[Richard Knapp]

Dealer and others could not diagnose the intermittent 2002 Highlander stalling. This car is a 2002 four cylinder Highlander with 170,000 mostly highway miles with all home DIY maintenance. After reading the various reports and suggestions by others in Tundra we developed a solution that should prove very simple and effective. Simply removed the air inlet tube at the carburetor body (only) setting it inches aside for access to the carburetor throat and throttle plate value. With my wife at the started key and no foot on the accelerator I had her crank the engine as I sprayed in Carburetor fluid in short bursts in the black rectangular hole just over the throttle plate valve located in the carburetor throat. So the engine vacuum pulled the cleaner though and burned the junk. Since then all is well with no parts expense or real labor.