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Ol School

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To begin, I have searched the site for information but have had only limited luck as my predicament has been hard to describe, let alone "search". I thought I would describe my experience and see if any folks more knowledgeable might be willing to add their 2 cents.
My 4runner is a 2001, v6 auto with 126,000 miles. It has a B&M cooler bypassing the radiators cooler, NGK plugs and wires w/ around 10k mikes on them and up to date on air, oil filters, pcv. Other than that, stock.
A month ago while driving, my truck suddenly experienced choppy acceleration and eventually stopped responding to the gas pedal. Stalled dead in the road. After a rest, I was able to restart and drive home. No CEL and according to Auto Zone, no stored codes. I promptly replaced the fuel filter, cleaned the MAF and throttle body and found no bad vacuum hoses. Ran a couple cans of sea foam thru it with fill ups. I still feel a hesitation/miss in it under load. It feels like a water in the gas kinda thing. A flutter, if you will. It seems to run okay but I cant get a warm, fuzzy feeling without knowing what the heck happened.
I'd appreciate any advice you kind folks might be willing to give.
 
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Have you pulled the plugs and checked them after the seafoam treatment? Where the correct dual electrode type ngks installed? OEM wires? Could be a dying coil?
 
Have you pulled the plugs and checked them after the seafoam treatment? Where the correct dual electrode type ngks installed? OEM wires? Could be a dying coil?

Thanks JayRolla, yep the plugs are dual electrode NGKs and NGK(TE66) wires. I haven't pulled em yet but had hoped, being new, they were ok. New doesn't necessarily mean anything though. I need to pull/inspect em.
 
your 2001 should be a drive by wire if I recall. I would check the TPS and the actuator for the throttle and even the sensor on the gas pedal. That seems consistent with your original problem. Just my 2 cents.
 
I thought I'd post an update in case any one may be interested.
Had the truck rescanned for any stored codes today and she came out clean as a whistle. Pulled plugs to inspect and they look as they should.
Seems to be running fine - just wish I knew what caused the stall. Smoke and mirrors, I guess. Thanks to all who replied.
 

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