black smoke

Hi... my 200 smokes black smoke, lots of black smoke. Mainly in kickdown. This week a diesel expert disconnected the hokum pipe in the intake manifold, the smoke remains, but no longer black. The injectors are fine. The turbo is fine. Two years ago we did soot cleaning 2 questions 1 Will...

Hey everyone! I have a 1996 Toyota Hilux LN112 with the 2LTE and A343F trans. About 220k km. I've owned this truck now for 10 months and it's been a journey. After reading on here I've implemented a lot of the reccommend upgrades/modifications. When I got the truck there was white smoke on cold...

Hi all First timer here. Haven’t got an LC yet, but looking at a few and hoping to buy one soon. Currently looking at a 2007 200 series 4.5TD that’s done around 400,000kms. Owner has mentioned servicing has been done at Toyota under his ownership, but he got the ECU remapped and so sometimes...

Hello friends, My truck has been sitting for about 18 months, but it was run for a half hour every month. I have been driving it as my daily for about a month now. I have been having some black smoke, well, it barfs black smoke on cold startup sometimes and my fuel economy has gone through the...

My non turbo 2L won't go higher then 3900RPM. If I push the pedal slightly higher it does not increase RPMs it instead just spews out black smoke. Would this be a dynamic timing issue? I've: Set factory static timing (1.06mm) New air filter Valve lash adjustment yelled at it hit it with my...

So I just had a thought, if you accidentally indexed the throttle lever on a rotary pump off a tooth, so you had to turn up the fuel to get it to idle, could that cause black smoke and a 'weird' feeling throttle pedal like it not being able to rev high enough even though the max stop is all the...

I've been driving my 2L around with the timing set to 0.94mm. Power is about what you can expect, need to gear down to take hills, black smoke if I bog down or floor it. I've been needing to use the glow plugs in 30C weather so I figured i'd set the timing again. I set the static timing to the...

Can anyone recommend me to a good diesel mechanic for a 76 BJ40 in the Colorado area? Need to look at some oil leaks and adjustment for fuel/air, because of higher elevation it seems to run rich. Ran great at lower elevation, moved 5000 feet higher and now sluggish and leaving more black smoke...

Hey y'all! I just bought a 3L Hilux (no turbo), recently imported from Japan, two weeks ago, it's my first diesel and I already made some mistakes. I was driving out to Colorado and ran out of fuel on the Penna Pike (4 miles from the non-gouging station, because I didn't know there was no tank...

Hello, I own a 1993 Hilux Surf SSR-X 2lt-e. I recently replaced the head (big surprise, I know) and now it starts very rough. When I first start it for the day it spews white smoke and idles very roughly for a minute or two. Once it is warmed up it consistently bellows black smoke. I assume...

Hi, Just completed a 4000km run over the last 7 days with my 1991 PZJ77. Mostly on highways and at speeds varying between 95 and 110km/h. I have an RTT and cargo carrier + 3 passengers. All was well until today when we encountered warmer temperatures (A/C full on) and started climbing slightly...

Hello I’ll intro myself I’m a virgin on this sort of thing I love my Toyota’s I have a bj42 80 fj75 Troopy 91 a hiace 97 and what should be my pride and joy vdj78 08 Troopy My nightmare started March 2017 almost a year now driving along and a thumping noise started stopped almost immediately a...

Noticed after my last fill up a puff of black smoke on startup or when I rev the motor. Could this be the diesel fuel or turbo lag. I've been watching the exhaust since purchase to see if there were any signs of issues. Idles fine, no issues with start up plenty of power through entire band. I...

HI I have just had quite a major Engine rebuild done on my 1979 BJ40. New pistons sleeves, new piston rings, new head, (ground) all new gaskets and seals. New pre-combustion chambers. All new pipes for the cooling system. And anything else that was worn or used was replaced. Since getting it...

I have a 1984 FJ60, desmogged following the instructions from this site (excellent by the way). I just installed a Trollhole carb, new plugs, cap, rotor and wires. I simply can't make this thing run right. The timing is dead on, decent compression (120 psi). It runs fair when I start it but...