Sbrut95

Im just curious if my 4Runner is abnormal. It doesn't get too cold at night here, But if I dont let my truck sit and warm up for a good 3-5 minutes in the morning, it doesnt want to drive right. Its jerky when starting out in 1st and the clutch feels like its not doing its job. Only after about a minute or so of driving does it "warm up" and then it drives fine and smooth. Does anybody else have this problem?

flyAddict

You're not alone. Check out this thread. Clicky

Waterboy

Mine does the same thing. I just let it warm up until the idle drops then its not as bad. But if I have to take off within the first minute it boggs down and gets choppy as I release the clutch. My solution: park facing slighty down hill and let momentum take care of the initial take off.

gwhayduke

I don't have that problem guys. I'm wondering if your cold start injector needs cleaning.

Scofco

Mine also has never done what is being described.
Not even in -45.

UKMyers

My clutch hops a bit in the morning when it's cold but it runs smooth.

Sbrut95

So it sounds like it could be a Fuel injection problem or Fuel pump.

Well, I just wanted to see if I was the only one having this problem. I can live with it. Its probably not a bad thing to let it warm up anyways. Thanks for the replies!

Astralplane

My cold start sputter was caused by a bad head gasket (#6 cylinder).
It would barely run for the the first 3 minutes then after that it run fine.
Also it wouldn't idle high when first started cold.
I was losing coolant but my compression was fine.

Sbrut95

Replaced HG's about 8k miles ago. So I hope thats not the case. Haven't noticed any coolant loss or anything so Im leaning towards something else. But you never know with these things.