22re Help... O2 sensor?

etont

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Hi guys,

Ive done quite a bit of work on my 86 22re 4runner in the past couple of months trying to get it to pass smog. Now the thing wont even idle and I am thinking it is the 02 sensor. I have:

Timing
Adjusted valves
New plugs and wires
Fixed a cracked exhaust manifold and shot gaskets

After adjusting the valves, the car ran much better.
After changing the plugs and wires, and all the exhaust leaks the car wont even idle and runs with no power, and almost like its on 3 cylinders.

Could a bad 02 sensor do this? I am thinking that before I fixed all the exhaust leaks, there was so much atmospheric air getting into the exhaust that the barely functioning 02 sensor was working. Now that there is no more atmospheric air getting into the exhaust, the car is running like sh**

Help!? is there anything else it could be? 02 sensors are kind of expensive and would like to know that it IS the problem before I go out and buy one...

Thanks!
 
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what plugs and wires did you use? these motors hate anything but oem. ngk or denso are the only way to go.

What Kid says should be taken as gospel!

I just got back from a round trip from WV to UT, and found out the hard way (i.e. expensive) that older Toyotas ONLY and I mean ONLY like OEM spark plugs.

If you installed anything but OEM plugs/wires - go back to the original. Trust me on this!

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