To be 100% honest I have been too paranoid to take it off road yet. Today was meant to be the maiden voyage out to muriwai for a dune bash. I've been thinking of downsizing anyway, so look out for a swb prado on trademe shortly!

Hmmmm sounds awfully like what I have. It is definitely running on 3 cylinders now, rather than the random miss. I whipped the inter cooler off and couldn't see any leaking, but I know it doesn't take sweet fa for a miss to develop. Well it's off to the Workshop tomorrow, I don't want to start ...

Hey guys I have a 90 series auto prado with a rebuilt (80000kms ago) 1kzte. Engine has been running great until yesterday, had been running around yesterday, then parked up for half an hour to grab some bits. On the tide home (approx ten min drive) a misfire developed that got do bad that it felt ...

Hmmmmm, thanks for all the comments guys. Truck has sat in driveway for the last few weeks...looking awfully sad. Once I have had my wedding (and subsequent payment of said wedding!) I will look into the engine rebuild/replacement. Until then, I will keep scolling for ideas etc. Fitsy, you seem to ...

Hey guys, Thanks for all your comments-very helpful! I did as instructed and went through all the connections of what I had touched. I noticed the TPS plug wasnt 100% clipped on, and gave it a little push-'click'. Whilst I was at it, I decided to change the fuel filter, and check the timming marks ...

Forgot to add, it now has the "check Engine" light coming up, which wasnt present before I pulled the injectors.

I havent tried jumping the connectors for the code yet. Which pins am I meant to bridge?

Cheers

John

Hi everyone, relatively new to this so I will start with the basics: I recently bought a (cheap) 1996 Prado 1KZ-TE, SWB, Auto, 329kms, but with a mild knock that seemed to eminate from the block. After doing a bit of research I decided to eliminate the fuel system first, before pulling the entire ...