This is getting very annoying.

As some of you may know, I recently bought a 95 TS wagon. Now, it's always had a problem with miss-firing, and it is by no means constant.

It ONLY happens when specific factors are combined. Going up hill (so it's under some load), maintaining a constant speed (usually around 80kph), not accelerating at all, just maintaining the speed.

The annoying part is, I've just spent $800 on the damn thing getting it serviced, and assorted other items replaced (ISC motor, regulator).

Here's the clincher. When I first got it serviced, they had disconnected the battery due to an "air block" code, and they rebuilt the throttle body. Fine says I. However, it continued to stall multiple times on startup (ISC motor) and it had lost a bucketload of power, and it was STILL missing. The reduction in power was immediate, but it didn't start missing for a week or so.....

So, I took it back. They replaced the ISC motor and the regulator (battery light kept randomly coming on) and I asked about the missing. I was told that it could be because of the dud regulator, as voltage fluctuations could be messing with the computer. Anywho, they had disconnected the battery again, which reset everything.

Now, after a week of it purring like a kitten (whilst the computer worked out it's tolerances), with lots of power, it's missing again :mad: Exactly as it always has.

Anyone got some idea's? Because it's so intermittent, and only happens under specific circumstances, I can see that this might well cost me a fortune to fix.

I had a TS with exactly the same problem. After replacing everything but the distributor cap, it turned out to be...you guessed....the distributor cap. The distributor cap looked fine but it was the cause of all the grief.

Don't know if it will fix it, but it's relatively cheap anyway.


Just as an afterthought, my business partner has just spent $600 trying to get his landcruiser fixed after experiencing much the same problems as you describe. After all the expense it turned out to be an $80 condenser he could have fitted himself.

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Have you found it yet? :cool: :badgrin:

I am new to this forum and have a 1995 TS V6. Same problem exactly. Any luck solving it?
Hoping to contribute to this forum in the future. My speciaties are computers, software and electronics so anyone with probles in these areas are welcome to contact me.

change your sparkys, distributer cap and spark leads, then if it still does it then i dont know

yeah most likely the spark plugs, had that problem with another car, it was thte spark plugs

It'll be the dissy cap...... happens to most TS/KS...... easy and quick, around $75 for the cap though. I'd also recommend replacing your rotor while you're there too.....

TS V6 missing? Tried looking under the bonnet?


/me waits for groans