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I am not a mechanic but I’m handy as hell and very mechanically inclined. I’ve done all my own work on my truck and any other car I’ve ever had.
Ok, so about 4 days ago or so I changed out the water pump, thermostat, timing belt, and timing belt tensioner in my 93 4runner. I had noticed a leak that got progressively worse from the water pump and every site I’ve seen basically says that if your going to replace the water pump, you might as well replace the timing belt as well since your gonna be right there. I had never done a timing belt and I was a bit worried, but it seemed to go off without a hitch. No leaks, new belt went right on and everything went right on, aligned and everything. I WANT TO STRESS THAT I WASN’T HAVING ANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK, it ran fine and all was well before I did the work. After me and my son in law put it all back together, (without any issues), we started her up. It sputtered for just a second or 2 then started like a champ. I let it idle for about 10 minutes or so just to check for leaks or anything which we saw none. Revved it up a bit to see if any issues were there and we found none. As nervous as I was messing with the timing belt, I have to say that I was kinda proud that we did it with no issues.
THEN…I decide to take it around the block a few times to check her out. We got out of the drive way and it seemed “ok”. I got to where another road was 45mph and started on my way. I noticed that it had very little power. It was sorta struggling to reach even 30mph. when it finally did get to 30, it wouldn’t go any faster and the gas pedal was at the floor. It wasn’t revving high or anything it was just “trying” to get any faster. I swing around the corner and start my way back home and since there was the slightest of a slope on that road back it reached 45mph. I decided to hit that road once more to see if there was a difference and at struggled again this time to about 20-25mph. from here I just went back home.
As soon as I pulled in to the drive way, I could hear a hissing sound. As I popped the hood, I noticed that the vacuum hoses and stuff by the firewall, which most were also just replaced about a week ago, were hissing. It was dark and I may have been wrong, but I’m pretty sure it was in that area. Anyway, my son in law quickly pointed out that the exhaust manifold was super bright red and lit up the engine! I didn’t know what the hell was wrong and it kinda freaked me out a bit.
I followed the hissing a bit and realized it was coming from the inside of my truck. I opened the door and steaming hot water was slowly filling up the driver side floorboard. It wasn’t on the passenger side at all, just the driver side. I couldn’t see exactly where it was coming in from but it was somewhere up and to the right a bit from where the gas pedal sits.
Reading other sites that google brought up and finding threads that were similar to my issues in different cars, I read a few things. #1The timing may be off. #2 could be a bad heater coil. #3 the exhaust could be clogged. The list kinda goes on and on. How could any of this happen when it wasn’t happening before and the work was done simple and clean?
I just want someone to tell me what it could be and how to FIX it! Money is definitely an issue right now and I am doing the work myself. My wife is ready to give up on my 4runner and wants me to sell it, which I don’t want to do…but again, im not a mechanic and if its just too much to fix and I cant do the work myself, I may be forced to do so. ANY HELP WOULD BE SERIOUSLY APPRECIATED! HEEEEEEELP!!!!
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I am not a mechanic but I’m handy as hell and very mechanically inclined. I’ve done all my own work on my truck and any other car I’ve ever had.
Ok, so about 4 days ago or so I changed out the water pump, thermostat, timing belt, and timing belt tensioner in my 93 4runner. I had noticed a leak that got progressively worse from the water pump and every site I’ve seen basically says that if your going to replace the water pump, you might as well replace the timing belt as well since your gonna be right there. I had never done a timing belt and I was a bit worried, but it seemed to go off without a hitch. No leaks, new belt went right on and everything went right on, aligned and everything. I WANT TO STRESS THAT I WASN’T HAVING ANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH MY TRUCK, it ran fine and all was well before I did the work. After me and my son in law put it all back together, (without any issues), we started her up. It sputtered for just a second or 2 then started like a champ. I let it idle for about 10 minutes or so just to check for leaks or anything which we saw none. Revved it up a bit to see if any issues were there and we found none. As nervous as I was messing with the timing belt, I have to say that I was kinda proud that we did it with no issues.
THEN…I decide to take it around the block a few times to check her out. We got out of the drive way and it seemed “ok”. I got to where another road was 45mph and started on my way. I noticed that it had very little power. It was sorta struggling to reach even 30mph. when it finally did get to 30, it wouldn’t go any faster and the gas pedal was at the floor. It wasn’t revving high or anything it was just “trying” to get any faster. I swing around the corner and start my way back home and since there was the slightest of a slope on that road back it reached 45mph. I decided to hit that road once more to see if there was a difference and at struggled again this time to about 20-25mph. from here I just went back home.
As soon as I pulled in to the drive way, I could hear a hissing sound. As I popped the hood, I noticed that the vacuum hoses and stuff by the firewall, which most were also just replaced about a week ago, were hissing. It was dark and I may have been wrong, but I’m pretty sure it was in that area. Anyway, my son in law quickly pointed out that the exhaust manifold was super bright red and lit up the engine! I didn’t know what the hell was wrong and it kinda freaked me out a bit.
I followed the hissing a bit and realized it was coming from the inside of my truck. I opened the door and steaming hot water was slowly filling up the driver side floorboard. It wasn’t on the passenger side at all, just the driver side. I couldn’t see exactly where it was coming in from but it was somewhere up and to the right a bit from where the gas pedal sits.
Reading other sites that google brought up and finding threads that were similar to my issues in different cars, I read a few things. #1The timing may be off. #2 could be a bad heater coil. #3 the exhaust could be clogged. The list kinda goes on and on. How could any of this happen when it wasn’t happening before and the work was done simple and clean?
I just want someone to tell me what it could be and how to FIX it! Money is definitely an issue right now and I am doing the work myself. My wife is ready to give up on my 4runner and wants me to sell it, which I don’t want to do…but again, im not a mechanic and if its just too much to fix and I cant do the work myself, I may be forced to do so. ANY HELP WOULD BE SERIOUSLY APPRECIATED! HEEEEEEELP!!!!
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