So this problem showed up a few months ago and I am lost.. I have a bone stock 84 runner with a 22r and stock carb. I jumped in and like always it fires right up, I let it warm up before taking off get a few miles from home and it will die and it sounds like it is coughing through the air filter housing and I can smell a slight hint of gas. So first and easy thing I did was to change the fuel filter after making sure all my vacuum lines were hooked up. Now there are some vacuum lines that go nowhere but they have been like that since I bought the truck 6+ months ago and this problem recently showed up. Now when the truck dies it takes a minute of cranking it and it will fire right up but just die a few minutes later. Now it died on my today I get it home and have it sitting out front running while I move my cars around to get it into the garage and it died I finish moving cars jump in it and it fires right up. I am getting ready to go out and check all my grounds and any other wire I can find if it is not that what else could it be? Fuel pump looks to be fairly new how often do they go bad? Any and all help would be appreciated.
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84 runner dies at random???
- Thread starter Lunnzz
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right after it dies check for spark! I think it might be a coil or igniter.....but as a rule of thumb you need compression, fuel and spark to have a engin run. start with the simple things first
you know compression is good and you changed fuel filter so check for spark..... it has to be one of those three things. If it always fires right back up after you left it sit then it could be fuel but if the pump was going out you wouldn't smell unburnt fuel like you would if the spark went away. just my .02.....good luck!How about the igniter? I had one go bad on my 85 22r with similar problems. I've been told over and over that they don't go bad but mine sure as hell did...
