Engine will only rev above 3k if done very slowly
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Engine will only rev above 3k if done very slowly
So I had the heads of my 3VZE rebuilt and got it all back together and it was running great, had to do some tweaking, but I had it pretty good. I get in my truck this afternoon to go out and it wouldn't rev past 3000rpms as I was driving. Even in neutral. I changed the distributor cap and rotor, and the spark plug wires thinking it wouldn't hurt to tune some light tune up things, which it didn't. I was tweaking with the TPS and nothing changed, even when unplugged it, so maybe the TPS is bad? I also figured out that I could rev it all the way up if I just hold the accelerator down very slowly which makes me think it could be a fuel pressure issue? Or the ECU is messing something up? Any info?
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Does it want to stall, or does it cough and splutter atleast, or does it just hold steady rpm and refuse to climb unless under very light throttle? Have u checked for codes? I would think that a faulty tps would throw a code, but cant be certain. Certainly sounds like an issue that could be caused by a dodgy tps. Ita got to be one of 3 things. Air, fuel or spark.
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Does it want to stall, or does it cough and splutter atleast, or does it just hold steady rpm and refuse to climb unless under very light throttle? Have u checked for codes? I would think that a faulty tps would throw a code, but cant be certain. Certainly sounds like an issue that could be caused by a dodgy tps. Ita got to be one of 3 things. Air, fuel or spark.
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The cams are still lined up with each other, but I'll have to check tomorrow whether they're lined up with the crank. If it jumped a tooth already, something else is wrong too. I just put the belt on a couple weeks ago.
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How would I check the AFM? I know the flap door is working properly and the engine dies out if I unplug it while it's running. Sucks when most of the possible solutions are $150-200 sensors.
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There are specs for checking it with a multi meter but I don't know what they are. You could probably find them on here or on google though.
I know when mine went bad, the guy that did my engine for me did this trick.
With the engine running, the opened the air box and stuck his finger up into the AFM and pushed the flapper door open and the engine started to sputter but did not die.
Swapped on a different AFM and when the same procedure was done, the engine died almost immediately. He told me the bad AFM wasn't getting off the idle circuit.
I know when mine went bad, the guy that did my engine for me did this trick.
With the engine running, the opened the air box and stuck his finger up into the AFM and pushed the flapper door open and the engine started to sputter but did not die.
Swapped on a different AFM and when the same procedure was done, the engine died almost immediately. He told me the bad AFM wasn't getting off the idle circuit.
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There are specs for checking it with a multi meter but I don't know what they are. You could probably find them on here or on google though.
I know when mine went bad, the guy that did my engine for me did this trick.
With the engine running, the opened the air box and stuck his finger up into the AFM and pushed the flapper door open and the engine started to sputter but did not die.
Swapped on a different AFM and when the same procedure was done, the engine died almost immediately. He told me the bad AFM wasn't getting off the idle circuit.
I know when mine went bad, the guy that did my engine for me did this trick.
With the engine running, the opened the air box and stuck his finger up into the AFM and pushed the flapper door open and the engine started to sputter but did not die.
Swapped on a different AFM and when the same procedure was done, the engine died almost immediately. He told me the bad AFM wasn't getting off the idle circuit.
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I second the Air flow meter, I left mine unplugged accidentally after some repairs and did exactly as your talking about when I tried to run it. Finally realized my mistake, and plugged it in, ran perfect.
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