3vze stalling while driving, loss of power.
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3vze stalling while driving, loss of power.
Hi there, just though I’d ask on here for some help with my 4runner. Not too long ago I was driving away from my house and my engine started to rock back and forth and finally stalled, my battery and check engine light came on. I restarted the engine and it took a lot of effort from the start motor to get it going again and when it ran, it struggled. I had to keep applying throttle to keep the engine going, plus it ran quite roughly (slightly wobbling idle). So I turned the car around a limped back home and I noticed it had lost a lot of power so I had to hold the gears for longer. I got home and pulled in the driveway and the engine just gave up.... lucky I made it on the driveway atleast. I let the car sit for a while and then started it again, but this time it started right away and idled just fine. It just sat there idling normally as if nothing was wrong. I took it out for another spin and the same thing happened, stalled, idled roughly and limped home.
Before all all this I did a motor mount replacement, maybe as I was fiddling around it may have loosened a connector or something, maybe around the alternator - not sure. Additionally, I added some seafoam in the fuel tank about three days ago but again, the car was honestly running fine.
My 4runner is a 1995 Rv6 with the 3VZE engine, it’s done 302,XXX kilometres and had it serviced recently.
So in summary, my engine idles normally when just sitting still, but as soon as I move it dies. I need help diagnosing this issue as I need the car to work for two long distance trips coming up. Apologies for the essay
- Patrick
Before all all this I did a motor mount replacement, maybe as I was fiddling around it may have loosened a connector or something, maybe around the alternator - not sure. Additionally, I added some seafoam in the fuel tank about three days ago but again, the car was honestly running fine.
My 4runner is a 1995 Rv6 with the 3VZE engine, it’s done 302,XXX kilometres and had it serviced recently.
So in summary, my engine idles normally when just sitting still, but as soon as I move it dies. I need help diagnosing this issue as I need the car to work for two long distance trips coming up. Apologies for the essay
- Patrick
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Update: Found a crack in my intake hose right before the throttle body, this crack was half the diameter of the hose. So this could’ve caused the engine to perform poorly.
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