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Failure to accelerate

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by chaos65, Jul 2, 2017.

  1. Jul 2, 2017 at 3:42 PM
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    chaos65

    chaos65 [OP] New Member

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    This is an ongoing issue with my 97 Tacoma, my pickup has no modifications is a 4wd 2.7 with auto trans here's a list of things I've already tried. New plugs and wires new throttle pos sensor throttle body has been removed and cleaned. Now my problem from a dead stop getting on the throttle heavy acceleration is very sluggish and sometimes almost none applying the throttle slowly gets much better results, my old 90 model never had this issue any ideas or help would be much appreciated.
     
  2. Jul 2, 2017 at 5:07 PM
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    Clean your MAF sensor, it can cause trouble when accelerating. Just be careful while cleaning it. I have a similar problem now but I believe it is the tps.
     
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  3. Jul 2, 2017 at 5:10 PM
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    Thanks I'll give that a shot
     
  4. Jul 2, 2017 at 5:14 PM
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    Let me know if it helps.
     
  5. Jul 4, 2017 at 12:14 PM
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    Thanks for your suggestion out seems too have worked, again tanks
     
  6. Jul 4, 2017 at 1:21 PM
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    Good to know
     

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