[mkiv] Car won't idle

[Marlon S]

Is there black smoke coming out of the exhaust? My car

wouldn't hold idle after an FMIC install. I had to
give it gas
to hold idle and black smoke was coming out of the
exhaust. Turns
out that I had a loose IC hose.

--- Marcelo Aguirre <maguirre at imowitz.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
>  
> 
> I'm still having the problem where my car won't stay
> ON (idle) unless I
> keep my foot on the gas.
> 
> The problem began when I started driving my car much
> less since I bought
> my 4Runner.
> 
> Then I started experience drainage of the battery so
> I had to boost the
> battery with my truck several times.
> 
> One day as the car was warming up after giving it
> boost, it died.  I
> turned it ON again and from this time on it would
> not idle.
> 
> Someone said that it could be the "timing sprocket",
> that I might need
> to replace.
> 
> I just wanted to run it by you guys before I do
> anything.
> 
> Do you guys think my alternator could have gone bad
> from all the
> draining/boosting??
> 
> Is it recommended to upgrade the alternator???  Or
> just replace it with
> an OEM one.
> 
>  
> 
> Any help will be appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Eventually I have to investigate the drainage of
> battery while the car
> is OFF.
> 
> But my priority is to get the car running again....
> I miss driving it.
> 
>  
> 
> TIA,
> 
>  
> 
> Marcelo
> 
> 97TT, 6spd
>  
>
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Marlon
'94 Supra TT A340E
'90 Celica GT 5spd


	
		
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