Hello All, only new to PP but have received wealth of info so far.
I have a 12/06 D4D manual Prado which I bought from new, I have not had any troubles with the car and have now 115000 alms on it. Have fitted snorkel, Uni filter, mandrel bent exhaust and DP chip. The car gets used as a daily run around, and also used for holiday trips.
The problem I am having is that on start up occasionally it puffs out a plume of grey smoke. So far I cannot figure out what is causing it. Have taken the car to local diesel injector place and they did diagnostics and said everything ok with pump/ injectors etc. It only seems to do it when the car is hot, but not every time you start it when its hot. Now here's the kicker, my sister has exactly the same prado but without all the mods and has done 180000klm, her car does the same thing but also stalls. I haven't done the timing belt yet but my sisters car has. My only other idea is the EGR, as I have read that they have a tendency to sludge up the intake manifold. I have had a few of the major services done at Toyota and the rest I have done myself regularly at 10k intervals. As the car is out of warranty I do not like taking it to Toyota as they always seem to charge heaps for little in return.
Any help on this matter would be muchly appreciated!!
I have a 12/06 D4D manual Prado which I bought from new, I have not had any troubles with the car and have now 115000 alms on it. Have fitted snorkel, Uni filter, mandrel bent exhaust and DP chip. The car gets used as a daily run around, and also used for holiday trips.
The problem I am having is that on start up occasionally it puffs out a plume of grey smoke. So far I cannot figure out what is causing it. Have taken the car to local diesel injector place and they did diagnostics and said everything ok with pump/ injectors etc. It only seems to do it when the car is hot, but not every time you start it when its hot. Now here's the kicker, my sister has exactly the same prado but without all the mods and has done 180000klm, her car does the same thing but also stalls. I haven't done the timing belt yet but my sisters car has. My only other idea is the EGR, as I have read that they have a tendency to sludge up the intake manifold. I have had a few of the major services done at Toyota and the rest I have done myself regularly at 10k intervals. As the car is out of warranty I do not like taking it to Toyota as they always seem to charge heaps for little in return.
Any help on this matter would be muchly appreciated!!
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