Recent content by Stumped

Definitely testing the compression next, probably will yield a lot of answers and prevent a lot of guessing. She was decent with maintenance and I know the timing belt was changed probably six months to a year before it was parked for the last three years. Oil looks clean on the stick, no...

Ok it's been a while since I've gotten to tinker with it but this last Saturday I drained the old gas, flushed the lines with fresh fuel and gave her the ole college try. Got a good bit of smoke that smells like proper combustion, but not in the places I want to see it. Mostly out the air...

Big shout out to Doc2012 for all the offline help She's got some injector issues because it's loading up with fuel. Will still drain the gas and get that compression tester on it (it's back at my place currently) And as far as I know it never got in any water. It was parked after normal city...

Gunshot type pop, smells like fuel at the exhaust where I broke the flange. The fuel does smell a little old but not terrible. And still ether does nothing to get a cough or hesitation to compensate for old fuel

I stuck a hose up in there the other day and made it a good length. But knowing it sat for such a period means any number of things could have crawled in there and died. But after breaking the exhaust joint I did get some real engine sounds, but it also made a small fire on that down pipe. So...

UPDATE: pulled the O2 sensor and on the first crank got a loud pop, didn't have a visual since I was in the truck but on the following rotations I could hear each compression pulse... Still no real fire though. May possibly pull the cat/manifold joint next....? Any suggestions?

Yes she is definitely turning over. There is very minimal pressure at the tailpipe, as in my hand has no trouble sealing it off Cams are turning with the crank, can't see the crank position though, but both cams are hitting their marks at the same time. When I was checking spark (on 4 of...

Ok, where to begin.... 1998 4Runner 3.4L. It's my girlfriends old truck, it was parked several years ago after it wouldn't start. Got very little information on the symptoms that led to its parking. Did not die while in use, just didn't start one day. It will turn over easily, and I do mean...