Have you checked the timing? We had one that did a similar thing at
the dealership. It took hours to find out that a locating pin on the
left bank cam sprocket had sheared and was freewheeling.
Have you tried bypassing the ignition switch or exchanging it?
Auto trans?
Zedic
1995 pickup, V6. It starts quickly, then dies when the switch returns to
the run position. I can even increase RPMs while the starter is engaged. I
can remember the old days when while cranking, the coil got 12 volts, then
ran with 6 volts. Do these new fangled chines do that?
Any ideas?
TIA
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Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
1995 pickup, V6. It starts quickly, then dies when the switch
returns to the run position. I can
Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
1995 pickup, V6. It starts quickly, then dies when the switch
returns to the run position. I can even increase RPMs while the
starter is engaged. I can remember the old days when while
cranking, the coil got 12 volts, then ran with 6 volts. Do these
In a message dated 3/4/2008 9:00:30 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
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1995 pickup, V6. It starts quickly, then dies when the switch returns to
the run position. I can even increase RPMs while the starter is engaged. I
can remember the old days when while
Let me add some info, I wasn't expecting such a good response, thanks.
I was flushing the cooling system and had both radiator hoses, both heater
hoses and the thermostat out to do the flushing. It started getting hot on
a short trip, so I added some coolant and headed home. It started again,
Frequently in our big trucks, when a driver complains of the truck overheating
and no heat, he is 2-3 gallons low on coolant. This is a system that holds
about 11 gallons. The heater core is sometimes one of the higher or highest in
the cooling system, and will sometimes be the last to
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Frequently in our big trucks, when a driver complains of the truck
overheating and no heat, he is 2-3 gallons low on coolant. This is a system
that holds about 11 gallons. The heater core is sometimes one of the higher
or
It is worth pointing out that that particular v6 isn't exactly known for
reliability or ease of maintenance, and that overheating it is generally
an expensive proposition.
Any chance something got hooked up backwards?
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 11:02:14AM -0600, Harry Watkins wrote:
Let me add
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is worth pointing out that that particular v6 isn't exactly known for
reliability or ease of maintenance,
Right, those are the ones with the notorious head gasket problem
(which Toyota, to give them some credit, is apparently
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:39:48AM -0800, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is worth pointing out that that particular v6 isn't exactly known for
reliability or ease of maintenance,
Right, those are the ones with the notorious head
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Head gaskets that blow, valves that beat themselves into the head, valve
adjustments that require disassembly of the intake...
Needless to say, it's a far cry from a 22R.
Kevin, do you have an opinion on the current Toyota V-6
More likely a bad ignition switch, where the ignition isn't on in the
run position but is at the start position.
I don't think electronic ignitions have dual resistor circuits for
the coil any more.
Peter
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Time for another admission. I once put the thermostat in my 240D in backwards...
It overheated like nobody's business after that. I had to pay my Indy to figure
that one out...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:37:08 -0800
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On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:39:48AM -0800, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM
Are those POS engines still being sold by Toada? Sure makes me
question the reverence which is shown to Toada.
At 11:42 AM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
On Tue, Mar 04, 2008 at 09:39:48AM -0800, Alex Chamberlain wrote:
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is worth
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Are those POS engines still being sold by Toada? Sure makes me
question the reverence which is shown to Toada.
At 11:42 AM 3
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Are those POS engines still being sold by Toada? Sure makes me
question the reverence which is shown
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I still can't bring myself to consider an engine with a rubber band
drive as a reliable engine. A timing belt is still a glorified rubber
Time for a rebuild when that chain cuts through into the coolant
passage in the font cover, diluting the sump with coolant. Happened
to a co-worker, he was rather cheesed since it had been knocking and
someone told him it wasn't a big problem right away.
Cogged belts are cheaper, and work
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still can't bring myself to consider an engine with a rubber band
drive as a reliable engine. A timing belt is still a glorified rubber band.
My take on it is that a timing belt is OK as long as it's in a
non-interference
Of Loren Faeth
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:41 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, Toyota problem
I still can't bring myself to consider an engine with a rubber band
drive as a reliable engine. A timing belt is still a glorified rubber
band.
Toada and vw
Change the bloody thing on schedule, it's fine, wait and it'll
break! My neighbors ran at least 200,000 miles on one, as they never
changed it when the head gasket started to fail and leak oil. The
shop refused to work on it unless they agreed to a new belt, too (as
I suggested, the
My thoughts exactly whining about a belt is pretty useless when they've pretty
well proven themselves.
Its about like those people who don't understand why you need to change the
oil...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2008 18:37:12 -0600
From: Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT
hoses and the thermostat out to do the flushing. It started getting
hot on
a short trip, so I added some coolant and headed home. It started
again, so
I opened my heater valve (manual) to add another radiator and while
the temp
needle climbed, the heater blew cold.
Air pockets in the
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