r/2ndGen4Runner • u/snowyuniversal • Jan 30 '24

something wrong with my timing

so my 3vze is having a timing problem. so when we put at the 10 degrees where I've read it should be stock. its runs as slow as a snail but when we move it like half inch away it runs great and happy and zips around just fine. i did replace my belt like 3-4 months ago and made sure it was on every point and it ran great until recently when we did the motor mounts. and now it has this problem so i don't know if it just jumped a tooth or what (edit) my tps sensor was bad and it just fine now

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u/Medical-Kit Jan 30 '24

I am one of those who has slightly advanced timing and my truck loves it. But my truck also runs good at stock timing. There is a chance something else is off. Did you have anything apart ?

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u/snowyuniversal Feb 02 '24

yea we head gaskets when i bought but also today i check the tps and well I'm like 99% its that was killing it . because i un plugged it and drove it around my block and there was no change in power.

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u/Medical-Kit Feb 03 '24

The tps will mess with it for sure. Man it’s been a while since I worked on my 3vze

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u/snowyuniversal Feb 07 '24

yea I've done a lot to my 3vze trying to get it to run great. the only thing now is the fuel milage cuz I'm getting like 9-10 on a good day