thanks for all of your help, kbushnz, alas the manual differs quite a lot from my model i have managed to source the problem, it turned out to be a capacitor on the ECU had spewed its guts over the circuit board, corroding and causing flash over........ fresh capacitor, clean all the carbon off, re ...

Read recently on another forum a guy was having similar problems as you, turned out he had a dodgy relay in with the main fuses under the bonnet http://toyotasurf.asn.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24762 sounds like the same problem, my main problem is that this is a jap import, kz71 with the 1kz engine ...

Thanks for the quick replies. i have checked the battery terminals, all seems good. have disconnected every visible plug under the bonnet and checked for corrosion. tonight ive checked the fuse box (in drivers foot well) and cannot find anything wrong. it does not have an alarm or turbo timer ...

Hi all, i have a problem with my prado which has me completly baffled and i am hoping someone far wiser than myself can offer some help... Scenario.....: starts and runs sweet, (glow plug light stays on though) after aprox 1 mile the engine cuts out . restarts fine then cuts out. etc. have bridged ...