Recent content by zerocirca

So I finally figured it out. The problem was the timing was messed up. Actually the crankshaft gear. So I decided to change the timing belt and when I took the belt off I noticed the crankshaft gear had some play in it which was alarming. I took it off and the woodruff key holding the gear on...

Yeah I totally didn't think to do that. You think the o2 sensor hole will let off enough pressure to notice if the cat is clogged?

The bolts aren't being cooperative so I might just cut it out and see how it drives. Would a clogged cat be worse when it's cold?

Its now starting to Have hard starts every once in a while. When its in park it revs up but I'm not sure if its as responsive as it should be. I probably should do a compression check. Do you think this could be the tranny? It shifts fine. Oh ya and when its cold it is extremely slow, slower...

4RUNNER4liife -Ya my gas millage is shitty cause i drive back and forth to the mountains and it can barely stay up around 45-50 mph on the hills at like 3500+rpm. its starting to piss me off haha I can get up to speed on flat ground but its still way slower than it should be. I Just sea foamed...

It is clean i just changed the fluid. its shifts smoothly. could it be the trans even if it shifts good? could the filter be clogged causing this issue?

So i have a 1997 4runner 3.4l thats lacking power. it starts right up and idles perfectly. when i go to drive it its really slow and lacks power. when i hit it WOT the rpms go up but it does not have nearly enough power as it should. at about 3200 rpms it almost has no power and then gains some...