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100 series problem

Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 8:51 pm
by tufftoy
Hey
i have a 100 series auto and it has a miss under load and is drinking fuel more than normal any idea's on were to start cheaking i serviced it just before this started thanks

Re: 100 series problem

Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:41 pm
by Willy Hilux
Mine has the same miss but not all the time. I changed spark plugs but still there. I'd say leads but I haven't changed them yet. They are only just over 12 months old and started happening when they were 10 months old.

About $170 a set. Spark plugs are about $12 each.

Re: 100 series problem

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 11:26 am
by tufftoy
thanks ,i just put new plugs in they have only done 3000km ,i spose i'm going to get a set of leads then

Re: 100 series problem

Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:41 pm
by popeyehj60
did it start doing when u changed the plugs.
did you wash the motor.
are the leads plugged on correctly.

Re: 100 series problem

Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 1:45 pm
by tufftoy
had done about 1500km on them ,i went to lithgow one weekend for a drive about two days after is when it started ,only hosed it down the next day,leads are fine its when you first take off it misses then clears .