Hey everyone! I recently bought a 1991 Land Cruiser and I'm having some issues. I've looked at a ton of threads on here and have seen things similar to my issues, but I'm not exactly confident that I didn't cause this problem myself
I wanted to start getting the car back into good shape, so the other day I changed the oil and spark plugs. For whatever reason the 80 wouldn't turn over after the maintenance. I fiddled with the spark plug cables and was able to start the car, but then it would die after a short time idling. I thought maybe the new spark plugs were bad so I put the old ones in one at a time. Everytime I got an old spark plug back in the engine seemed to start better.
So where the 80 stands now.. It will turn over and idle at about 300 RPM. I adjusted the throttle control screw and have it idling just below 600RPM (I know that isn't really a fix). When the car is in park the engine accelerates normally. However, in reverse or drive, I can't get the RPMs over 1000 and the 80 won't go anywhere. Also, when I am warming up the engine after I start it the throttle will be unresponsive, then about 10 seconds later the RPMs will increase as I let off the throttle, and then about another 10 seconds later the throttle will act appropriately but only in park.
I have such a weird range of issues that I don't even know where to start. Any advice or pointers in the right direction would be great. Thanks!
I wanted to start getting the car back into good shape, so the other day I changed the oil and spark plugs. For whatever reason the 80 wouldn't turn over after the maintenance. I fiddled with the spark plug cables and was able to start the car, but then it would die after a short time idling. I thought maybe the new spark plugs were bad so I put the old ones in one at a time. Everytime I got an old spark plug back in the engine seemed to start better.
So where the 80 stands now.. It will turn over and idle at about 300 RPM. I adjusted the throttle control screw and have it idling just below 600RPM (I know that isn't really a fix). When the car is in park the engine accelerates normally. However, in reverse or drive, I can't get the RPMs over 1000 and the 80 won't go anywhere. Also, when I am warming up the engine after I start it the throttle will be unresponsive, then about 10 seconds later the RPMs will increase as I let off the throttle, and then about another 10 seconds later the throttle will act appropriately but only in park.
I have such a weird range of issues that I don't even know where to start. Any advice or pointers in the right direction would be great. Thanks!