Rob Johnson
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Hi Folks,
Happy New year to all.
Question is pretty much as the title, The past couple of weeks my 3.0td 95 (1997 Prado) has been smelling really strongly of diesel after start up and for the first few miles. It seems to go away but this could be me either getting used to the smell or the fumes affecting my small brain.
Also, I used it yesterday after a week or so of standing on the drive and it really struggled to start, taking a few attempts, when it eventually did start it seemed to miss a little for a few seconds then pick up, there was also a lot of smoke which quickly returned to normal as the engine picked up!!
It is normally an 'on the button' starter and although it was cold and had stood a week, it would normally fire on the first click with no smoke or anything.
Any pointers or ideas would be gratefully received?
Cheers
Rob
Happy New year to all.
Question is pretty much as the title, The past couple of weeks my 3.0td 95 (1997 Prado) has been smelling really strongly of diesel after start up and for the first few miles. It seems to go away but this could be me either getting used to the smell or the fumes affecting my small brain.
Also, I used it yesterday after a week or so of standing on the drive and it really struggled to start, taking a few attempts, when it eventually did start it seemed to miss a little for a few seconds then pick up, there was also a lot of smoke which quickly returned to normal as the engine picked up!!
It is normally an 'on the button' starter and although it was cold and had stood a week, it would normally fire on the first click with no smoke or anything.
Any pointers or ideas would be gratefully received?
Cheers
Rob