Hello to everyone. I hate to be one of those guys that makes his first post a specific tech problem. First I suppose an introduction is in order.
My name is Chris Sutton. I live in Golden, Colorado. I bought my first Toyota Landcruiser in January of this year. It is a silver and grey 96 with 180K miles. It is pretty loaded with everything except the lockers and tow package. I bought it as a daily driver and family hauler. It had decent maintenance records and has been running great. I just took it on its first road trip this weekend to Glenwood Springs. We hit pretty bad roads on the way back(snow and ice), it did well. I installed the CDL switch before the trip, but I did not need to use it to get home safely.
Anyway like I said I bought it as a daily driver, because my other truck is a modified 85 4Runner. I love my 4Runner, but the two doors just don't cut it when you have a family. Before that I was a Kia Sportage guy. We had two modified Sportages and I was the first moderator of the Kia forum over on 4x4wire. I have also owned an old scout, some jeeps and a chevy pickup. I have been banging around in the hills here in Colorado for a long time. It goes all the way back to when I was a little kid going up with my grandma in her scout to look at the wildflowers around Ouray.
So the reason I am posting is I wasn't having a lot of luck searching for an easy answer. Like I said the 80 has been running great with no problems. After the road trip it was having a slight stumble at idle. Yesterday I filled up with gas and added a container of Gumout fuel system cleaner hoping that would smooth things out. The trip also put me over 3K since the last oil change. When I got home I pulled it up onto the ramps in the driveway and changed the oil. When I was finished it would not start. I tried a few times with no luck. I pushed it down off of the ramps and still no luck. I went through the manuals and couldn't imagine any of the things wrong on the troubleshooting list while it was sitting on the ramp for 30 minutes.
It is turning over fine, but is not firing. I am thinking fuel, but I didn't want to tear into anything as it didn't die while running. Is there something wierd maybe about being a full tank of gas and then sitting at an angle. I was thinking the vent tubes on the gas tank, so I left the gas cap loose overnight, but it still wouldn't fire up this morning. After two or three tries you can smell fuel outside the truck, but I can't tell if it is up front or back at the tank. There isn't a fuel drip anywhere on the ground.
Please let me know if anyone has any ideas. Things like this always make me crazy because it happened when the truck was not running. Thank you for any help you can provide.
Chris Sutton
Golden, Colorado
My name is Chris Sutton. I live in Golden, Colorado. I bought my first Toyota Landcruiser in January of this year. It is a silver and grey 96 with 180K miles. It is pretty loaded with everything except the lockers and tow package. I bought it as a daily driver and family hauler. It had decent maintenance records and has been running great. I just took it on its first road trip this weekend to Glenwood Springs. We hit pretty bad roads on the way back(snow and ice), it did well. I installed the CDL switch before the trip, but I did not need to use it to get home safely.
Anyway like I said I bought it as a daily driver, because my other truck is a modified 85 4Runner. I love my 4Runner, but the two doors just don't cut it when you have a family. Before that I was a Kia Sportage guy. We had two modified Sportages and I was the first moderator of the Kia forum over on 4x4wire. I have also owned an old scout, some jeeps and a chevy pickup. I have been banging around in the hills here in Colorado for a long time. It goes all the way back to when I was a little kid going up with my grandma in her scout to look at the wildflowers around Ouray.
So the reason I am posting is I wasn't having a lot of luck searching for an easy answer. Like I said the 80 has been running great with no problems. After the road trip it was having a slight stumble at idle. Yesterday I filled up with gas and added a container of Gumout fuel system cleaner hoping that would smooth things out. The trip also put me over 3K since the last oil change. When I got home I pulled it up onto the ramps in the driveway and changed the oil. When I was finished it would not start. I tried a few times with no luck. I pushed it down off of the ramps and still no luck. I went through the manuals and couldn't imagine any of the things wrong on the troubleshooting list while it was sitting on the ramp for 30 minutes.
It is turning over fine, but is not firing. I am thinking fuel, but I didn't want to tear into anything as it didn't die while running. Is there something wierd maybe about being a full tank of gas and then sitting at an angle. I was thinking the vent tubes on the gas tank, so I left the gas cap loose overnight, but it still wouldn't fire up this morning. After two or three tries you can smell fuel outside the truck, but I can't tell if it is up front or back at the tank. There isn't a fuel drip anywhere on the ground.
Please let me know if anyone has any ideas. Things like this always make me crazy because it happened when the truck was not running. Thank you for any help you can provide.
Chris Sutton
Golden, Colorado
