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Won't idle after battery disconnect

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by tinkerz, Jan 20, 2015.

  1. Jan 20, 2015 at 2:41 PM
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    tinkerz

    tinkerz [OP] New Member

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    01 with 3.4 won't idle after sitting for a day with the battery disconnected. I tried driving it for several miles to see if the ecu would relearn programming.
    It did not help.
     
  2. Jan 20, 2015 at 3:01 PM
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    WeberSarge

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    Probably get better luck asking this in the 1st Gen trucks section ....
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  3. Jan 20, 2015 at 3:03 PM
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    coffeesnob

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    it may take more than several miles to reset
     
  4. Jan 20, 2015 at 3:13 PM
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    Sometimes a dirty throttle body in combination of resetting the ECM will cause a low/no idle situation.
     
  5. Jan 21, 2015 at 9:08 AM
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    tinkerz

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    problem resolved. Per instruction from a mechanic friend I disconnected battery again,both pos and neg. Then shorted both leads together for a few seconds. Reconnected battery and started truck. It stumbled on idle for afew seconds and quit. Restarted truck and idle resumed as normal. Thanks to all who responded to this thread even though it should have been posted in 1st gen.
     

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