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Running lean?

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by fouillard13, Dec 23, 2013.

  1. Dec 23, 2013 at 7:25 PM
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    fouillard13

    fouillard13 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Issue
    Running lean & missfire

    I have been having problems with my truck lately with misfires. I finally decided to do a compression test.
    I took all the plugs out, pulled the EFI fuse and ran each cylinder with the throttle open. Each cylinder had 150 psi (truck has 230k miles) I then pored a little oil down each cylinder and they all shot up about 30 psi.

    When I pulled the plugs I noticed every plug was white and very lean. I have cleaned my MAF sensor before and did plugs,wires, coils. I am wondering why I am so lean. My air filter is cleaned an oiled (K&N) I am leaning towards a catalitc issue or O2 sensors. I have my own scanner and its showing multiple misfire and cylinder 1 miss fire. I bought a new plug today and also installed a new injector. I am going to trace cylinder 1's wiring. But this does not answer my lean plug issue.
    I have also done a fuel filter in the passed 10k


    Any thoughts?

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  2. Dec 23, 2013 at 7:28 PM
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    fouillard13

    fouillard13 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Hmmmm.. After googling "Reading spark plugs" My plug seems to be fine?
     
  3. Dec 23, 2013 at 9:07 PM
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    Alderleet

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    pull and clean your injectors...

    you can go to a yard, pull a pig tail and use a 3v to kick open the injector on a momentary switch. Clean the absolute crap out of your injectors
     
  4. Dec 23, 2013 at 9:57 PM
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    JLee50

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    If you're going to clean injectors, your best bet is to have them professionally cleaned and flow tested. They're pretty precise devices.
     
  5. Dec 23, 2013 at 10:24 PM
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    fouillard13

    fouillard13 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    I dunno if this help but I have ran alot of injector cleaner through my truck (Lucas)
     

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