Toyota Hilux Surf 2.4td Problem

[djdavecowell]

Hi,

I have found this forum indispensible before and once again I ask for help.

My hilux wont start - it turns over well, but there is no "spark" and over the past week there has been a cloud of black mess come out of the exhaust every time I start it. Also, when I used to be able to start it, it took a few revs to get the engine sounding right.

I was wondering if this was the injectors, or could it possibly be something more serious?

I hope not :)

Any help would be appreciated.

Dave

[Andy]

Sounds like you need a set of glow plugs, also have you checked for any loss of fluids, a bit more info would help, like when was it last serviced, have all filters been changed, including fuel filter.

[stevetubbyturbo]

i think that it will be a problem with your glow plugs and that over time they have slowly given up the ghost and thats why its been running lumpy and have taken a few revs and a get all cylinders to come into life.

check that all your glow plugs are working or the main fuse for the glow plugs has not blown.

[sandgroper]

"I was wondering if this was the injectors, or could it possibly be something more serious?"

Yes it could be low and/or uneven cylinder compression which can only be cured by a engine rebuild.

Try out the suggestions 1st . It could also be some kind of pump problem or bad injectors.