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Howdy All,

Found the forum googling an engine problem and landed on a thread that was the exact same issue. A resolution was never posted though. Hopefully the original poster sees my comment.

I've got a 1999 PreRunner, extended cab, V6, automatic... bought used in 2004 from a family friend. Been a great Daily Driver. I'm a working musician so it's carried all my gear for years and doubled as my mountain fishing truck as well.

This is a cut and paste of the original post issue:

I have a 99 tacoma, with a 3.4. I noticed it was running rough upon start up, lacked power, would buck if I tried to drive it. But after it warmed up was fine. This has grown into a major loss of power to where I am crawling up hills. If the engine is warm, I can floor it, the engine will bog and then accelerate, and as it revs the actual power will fluctuate greatly. As the RPMs increase the exaust pops/sputter and backfires. The truck is barley drivable.

That's exactly what's happening to me. I'm NOT a great mechanic but I can do basic stuff pretty well: do my own brakes, replace parts, I've torn down an engine once to replace the rings in another old pick up but never again, I try to stick to non-internal engine parts.

If anybody knows the answer to this one and it's in my skill set I'd love to know.

Thanks!

 

Welcome to TW

 

Welcome!

 

Man I wish I could help. Welcome to the forum I hope you find a good answer. I had rough start with an equinox. I sea foam the gas tank, used in throttle body, seafoam in oil then changed oil in about 300 miles and when I filled oil I put in Lucas. Now if I had to leave in a hurry it didn’t knock/vibrate and didn’t jump.

I also got a lot of air out of coolant system not sure if that had anything to do with my issue or not...again welcome and good luck

 

Welcome to TW!!

 

Welcome!

 

welcome

 

Welcome to TW!

 

ever figure it out?