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davland · 06-27-2003, 02:07 PM

My RAV4 is acting funny and the check engine light came on yesterday. When I am starting the car cold (after being off for more than an hour), I will turn the key, the starter engages the engine and the engine starts but immediately fails if I don't give it gas to keep the revolutions above 1000. If I keep applying gas for the first couple of minutes that the car is running, the problem goes away and the idle works. I know it's not the idle or timing because that works fine after a couple of minutes of driving. My Haynes manual suggests that it is either a gasket/ vacuum leak in the manifold, a fault in the fuel line, or a fault with the fuel injectors.

There you go. Who will take a bite? Any advice?

06-27-2003, 02:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
davland Upright Location: California Central Coast	Gasket question My RAV4 is acting funny and the check engine light came on yesterday. When I am starting the car cold (after being off for more than an hour), I will turn the key, the starter engages the engine and the engine starts but immediately fails if I don't give it gas to keep the revolutions above 1000. If I keep applying gas for the first couple of minutes that the car is running, the problem goes away and the idle works. I know it's not the idle or timing because that works fine after a couple of minutes of driving. My Haynes manual suggests that it is either a gasket/ vacuum leak in the manifold, a fault in the fuel line, or a fault with the fuel injectors. There you go. Who will take a bite? Any advice?