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01 Toyota Tacoma; idle surge w/ stalling
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dardyer
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Jul 1, 2013, 6:18 PM
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01 Toyota Tacoma; idle surge w/ stalling
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2001 Toyota Tacoma 3.0 I think 147K miles Car semi-parked for 6 months over winter with little gas. Longest it w/out start-up was was 6 weeks. It was parked outside in Oregon. I noticed my battery cable terminal has some build-up so I was going to clean that but haven't gotten around to it yet. I started driving it again so filled it with gas, got a wheel alignment and tune-up. 150 miles later, after seemingly fine drive (my mom drove about 100 miles and didn't notice anything odd) I have idle surging. When I start it in the morning or otherwise, it revs up/down starting with 1200 - 1500 rpms, then 1200 - 1000, and it dips down to 800 sometimes, then finally dies after 3 - 5 minutes. Exhaust stinks like gas. No engine light. No overheating. Idling doesn't seem to change with the A/C on or when I step on the brake. When I'm driving it, it gets me to where I need to be, but I can feel a few gerks here/there, and when stopped at a light, it eventually stalls. I turn her over again when the light turns green and it starts right up again, I give it some gas and then it goes. At the next light, it does the same thing. I just took it to the dealership concerned that something happened as a result of the tune-up. No codes. They are planning to check the spark plug wires but in the meantime, they found metal in the timing belt and a leaking water pump. Not sure that these are related? If the water pump is bad I will change it and I know that's not too costly; however, the timing belt is a pretty penny and I'm not sure if changing it will fix the idling issue. Prior to this problem, the timing belt, water pump/thermostat were changed about 50K miles ago. Throttle position sensor was changed less than 5K miles ago (but the idling surges I noticed before changing the TPS were different than the one I'm experiencing now). In reading some of the forums, it seem like it could be a number of different things but looks like the problem-solving could get costly. Thank in advance for your help - I could really use it!
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Tom Greenleaf
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Jul 1, 2013, 7:00 PM
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Re: 01 Toyota Tacoma; idle surge w/ stalling
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You've listed out the problems noted in person so why are you asking a web site? Stinks of gas and can't idle properly there's a code waiting to tell you something. Is a leaking water pump and problem with a 50K old timing belt job a problem and expensive - yes. BTW - Just what is "semi-parked?" Is that like partly off a cliff or what? T
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