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   scott wrote:   
   > Hi everyone,   
   >   
   > Ok so I have a 99 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 3.4 liter engine with 143,000   
   > miles on it. Everything is going just fine, I am out driving around in   
   > the snow and almost home when all of a sudden, loss of power and the   
   > engine is slugish and slow to rev up. If it revs to far it tries to   
   > stall. When it idles it is rough like the coils died, again. So being   
   > in Asheville, Nc with all this snow the town is shut down. Finally i   
   > get Autozone and they have one coil. I figure I can swpa it around and   
   > find the bad coil and be back up. No luck there. So I am stuck, do all   
   > three coils go bad at once or could there be another problem? Any help   
   > is appreciated.   
   >   
   > Thanks,   
   >   
   > Scott..   
      
   Codes! OBDII codes!   
   Do you have access to an OBDII scan tool?   
   It's all in the codes, Scott.   
   What do you mean, "again"?   
   How did you diagnose the previous "bad coil"?   
   Be careful about throwing new parts at it; gets $pendy quick!   
   Offhand, it sounds like a bad throttle position sensor.   
   But, the codes tell all.   
   Get a scan tool!   
      
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