Beau
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Hi everyone, I've got a strange starting problem on my cruiser (90 series with the 1KTZT-E). So here goes...
Whether it be hot or cold, it would take a good amount of cranking for her to fire. I would average around 6 seconds of cranking, which is a lot in my book. One time it took twice as much. Once started the idles smoothly and drives as normal. I took her for a quick spin to walmart and did some shopped. 20 minutes later, I was cranking in periods of 5 seconds about 5 times before she finally fired. Anyway, I drove back on the motorway this time to see if she would struggle. Got up to 90 well and held it around there. I felt a miss at one point as if the engine took in a gulp of air. If I shut the engine off and start it back within 5 seconds, she'll start pretty much on two cranks. Any longer than half a minute requires a bit more and then after a few minutes it gets worse...You get the point! So, I've done the following so far...
- Looked at fuel lines and repaired anything that looked bad.
- Checked glow plug relay, circuit and actual plugs (I removed them, and bench tested them)
- put clear hose lines on inlet and return line. Originally I saw bubbles being sucked in and exiting. I ran it straight bypassing the fuel filter housing and no bubbles on inlet and pretty clear on the outlet. (Occasional small bubble) After this, I really thought I had fixed/found the problem but still no difference.
- Strong batteries and engine turns over well.
- I had a spare Injector pump (New) so swapped this over but same problem persist.
I'll be checking the compression tomorrow to see if that's below where it should be, but other than that, does anyone have any ideas? I'm a bit stumped!
Beau
Whether it be hot or cold, it would take a good amount of cranking for her to fire. I would average around 6 seconds of cranking, which is a lot in my book. One time it took twice as much. Once started the idles smoothly and drives as normal. I took her for a quick spin to walmart and did some shopped. 20 minutes later, I was cranking in periods of 5 seconds about 5 times before she finally fired. Anyway, I drove back on the motorway this time to see if she would struggle. Got up to 90 well and held it around there. I felt a miss at one point as if the engine took in a gulp of air. If I shut the engine off and start it back within 5 seconds, she'll start pretty much on two cranks. Any longer than half a minute requires a bit more and then after a few minutes it gets worse...You get the point! So, I've done the following so far...
- Looked at fuel lines and repaired anything that looked bad.
- Checked glow plug relay, circuit and actual plugs (I removed them, and bench tested them)
- put clear hose lines on inlet and return line. Originally I saw bubbles being sucked in and exiting. I ran it straight bypassing the fuel filter housing and no bubbles on inlet and pretty clear on the outlet. (Occasional small bubble) After this, I really thought I had fixed/found the problem but still no difference.
- Strong batteries and engine turns over well.
- I had a spare Injector pump (New) so swapped this over but same problem persist.
I'll be checking the compression tomorrow to see if that's below where it should be, but other than that, does anyone have any ideas? I'm a bit stumped!
Beau