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1993 Toyota Pickup SR4 3vze Auto Rough Idle / Stalling low RPM

I have a 1993 Toyota pickup with the 3.0 automatic and sitting at 248K, the head gasket went out a month ago. I tore it down replace the head gasket rebuild the heads also added some headers to get rid of the cross over pipe. While I was there the rusty EGR bolts broke so I deleted the EGR, capped my vacuum hoses and smoke tested. The truck runs pretty smooth driving down the road maybe a little hesitation but barely noticeable, but at low rpms it lops like a cam and sometimes even stalls. I've checked timing, maf sensor, oxygen sensor, idle air control valve. My only conclusion is I pulled each wire to the distributor cap my results the rpm changed on every coil but 1 and 3 did not change as much as the rest (I replaced my wires, plugs and injectors).


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Do a compression test.


@chucktobias Ill do a compression test tomorrow, but you think low compression can cause it to run rough low rpm but great high rpm?


The effect could be masked at higher rpm. Until you check the compression you don't know the internal health of that 32-year-old high mileage engine.


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