Intake Air Sensor Throttle Positioning Sensor

Got a ton of crud removed, cleaned everything up, refurbished the fuel injectors, replaced a mile or so of vacuum lines, put it all back together, now it runs WORSE than before!!! IDK what's going on--maybe the engine calibrated itself to run with all of the crud in there & now the crud's gone???

Took throttle body off & intake manifold off completely & where exhaust is reintroduced thru a tube in the intake manifold is a buildup of widespread 1/4"-1/2" of crud. Is this normal? My 2003 Tacoma isn't like this (as far as I know).....

We have dry,black sooty brand new properly gapped plugs. The black soot starts in the intake manifold, in the area of the egr valve or the cold start fuel injector. Going thru all fuel injectors, intake & cleaning all, refurb the fuel injectors. No large sludge in radiator cap or oil cap...

There has been lots of rodent damage, we have cleaned and spliced lots of wires back together--adding in extra wires as needed. Fixed all of the broken wires we could find. Don't know how to check the continuity for each item. Found out how to check the individual fuel injectors, will do that...

Haven't done a compression test, no fuel leaking. Cleaning the fuel injectors out now. Have repaired many vacuum leaks, cleaned PCV valve. Have checked the timing. Has a slight amount of thin smoke coming from tail pipe, smells like gas more than oil. Still has same problems. Disconnect...