Toyota problems

United States
August 19, 2007 11:15pm CST
I have an 1988 Toyota pickup with 22re motor. I recently replaced motor,and drove it for about 7,000 miles and now it is acting up. It seems to run alright until it warms up. Then it acts like it is starving for fuel and jerks down the road. The really weird part is that when it starts to act up I can shut it off and start it right back up and it will run normal again for a little while. It also runs alright in neutral, but as soon as you try to shift through the gears and put a load on the motor it is powerless. Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks Mark
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@ccyap003 (28)
• Malaysia
28 Sep 07
Dear Mark, What is mean is not the type of motor but the kind of motor for a specific function. For example, you may replace the starter motor or etc... When you mention, as your car warm up, the problem occur. If you switch on heater or Air conditoning during wet weather, will the problem occur faster? How about when you change gear especially to do overtaking of another vehicle, will the same thing occur too? Is your pickup running on diesel? Manual or automatic gear? Someone mention about pe
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• United States
29 Sep 07
Dear ccyapoo3, The pickup is a five speed manual transmission. I replaced the engine (22RE) the transmission, fuel pump, fuel filter, altinator, distributor, cap and rotor, spark plugs and wires, oxygen sensor, catylictic convertor, clutch and battery. The truck runs alright until it warms up. I have not run the heater, and it does not have A/C. anytime you push the throttle when accelerating the engine chokes, but when it is in neutral you can throttle it as much as you want and it does not choke, only when there is a load on the engine.
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@ccyap003 (28)
• Malaysia
21 Sep 07
Dear Mark, What motor did you actually replaced? I have been a mechanic for quite a while and may be I can help. Send me a message then.
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• United States
27 Sep 07
Sorry that I haven't gotten back to you. I have been busy and I just got your message. The motor that I replaced is the 22RE. Thank you Mark
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@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
13 Jun 11
I chanced upon this thread when surfing mylot and it got me curious. It has been 4 years since you posted. Ever found the cause of the problem with your pickup?
@bon_jing (88)
• Philippines
27 Aug 07
Try checking the Fuel Filter. Looks like you have a bit of choking on the delivery of your fuel.
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@ccyap003 (28)
• Malaysia
1 Oct 07
Dear Mark, Thanks for your reply. Since you did not mention if your pickup is running on diesel, I'wll provide you my experience base in my experience. I own a KE71 Toyota station wagon. About 25 yrs old now and still running good. I assume your pcikup is running on petrol. 1. Have your fuel tank totally clean. 2. Clean the carburetor 3. Replace the fuel filter. This is to totally remove the rusty particles from the fuel system. No pint for you just to replace the fuel filter as after a while, the same problem will occur. Give it a try. If you put on A/C or Aircondition and when the car heats up, same thing happen, do let me know. I have another solution to that.
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• United States
27 Sep 07
Have you checked your throttle position sensor (TPS) or the crankshaft sensor? Unfortunately, the ethanol in the gasoline these days is messing up our older vehicles. We have a 95 corolla and the same thing was happening to it too so we've changed everything you could think of except for the TPS. I don't think you have a ECU on your pickup. Have you had a chance to run a scanner on your truck? Hope this helps =)
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