Aeroelastic
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Just thought i will share. My Prado started to struggle to fire up few weeks back when the weather got a bit colder, thought was the glow plug so check voltage to buzz bar on ignition on, Yes voltage appears for 15second.
Was a bit puzzled but kept using the car, until the starting get worse, as long as i stopped the engine for more than 10-15mins, it will take a few seconds crank to fire up. With warm engine.
Got under the car and followed the fuel line to the tank, saw the following: circled is the fuel delivery line from top of diesel tank to engine.
Primer in engine bay also go soft after engine stopped.
Bit the bullet and ordered a new fuel pick up from Roughtrax for £59. Toyota wanted £108+VAT. Shocking.
Drop the tank but still wasn’t 100% sure if that pipe was the culprit. Took a bit of effort to remove the tank due to rusty bolts. Tank down;
And new pick up installed:
Putting the tank back is a struggle as i work on the ground (no lift), but with my teens son help managed to get it back. 2 learning points:
1. Line up the fuel filler tube (the big one you fill diesel in) while lifting the tank in place as it is a hard line, No adjustment. We managed to bolt the tank strap back then realised that this hard pipe was out of alignment with the steel section coming down from the filler hole. Drop tank again!
2. Get longer bolts for the fuel straps, these are a pig to thread back in as the straps moved/bent slightly. Use the longer bolt to thread the strap in, tighten the bolt so strap is up against chassis, then loosen and replace with the original shorter bolt.
Dip the rusty pipe into a bucket of water and blow one end and block the other, voila, bubbles appear at rust area in my first photo, cant tell by just looking at the pipe.
Just some sharing if you need to do yours.
Car fires up first crank now.
Was a bit puzzled but kept using the car, until the starting get worse, as long as i stopped the engine for more than 10-15mins, it will take a few seconds crank to fire up. With warm engine.
Got under the car and followed the fuel line to the tank, saw the following: circled is the fuel delivery line from top of diesel tank to engine.
Primer in engine bay also go soft after engine stopped.
Bit the bullet and ordered a new fuel pick up from Roughtrax for £59. Toyota wanted £108+VAT. Shocking.
Drop the tank but still wasn’t 100% sure if that pipe was the culprit. Took a bit of effort to remove the tank due to rusty bolts. Tank down;
And new pick up installed:
Putting the tank back is a struggle as i work on the ground (no lift), but with my teens son help managed to get it back. 2 learning points:
1. Line up the fuel filler tube (the big one you fill diesel in) while lifting the tank in place as it is a hard line, No adjustment. We managed to bolt the tank strap back then realised that this hard pipe was out of alignment with the steel section coming down from the filler hole. Drop tank again!
2. Get longer bolts for the fuel straps, these are a pig to thread back in as the straps moved/bent slightly. Use the longer bolt to thread the strap in, tighten the bolt so strap is up against chassis, then loosen and replace with the original shorter bolt.
Dip the rusty pipe into a bucket of water and blow one end and block the other, voila, bubbles appear at rust area in my first photo, cant tell by just looking at the pipe.
Just some sharing if you need to do yours.
Car fires up first crank now.
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