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I have a 1995 Toyota Avalon XLS V6 with 158K miles ...
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I have a 1995 Toyota Avalon XLS V6 with 158K miles on it. It sat for 4 months then I charged up the battery and it started and idles fine. My girlfriend took it out of town and noticed at higher rpm (2200+) the engine would gag, and sputter as if it was loosing power. The air filter is clean. Since getting the car running again we have cycled at least one tank of gas through it but we have yet to see any change. This moring, it wouldn't start, then after an hour or so it started just fine. Any ideas?

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February 28 12:01 PM (17 minutes and 3 seconds later)
         
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You may want to check the fuel filter. Any rust that may have accumulated in the tank from having the same level of fuel (and possibly water) will have been pumped through to the fuel filter. If the fuel filter gets plugged you will see a problem at higher rpms. or when accelerating harder. I would change the filter out with a new one and see if it runs any better.

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February 28 1:41 PM (1 hour and 39 minutes and 29 seconds later)
         
Reply to autodoc_2000's Post: I winterized the car before I let it sit. I replaced all the filters (fuel, air, pvc, oil) before my girlfriend went on her trip. Any other ideas, oh, and its not throwing any codes. I verified that the check engine light works. Thanks
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February 28 3:07 PM (1 hour and 26 minutes and 44 seconds later)
         
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Its possible something may have crawled up into your exhaust system and made a nest partially restricting your exhaust. I don't know if you have ever driven a vehicle where the catalytic converter plugs up, but it will act similar. Since it is winter time you could have any small animal crawl up there and make a nest to keep warm. If you have a vacuum gauge you can hook it up to a vacuum line at the engine and take you r vacuum reading and drive it to see if the vacuum reading drops at all. If the reading drops there is either a restriction in the exhaust or in the intake system.

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