Surging

Asked by SNKY50 Jul 30, 2015 at 04:16 PM about the 2006 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner V6 4dr Access Cab SB with manual

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 06 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner SR5 V6 Manual,
Recently i have noticed the following symptoms:
truck runs like it running out of gas.
Idols a little ruff
When passing no power - pedal to the floor
Intermittent issue - after turning off engine and re-start symptoms seem to go away
briefly.
truck has over 200,000 - mostly highway miles

i appreciate your help and direction

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firebird338 answered 8 years ago

Check air filter and clean throttle body replace fuel filter if have not done so in a while add fuel injector cleaner to gas tank and use the middle grade or high test gas to help clean out the gum and carbon build up. Tune will not either if have not done so already

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