Well so far I have found a reference to a ‘91 Tracker throttle body injector. Nothing yet on a ‘92 so far other than people selling one.. Later models are all port type injection (definitely by ‘96 but don’t know when they switched or even if there was a ‘Califoreignia’ version that was different.)
Basic difference that you will see is that a throttle body injector really does look like a carburetor and the fuel line would be connected to it along with an electrical wiring plug/whatever. (Typically need to remove air cleaner or whatever hose stuff goes to the carb-like device to see for sure what it looks like.)
On a port type injection there will be one dodad per cylinder (so 4 on your beast) and those four will have a fuel line that probably runs alongside or on top and branches into each injector. Each injector would have a wiring plugthing connected to it.. On a port type system there will also be a throttle type thing and it could be mounted on top, on the side, where ever they could stick it and it will have a throttle plate so looking into it it will look like a carburetor but there will be no fuel line going to this device. It’s function is to ‘control’ the air inflow and may or may not be included with the MAF (mass airflow sensor) but despite the look, it is not a carburetor or TBI if it has no fuel line going to it.
NnB said you mentioned smelling raw gas. I missed that. Do you smell that when you walk up to the car or only after you have tried to start it and it won’t?
Nothing on this truck looks like a carburetor.
The raw gas smell is evident only after I have started it and tried to start it a second time. And that raw gas smell disturbs me more than anything else.
It’s almost impossible to diagnose this problem online, and I realize that, but I do appreciate all the help that everyone has given me.
If nothing else, I can tell the mechanic what NOT to look for, if I ever get the money for the check-up for it.
Also just to make sure we’re still talking the same version of English, your problem is only after you have started and driven the car? (Meaning - when it’s warmed up..)
Or does it also not start after it sat over night also?
And - you mentioned parking on a hill so you could start it via the ol’ pop the clutch trick. Was that in conjunction with this issue or only when the starter was acting up? And if with the present issue, does it start when you do that? (’Cause that would really wander into a strange and mysterious land..)