QuestionMy wife drove around yesterday with no problems at all, we switched seats without shutting off the motor and the symptons appeared about 5 minutes after I got behind the wheel.
The symptons: the car hesitates when I try to accelerate under 2000rpm. Over 2000, the car seems to run fine. If I come to a stop, it sometimes will idle roughly and sometimes die. I had the same symptons last year and I took it in to a Toyota dealer. New wires and a timing adjustment took care of it for the last year, but I am frustrated that it has returned. I checked under the hood and couldn't see any sparks from bad wires, so I am assuming the timing is off again, is this possible after only a year (distributor seems tight-no movement)?
Any advice or suggestions would be helpful. Thanks.
AnswerI don't think the timing is the problem unless the timing belt is worn and needs to be replaced.
There ar few other things that may cause this problem:
a cracked distributor cap or rotor
worn spark plugs
an intake air leak, make sure there are no cracks in the intake hoses from the air filter to the throttle body, this is quite common.
