Topic: my 85 runner

[thehipy]

my 85 runner does run but not very good.   ran fine then someone stole the batteri out of it and now not very good.   any ideas in chico,   cali.   need help.

[crawlerdad]

All that changed was the the battery?

[83 Crawler]

theres not much to work with...

[thehipy [OP]]

ran good then the batterie had been stolen at night.      now it's really shaky and smells like gas.  please help.

[fs620]

did it sit for a while after the tweeker borrowed your battery?
maybe the mass air is stuck making it sputter and run rich and smell like gas

iv had that happen

[crawlerdad]

Could try some fuel stabilizer?

[axled89]

was this your daily driver??     maybe they broke something rippin it out of there.

[axled89]

maybe they cut a fuel hose or something.   

[Thomas P]

 

 

[Travis H]

when they pulled your battery did they mess up any of the grounds? x2 need pics plus your in chico so thats cool.

[ajordan1975]

 

[Plekto]

Yeah I was going to suggest that as well - they might have yanked it out hard and tore up the harness or just purposely yanked stuff loose - like the little hoses and such that go to the TPS and smog and so on just to mess with you.

[thehipy [OP]]

the tps. what is this you speak of.

[ajordan1975]

Throttle position sencor

[Travis H]

did you have a red top optima?
this ad just seems a little weird  http://chico.craigslist.org/pts/1460778638.html

[Travis H]

the tps. what is this you speak of.

its located on the side of the throttle body has a plug going into it. there are also some vacumn hoses going into the top of the throttle body.

[thehipy [OP]]

hey guys thanks for the quick response to the thread.   the batt. was just a black schwabs batt. and the tps. thing is somthing i hope to have a nice guy from chico look at.    i hope.