Recent content by rst277

Before I tried anything else, I though I would try Treadinglight's bleeding procedure since I had replaced the fuel filter and not properly bled the system. I figured that would be the place to establish a baseline, knowing that at that moment there is no air in the system. I followed the...

If anyone is really bored, the entire importation and build thread is on the garage journal forum. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/importing-a-truck-from-japan.555493/ Not sure if you need to ne a member to view. Thanks for all the help, it is truly appreciated.

The engine bogs down, runs rough and stumbles with the odd snort and fart with puffs of blue smoke on acceleration between 2k and 3k rpm.

Thank you so much - this is exactly the information I was looking for. I'm going to start at the fuel filter, make sure it is properly seated, replace the fuel lines and clamps and then bleed the system. Fingers crossed!

I call them pinch type as I pinch them to undo lol. Ok, I'll walk back on the screw clamps, now how to bleed the system without a bleeder screw? There are two bulges in the fuel filter housing that I bet are there for a bolt to be installed to bleed the system. I have considered drilling and...

I'm thinking of replacing the hoses, I never thought of that aspect of screw clamps. I will think on it. I was going to remove the fuel filter and confirm that the O ring is good / seated properly as well. Still not sure how to bleed the air out though.

I am planning to try the clear hose, I have some on hand. There is no bleeder screw on filter housing so how do I bleed the system?

I'd prefer white smoke as well but it is blue. I drove it back from Vancouver with these symptoms and the engine oil level did not move noticeably. I checked the plunger on the fuel filter Frinday and it was soft! So air in the system is part of the problem. I picked up some screw type hose...

I am thrilled by the truck and am looking forward to putting it to work. This truck only drove about 1500kms per year according to the annual safety sheets I found in the glove box but as a fire truck I could imagine it spending a lot of time idling to run the PTO. I think I will confirm there...

I imported this truck in March. It is the fire truck version with PTO. I drove it from Vancouver to Winnipeg and about 4 hours into the trip, the truck started running terrible, tons of blue smoke, bogging down, sputtering. I had just filled up the tank after running it almost empty so I...

2001 HZJ79 diesel, 35,000 kms. Truck is occasionally running rough, sputtering and giving off some blue smoke. This is more likely to happen when starting out for the day. I have cleaned the fuel tank, changed the filter, bled the air out of the system and run some injector cleaner through...