4 runner died while driving
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asahi4runner
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Are you saying the motor doesn't turn over or the motor doesn't fire up?
DannyLlama
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Stater?
Offroad_Medic
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Could it possibly be the coil packs on the spark plugs? My old Honda did this and the distributor was fried. Just throwing ideas out. Good luck.
We had a similar problem on the road recently. We did a lot of trouble shooting and checked the gas cap, idle air control valve, coil packs, battery and fuses.
It ended up being the mass air flow sensor. It's easy to pull and inspect. This one had a piece of fur/lint from a shop rag or something similar. Clean, reinstalled and back on the road.
It ended up being the mass air flow sensor. It's easy to pull and inspect. This one had a piece of fur/lint from a shop rag or something similar. Clean, reinstalled and back on the road.
the great him
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will it cank over, but not start, or just not crank? does it make a "click click click" sounds when trying to start?
KidVermicious
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If it suddenly died on the road and won't crank at all, it isn't going to be the starter or the dist or the timing belt. I too want to know if there's a click or a whir when the key is turned, and I'd be looking to see if the motor turns over manually with a breaker bar.
Dirtyfingers
Senior Member
Happened to my old sport trac too. Check the alternator, batt, all electrical connections. Mine just so happened to be both a bad battery and a bad alternator :faint:
Dirtyfingers
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Why is it always the ford guys that turn into toyota guys? I loved my ford but ended up loving my yota more.
Millerad1651
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Mine did this last week. I changed the brushes on my alt a few weeks ago. It had been running fine since then. Last Wednesday, I noticed the idle got low at times when I came to a stop, and the voltage dropped pretty fast. If I gave a little gas, it went back up.
I was on the interstate coming home Friday and traffic built up, so I had to stop rather quickly...damn thing died on me! I put it in park, and it started right up. Its not my alternator, as it continues to charge my battery...I never have a problem starting.
It hasn't died on me since, but the idle and voltage still drops on me. I'm going to check the MAF sensor when I get home tonight...hopefully that just needs cleaned.
I was on the interstate coming home Friday and traffic built up, so I had to stop rather quickly...damn thing died on me! I put it in park, and it started right up. Its not my alternator, as it continues to charge my battery...I never have a problem starting.
It hasn't died on me since, but the idle and voltage still drops on me. I'm going to check the MAF sensor when I get home tonight...hopefully that just needs cleaned.
Park
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Because Fords are:
FORD -Falling Off: Rusty Door
FORD -Fast Only Rolling Downhill
FORD -Fantastically Orgasmic Realistic Dream
FORD -Fatally Obese Redneck Driver
FORD -Finally Obsolete Racing Device
FORD -Fireball On Rear Denting
FORD -Fixed Or Repaired Daily
FORD -Flip Over Read Directions
FORD -Flipping Over Results in Death
FORD -Flipped Over Roadside Disaster
FORD -Fords Only Run Downhill
FORD -Forward Only; Reverse Defective
FORD -Found On Redneck's Driveway
Sorry for the thread jack OP couldnt resist
BigredTEX
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Check all ground connections. This sounds like a similar issue my son had with his Jeep. It would just stop running, starter would not turn, but all lights and accessories still worked. After numerous tries it would start, but would only run for a few hundred yards before quitting again. After we got it home he got it started in the driveway, crawled underneath and started wiggling wires. Found a loose ground on the engine block. Tightened it up and all was well.
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