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Hey guys, thought I'd check if anyone here could help me... any of the toyota forums are really dead... or at least very unhelpful.
I have an 83 toyota pickup with a stock 22r. I was having an issue with it backfiring everytime I shifted at higher RPM's.. like getting on the highway when I'd have to push it a bit to get up to speed. And trying to diesel when I shut it off and not wanting to idle down. I went to a mechanic and had them set the freshly rebuilt carb up for me. I tried adjusting the timing as I thought it was too far advanced. And still no luck. Also I was (may still be) getting worse gas mileage than I should be.
I found that my choke wasnt working and was barely opening on the primary and completely closed on the secondary. Today I just decided to take the choke butterflies off the carb. The truck is idling down as it should now. It doesn't backfire near as easy now but it still does.
The biggest problems I'm having now are its running like crap at low RPM's. I dont have a tach but I think its probably idling around 700 rpm and it will run like crap under load (in gear goin down the road) all the way up to about 2000-2500 rpm... spits and sputters... Unless I really open it up and go then its not as bad. Basically if I'm just trying to cruise really slow like 15 to 20 mph in 1st or 2nd... it just spits and sputters like crazy the entire time.
Also after removing the choke butterflies the first thing I noticed was that the truck had lost quite a bit of bottom end torque.. probably half of what it was before removing them. It would set you back in the seat a little bit before.. now while taking off someone could easily take a drink out of an open top glass without getting a drop on them. It sounds like its doing a whole lot... but feels like I'm taking off from a stop light normally in an automatic hyundai lol. What gives?
Were the chokes not opening actually giving me more power, by flooding it with gas?
Also I should add that the truck ran like crap at low RPM's before removing the butterflies.
According to the guy I bought the truck from (last friday) he rebuilt the engine 12000 miles ago. Which I do believe to be true as the truck runs really good, other than the sputtering at low RPM's. And doesn't smoke a bit. The truck has 249k miles on it.. I dont believe the 22r has near that many as it is too clean, no leaks, and did have impressive power for a 4 banger... before removing the butterflies. I was leaving my fiance in the dust on the way home with it everytime we were getting on the highway. She has an 01 V6 Toyota Solara
Hey guys, thought I'd check if anyone here could help me... any of the toyota forums are really dead... or at least very unhelpful.
I have an 83 toyota pickup with a stock 22r. I was having an issue with it backfiring everytime I shifted at higher RPM's.. like getting on the highway when I'd have to push it a bit to get up to speed. And trying to diesel when I shut it off and not wanting to idle down. I went to a mechanic and had them set the freshly rebuilt carb up for me. I tried adjusting the timing as I thought it was too far advanced. And still no luck. Also I was (may still be) getting worse gas mileage than I should be.
I found that my choke wasnt working and was barely opening on the primary and completely closed on the secondary. Today I just decided to take the choke butterflies off the carb. The truck is idling down as it should now. It doesn't backfire near as easy now but it still does.
The biggest problems I'm having now are its running like crap at low RPM's. I dont have a tach but I think its probably idling around 700 rpm and it will run like crap under load (in gear goin down the road) all the way up to about 2000-2500 rpm... spits and sputters... Unless I really open it up and go then its not as bad. Basically if I'm just trying to cruise really slow like 15 to 20 mph in 1st or 2nd... it just spits and sputters like crazy the entire time.
Also after removing the choke butterflies the first thing I noticed was that the truck had lost quite a bit of bottom end torque.. probably half of what it was before removing them. It would set you back in the seat a little bit before.. now while taking off someone could easily take a drink out of an open top glass without getting a drop on them. It sounds like its doing a whole lot... but feels like I'm taking off from a stop light normally in an automatic hyundai lol. What gives?
Were the chokes not opening actually giving me more power, by flooding it with gas?
Also I should add that the truck ran like crap at low RPM's before removing the butterflies.
According to the guy I bought the truck from (last friday) he rebuilt the engine 12000 miles ago. Which I do believe to be true as the truck runs really good, other than the sputtering at low RPM's. And doesn't smoke a bit. The truck has 249k miles on it.. I dont believe the 22r has near that many as it is too clean, no leaks, and did have impressive power for a 4 banger... before removing the butterflies. I was leaving my fiance in the dust on the way home with it everytime we were getting on the highway. She has an 01 V6 Toyota Solara
