Code po325 keeps popping up

1998 TOYOTA TACOMA
293,000 MILES • 2.4L • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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Poor gas mileage and lack of power when po325 shows.
Jan 29, 2018 at 1:52 PM
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Given the mileage, a good suspect is a stretched timing chain. That will cause low power, and if it is slapping against the housing, the knock sensor will pick that up as spark knock. You can see this on a scanner as the engine computer keeps retarding spark timing, or the timing is bouncing around.
Jan 29, 2018 at 2:29 PM
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Thanks for the helpful information. i will check the timing components.
Jan 29, 2018 at 2:56 PM
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Keep me informed of your progress. I will get another expert involved if that becomes necessary.
Jan 29, 2018 at 3:51 PM
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could you tell me the location of the knock sensor?
Jan 29, 2018 at 4:00 PM
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Hope you can read this. It gets too blurry if I try to expand it too much.
Jan 29, 2018 at 4:56 PM