Recent content by dpiedade

Yeah, he did pull the injectors and had them cleaned and calibrated, but he told me I should change the nozzles and I didn't. I'll check plugs + IP timing + fuel lines before checking the injector gaskets. The mechanic says its either glow plugs or compression, thats the most likely in his...

GTS, I'm checkingy plugs asap. I'm also going to try and check for air getting into the fuel lines, could be my oem primer. Rosco, the cold start problem wasn't there before tge rebuild, at least it wasn't noticeable. The only time I had a start problem was in the summer when I parked the car...

Hello! I've been reading a lot recently about all the 2LT misfires on cold starts, but I haven't found a case quite like mine. I just had my IP rebuilt along with injectors cleaned and tuned. The injector guy told me one of the injectors wasn't misting the fuel as well as it should, so I...

Ok, I'll try to snap a few more pics of the engine bay and filter assembly as soon as possible. Still wondering about the other disconnected part, maybe it's what roscoFj73 said, I'll try to confirm on the repair manuals. Thanks guys

But with the old valve cover and a manual pump?

Tried to find that, but couldn't. I'll try to look better tomorrow!

Here go the engine photos: The fuel pump: Then, there are this two things where I can't understand whats happening as there are disconnected tubes. This one (maybe its the EGR removal??): And this thing, that is bolted to the side of the engine bay: Thank you...

I took a few photos to try and aid the more knowledgeable minds help me figure this out. Ok, so, lets start from the obviously stated on the photos, the 2L-TE Engine badge. I would just assume its a normal 2L-TE if I hadn't read multiple times the 2L-TE derives from the 2LT2, and that both have...

Hi everyone! I've been reading this forum for a while now, but this is my first post. I'm form Portugal and have recently bought a BJ73 which has a transplanted Toyota engine (originally it had a VM 2.5 Turbodiesel engine) After a lot of research, I came to the conclusion I just can't figure...