I have a 91 ES250 with 125,000 mi, and I have absolutely no power. I have checked all of the obvious culprits, timing, fuel pressure, flow, compression and computer codes. All check out. This is how bad it is, yesterday I got spanked by a beat up Nissan Sentra. My driveway is gravel and I can't even get the tires to spin from a stand still. I just replaced the transmission, it was a used one but I checked it out and it looked great. It was from a Wrecked Camry with 73,000 mi on the odometer. Here's one of the other problems, if I move the gear selector into 2 nothing happens. If I pull it into 1 it will shift into second gear. I checked the shift cable and there are no problems. The transmission shifts seamlessly, it goes through every gear. I had the same problem with the orignal transmission, but I thought that it was because the transmission was going bad. New trans same problem. I do have a theory although it may be flawed as I have no idea how the system works. I was reading the FSM for the transmission and it explains a system that retards the timing when the transmission shifts to make the shifts smoother. Is there a possibility that this system may be malfunctioning? I'm just looking for suggestions on what to look at next. I'm at a loss. Oh yea I forgot to mention that my fuel mileage is about 16 mpg on the highway. Please help before I have to shoot it. :cries:
Thanks,
Neil