tunedup runs bad

bcsteel · 09-11-09, 05:23 PM

hey,

i just changed plugs (vpower) wires and rotor and cap, also the air filter and now the truck runs like garbage racing idle between 500-1500 rpm and not smooth at all. any suggestions

KLF · 09-11-09, 05:27 PM

What engine?

Mileage?

Any other work done recently?

Checked the timing?

Checked the ECU for codes?

bcsteel · 09-11-09, 06:05 PM

sorry 22re, haven't checked timing or ecu..315k no other recent work done.

raydouble · 09-11-09, 06:32 PM

Did you clean out the throttle body?

All plug wires seated?

bcsteel · 09-11-09, 06:43 PM

throttle body good and plug wires seated correctly. i didnlt aign number one piston to tdc because a buddy told me i didn't have and. so maybe i screwed up the timing...

raydouble · 09-11-09, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bcsteel

throttle body good and plug wires seated correctly. i didnlt aign number one piston to tdc because a buddy told me i didn't have and. so maybe i screwed up the timing...

Did you recently clean out the throttle body?

Did you pull the distributor all the way out?

bcsteel · 09-11-09, 08:51 PM

truck is ok the gap on one of the plugs was out...doh!

raydouble · 09-11-09, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by bcsteel

truck is ok the gap on one of the plugs was out...doh!

Nice, glad it was something easy.

2ndGenToyotaFan · 09-11-09, 09:23 PM

Hehe, when I was young I gaped a plug, then dropped it on the floor and put it in without checking.... The car ran really bad..... cause the gap was 0.000

bcsteel · 09-11-09, 10:39 PM

hahahaha that's exactly what happened to me. i just bought a new jet boat and was stoked to get it in the water and was rushing...whoops learned a valuable lesson.

Joe_E · 09-13-09, 05:52 AM

Good deal it was something easy. No one likes to tune up a rig to have it run worse.

Bogo · 09-13-09, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ndGenToyotaFan

Hehe, when I was young I gaped a plug, then dropped it on the floor and put it in without checking.... The car ran really bad..... cause the gap was 0.000

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Originally Posted by bcsteel

hahahaha that's exactly what happened to me. i just bought a new jet boat and was stoked to get it in the water and was rushing...whoops learned a valuable lesson.

I always leave those little plastic protectors on till the last second. All the plugs I've gotten from Toyota have been spot on gap wise.