Drift King
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My 1989 Toyota pickup 4x4 will not start, its got 87,000 miles (replaced motor) and it will not start when its cold. and it also drains the battery. i know it does have an electrical issue since at one time it was wired up to be a first responder. it all worked fine for the test drives but after i bought it. it just started acting up.
I've rewired the coil pack (to get spark back)
I've rewired the fuel pump (to get fuel flowing again)
and after all of that it would start! but now that it got cold outside, it just will not fire. or even try to fire for that matter, its injectors are spraying a nice mist, in order, and it has spark. i've torn this truck apart inside and out, and i do not know what it causing it. garages have many guesses, but its like $60 dollars an idea, and they have about 40.. so thats alot of money (which i dont have alot of), so i'm hoping to get some ideas from the Yahoo community.
Its got the 22RE 4 cylinder with a 5sp manual transmission.
Tune-up wise..
Distributor cap was cleaned out, rotor replaced
new plugs
needs wires (can see spark jump at night)
but like i said, it will not start in the cold, once you get it to start it will stay running..
starting fluid can't keep it running in the cold, but will fire it and let it run till the fluids gone.
but when its warm, you turn the key.. and it fires right up, no misfire, no hesitation, runs perfect and smooth at idle.
I know the previous owner didn't hook up a Vacuum line correctly, because when you brake, its rpm's are not steady, its up & down. but i drove it around like that, alot when it was warm, but once it hit 40 degree's it hasn't started since.
I've rewired the coil pack (to get spark back)
I've rewired the fuel pump (to get fuel flowing again)
and after all of that it would start! but now that it got cold outside, it just will not fire. or even try to fire for that matter, its injectors are spraying a nice mist, in order, and it has spark. i've torn this truck apart inside and out, and i do not know what it causing it. garages have many guesses, but its like $60 dollars an idea, and they have about 40.. so thats alot of money (which i dont have alot of), so i'm hoping to get some ideas from the Yahoo community.
Its got the 22RE 4 cylinder with a 5sp manual transmission.
Tune-up wise..
Distributor cap was cleaned out, rotor replaced
new plugs
needs wires (can see spark jump at night)
but like i said, it will not start in the cold, once you get it to start it will stay running..
starting fluid can't keep it running in the cold, but will fire it and let it run till the fluids gone.
but when its warm, you turn the key.. and it fires right up, no misfire, no hesitation, runs perfect and smooth at idle.
I know the previous owner didn't hook up a Vacuum line correctly, because when you brake, its rpm's are not steady, its up & down. but i drove it around like that, alot when it was warm, but once it hit 40 degree's it hasn't started since.