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Truck won’t start

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by Boss13, Aug 19, 2022.

  1. Aug 19, 2022 at 8:36 PM
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    Boss13

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    2012 Toyota Tacoma prerunner 2.7 4 cylinder
    So I am having a problem and I can’t figure it out some maybe you guys can help me. So let me start from the beginning so I got up one morning to head to work as also the night before my gas light came on about 4 miles from my house so I just decided to go home I’ll get gas n the morning. We’ll got up and headed out well I ran out of gas so I called got someone to bring me some gas. I put 5 gallons he brought me in it. I started it up and I put it in drive and didn’t make it 20 yards and the truck died like I had no power at all so my buddy tried jumping me off it would turn off just never would fire off. We try this for 5 mins and nothing so I got him to pull me home. First thing come to mine was battery was go good maybe so I tested it, and it was good so then after that had me thinking what would make me just lose all power to my truck like that… we’ll after I let it set a few min I came bk and she had power and would turn off just never could get it to fire off. So I went to the fuel pump I dropped the gas tank and it had a lil bit of trash and maybe a lil bit of water so I clean it completely out and let it get in the sun all that day I clean the fuel pump and filter real good and let it dry as well. So after about 4 hr I put it back together check to make sure that when I turn the key in the fuel pump was kicking on everything sounds like it was working like it should be. Got it back in put new gas I went and got from store end it and still the same thing was happening so then I checked to make sure I was getting fuel to the fuel rail and I was so that wasn’t my problem cleaned my injector out why I was there tested them to make sure they was spray right and they was so I was like well wtf… so I left it and said I’ll mess with it tomo next day come I get in it and tried to start it and same thing but this time after turning it over and still leaven the key on I could here some winding nosing coming from the hood. So I got out to see what it was it was coming from my throttle body so I got bk n the truck and when I push the gas it was make all kind of nosies so now I’m at the throttle body got it off tested it everything was ok in it so then I moved to the gas pedal and I had some stuff inside the pedal that was rubbing over time so I said the hell with it ima get a new one so I did that didn’t fix my problem still made same noise at throttle body so I said the hell with it ima get a new one it might need it truck has been tho some shit so got new they body still same shit so I’m trying to figure out how to test the connector that goes to the throttle body but haven a hard time trying to find out what wires are power with 5v and grounf and single and how would I check to see if I have a hound shorted out on the Connector to the gas pedal or to the connector back to the computer can anyone help me and also I went to Walmart and got a scanner and I have codes P0 121 P0 123 P0 412 and P2135 all 4 of these code are showing and truck will not start but if I was to spray some starter food down in the throttlebody and turn it on it’ll crank up for just a slight minute and shut back off please anyone can help
     
  2. Aug 20, 2022 at 4:50 AM
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    sprucemica

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    my guess is fuel pump is dead from running dry. I'd replace and see what changes.
     
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  3. Aug 20, 2022 at 5:02 AM
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    stftaco

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    my guess, fouled spark plugs.
     
  4. Aug 20, 2022 at 5:14 AM
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    FishaRnekEd

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    i read all that, but it was a hard read..

    can you give us a summary of the problem?
     
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  5. Aug 20, 2022 at 5:42 AM
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    Wattapunk

    Wattapunk Stay lifted my friends !

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    Let me re-read that again....
    [​IMG]
     
  6. Aug 20, 2022 at 3:55 PM
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    Blockhead

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    Good Lord! Welcome to the forum…
     
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  7. Aug 20, 2022 at 11:10 PM
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    Waasheem

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    Talk to type only works sorta ok. If you take the time to go back and make grammar and spelling corrections it would make it easier for us to understand what you’re trying to say without going cross eyed.
     
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  8. Aug 20, 2022 at 11:20 PM
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    Mully

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    Try breaking your story up into several paragraphs and proof read it before posting.
    Welcome to TW and good luck with your problem.
     
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  9. Aug 21, 2022 at 7:54 AM
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    dtaco10

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    I agree here. If he's continually letting the fuel tank get that low, the fuel pump may have given up. From what I understand in-tank fuel pumps rely on fuel to help keep the pump cool.
    How many miles on the spark plugs?
     

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