Before i begin, allow me to preface this by saying that i’m new to the forums and this is my first post, so please be patient if this is in the wrong place. First cruiser, just trying to be part of this awesome community. Thank you 
But i digress. A handful of months ago, I bought an 87 fj60 from a junkyard. It had a handful of problems, most of them small, the biggest being that it needed a carb rebuild. Everything was running fine post rebuild, albeit a little rough (likely because of spark timing) Last weekend, I replaced my oil pan, however, after the reinstall, my idle shot through the roof. It now sits at about 2k - 2750 rpm. I’ve tried adjusting the air fuel mixture, to no avail. If I tap the throttle, it will sometimes drop the rpms, but not consistently enough to be considered a fix. My only logical conclusion is that I have a vaccuum leak somewhere, as my egr system is all kinds of rusty and a lot of my hoses are pretty old. I only found one other thread discussing this problem, and it wasnt conclusive enough to include a fix. If anybody has any ideas, please feel free to share, i’m currently at my wits end.
All that white crap on the brake booster hose and intake manifold is just lithium grease from throttle linkage luberication. I know these arent the best pictures but im not a photographer.
Sidenote - im pretty young and broke so an expensive egr delete kit is out of the question
But i digress. A handful of months ago, I bought an 87 fj60 from a junkyard. It had a handful of problems, most of them small, the biggest being that it needed a carb rebuild. Everything was running fine post rebuild, albeit a little rough (likely because of spark timing) Last weekend, I replaced my oil pan, however, after the reinstall, my idle shot through the roof. It now sits at about 2k - 2750 rpm. I’ve tried adjusting the air fuel mixture, to no avail. If I tap the throttle, it will sometimes drop the rpms, but not consistently enough to be considered a fix. My only logical conclusion is that I have a vaccuum leak somewhere, as my egr system is all kinds of rusty and a lot of my hoses are pretty old. I only found one other thread discussing this problem, and it wasnt conclusive enough to include a fix. If anybody has any ideas, please feel free to share, i’m currently at my wits end.
All that white crap on the brake booster hose and intake manifold is just lithium grease from throttle linkage luberication. I know these arent the best pictures but im not a photographer.
Sidenote - im pretty young and broke so an expensive egr delete kit is out of the question
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