Landcruiser Diesel Fuel problems
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 9:09 am
Hi All,
Trying to point a frien of my wife's in the right direction with some problesms she is having with what I think is a 13bt 1989 Landcruiser ( its a bit tricky trying to get all of the info)
I have pasted below her exact description of the problem - I think its only related to turning off the motor ?
How does the motor turn off when you turn off the key ? Is there a fuel stop / shut off solenoid somewhere ?
Cheers,
Pete
[i]Okay – keep in mind I am a girl and have no idea about cars –so this is my best description …. This has only happened twice in 3mths – when the car is idling after driving a short distance there is a ‘metalic’ sound to the running, nothing too obvious – it all happens when I turn the ignition off!! It’s like it cant turn off and keeps trying to ‘connect’ it’s not like a chugging sound that I had with a car once – it’s very metallic (almost like when you accidentally turn the key when the car is already running) anyway this time it went of for quite some time and sort of smoke came out the top of the bonnet (not on fire smoke??) when the car finally shut itself off I checked under bonnet and under car – no leakage etc left it off for 40mins then tried to start – started first time no worries – but …. A HUGE black smoke cloud puffed out the back!!! (tad embarrassing I was at the supermarket) after the big puff it more or less stopped so I backed out and drove slowly down an alley to see what it did – it was fairly ‘smokey’ then smoke stopped and ran as normal so I drove slowly home – battery light charged, turbo light still going, temperature stayed same (new radiator), oil levels all good (oil/filter change 1,000k ago and always done regularly)[/i]
Trying to point a frien of my wife's in the right direction with some problesms she is having with what I think is a 13bt 1989 Landcruiser ( its a bit tricky trying to get all of the info)
I have pasted below her exact description of the problem - I think its only related to turning off the motor ?
How does the motor turn off when you turn off the key ? Is there a fuel stop / shut off solenoid somewhere ?
Cheers,
Pete
[i]Okay – keep in mind I am a girl and have no idea about cars –so this is my best description …. This has only happened twice in 3mths – when the car is idling after driving a short distance there is a ‘metalic’ sound to the running, nothing too obvious – it all happens when I turn the ignition off!! It’s like it cant turn off and keeps trying to ‘connect’ it’s not like a chugging sound that I had with a car once – it’s very metallic (almost like when you accidentally turn the key when the car is already running) anyway this time it went of for quite some time and sort of smoke came out the top of the bonnet (not on fire smoke??) when the car finally shut itself off I checked under bonnet and under car – no leakage etc left it off for 40mins then tried to start – started first time no worries – but …. A HUGE black smoke cloud puffed out the back!!! (tad embarrassing I was at the supermarket) after the big puff it more or less stopped so I backed out and drove slowly down an alley to see what it did – it was fairly ‘smokey’ then smoke stopped and ran as normal so I drove slowly home – battery light charged, turbo light still going, temperature stayed same (new radiator), oil levels all good (oil/filter change 1,000k ago and always done regularly)[/i]
