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1990 Toyota Pickup Engine won't idle without A/C on.

Tiny
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  • 1990 TOYOTA PICKUP
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
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  • 180,000 MILES
Whenever the A/C is off, my 1990 Toyota P/U with a 22RE engine will not idle. It dies almost immediately. With the A/C on, it will idle but not as smoothly as it should. It runs fine other than when stopped at idle.
Monday, August 31st, 2009 AT 12:28 PM

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Tiny
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Hi there,

Have the base idle checked, as I feel it is way to low, when the A/C is on the idle up that compensates for the A/C load on the engine will step up the idle and this is what may be keeping it going, check this out first.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Monday, August 31st, 2009 AT 6:39 PM

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