Hi all,

After sitting overnight, the throttle is sometimes stuck when I first start it up. After stepping on the gas, it breaks free with a surge in acceleration. Has anyone experienced this before? Where would I spray a lubricant to free up the linkage?

It's a 22RE engine.

Thanks.

 

Toyota cleverly designed their throttle bodies so they drool brown sticky goo from some of the orifices near where the throttle butterfly seats. This stuff glues the throttle butterfly shut.

You need to undo the appropriate ductwork/boots so that you can reach the throttle butterfly within the throttle body. Then use spray carb/choke cleaner to clean off the butterfly and the seating surface within the throttle body. Try to find carb cleaner that's labelled as being safe for the catalytic converter and oxygen sensor. It'll also help to either jack up the back of the truck or park it heading downhill when you do this, so as little of the cleaner as you can manage gets into the engine.

This job isn't exactly rocket science. When you get done, write down how you did it and file it away, 'cause you're going to have to do it again sometime.

Cheers.

 

And use a toothbrush, it helps alot. I found that just spraying the toothbrush was sufficient enough. That way you don't have excess carb cleaner running into your engine.

Have Fun!