cold start

Been getting my 60 up to running condition, and lately I've noticed in the mornings when I go to start it (ambient temp around 40F most days), I get a somewhat subtle knock as it warms. It only does this once in the day, and it's usually gone by the time I'm ready to pull out of the driveway...

EDIT: Thank you everyone for the great advice! So, I tried looking for something that would answer my question, but I came up short. Two days ago I drove my '97...no problem. That night it dropped to 8 degrees (F) overall in Vancouver, WA and 6 degrees (f) at my place (I lve in a small valley...

Any ideas? I am suspecting idler pulley, and have ordered new ones and new belts. But it's a weird noise. It is only at cold start - and it goes away within around 15-20 seconds after start.

I started having this issue with my '01 LX recently. In the morning after sitting all night in colder weather ("cold" for Texas, 35-45 degrees) my LX will start but it has a habit now of having a delay between crank and the engine firing up. When I turn the key from the truck being off, the RPMs...

2000 100 series will not start on cold mornings when left overnight. I’ve got a new powerful battery, starter sounds strong, but vehicle won’t turn over. Somehow found out that if I rock truck or roll truck in neutral across rough ground, it will start and run rich for a bit then everything goes...

Thanks to this forum I decided to look for my cold start up tick by looking at my plugs. Found it! More than likely saved many $’s. I am not sure when the plugs were changed but all but 2 I would consider loose.

Hey all, I have a 2001 LC with 318,000 miles. Have owned for 4 years now and never had any issues with the Transmission. Over the past few weeks, I have had an intermittent issue when cold starting (seems to happen more when it has been sitting for a few days). I crank it and place it in...

Hi! I have a 2001 LC100 with about 165k. 5-10 seconds after start up, especially when the vehicle is cold, I am notice a particularly noxious exhaust smell in the cabin that has a little bit of a diesel exhaust smell (perhaps there is oil pooing in a cylinder as the vehicle sits). It seems to...

Hey guys, my FJ 62 has a real tough coldstart problem very low rpm will not stay running on a cold start anything colder than 40° out if I touch the gas, it chokes out and dies once it warms up after about five minutes it runs beautifully until it gets cold again and then it has the same issue...

Is my oil gauge normal on cold start? Also while driving it stays at the half mark till about 15-30mins of driving at settles right above the quarter mark. Is the oil too thick? Should I go with 0w-20?

Back story, I've had my 1988 FJ62 for about 3 years now. When I got it went on jack stands while I went through everything and cleaned it up. About a year or so ago it started having starting issues. It'll crank and crank just until you start questioning if it's actually going to start and then...

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I have this strange intermittent problem. Only has happened twice in the last month. On a cold start. The engine fires up, runs rough, all warning lights are on. I turn key off. Start again and runs normal ?.. I suspect maybe the ignition switch. I recently replaced the battery. Never...

So Guys I LOVE my FJ40 but VERY frustrated with my Intermittent Startup issues - hope you can help. A bit about my FJ40 - New Batery, Cables, Sparkplugs, Startup coil (Internal Resistor). - Stock Carb (to my knowledge) - Stock Distributor (to my knowledge) - Has the Evaporative Emissions...

Hi Mud, Recently I cleaned my throttle body and associated components on my ‘94 LC after my idle was all over the place. I also did the plugs/wires/etc. as they had not been done in sometime. After putting it all together, my high idle on a cold start (currently 15-20 degrees F in the morning...

I have a 1973 FJ40. I've had this rig for only about a week. I set out to lubricate the clutch cable. Now I can't figure out how to reattach the cable to the linkage. Part of my trouble is I can't see what I'm doing. I have the wire lubricated now and it slides nicely. I have secure the...

Hi all. Having some symptoms of something. It's a 2006. Here's a video cold starting this morning. A couple days ago I got a check engine light when I started it in the morning. Pulled the code P1445 that had to do with the Secondary Air Intake. I cleared the code and hasn't returned, but...

Ok, i have started having problems now that it is finally getting cold out here in the desert, but the weird thing is my folks 2001 Corolla is having loss of power and stalling at lights problem too. We had it running great thru the summer after lots of O2 sensor problems last winter. Mine is 83...

Anyone seen any deals or local add's for the Webasto Thermo Top C, 12V Diesel. Sometimes they come up locally up North that we don't see down here, Chicago. Looking for the complete kit and preferably new or newer. It's time to think about the cold weather starts, again...

Hi all! Searched and searched but couldn't find this same issue exactly, ran through emergency checklist procedures twice, throwing up the white flag before I have to take it to a shop and pay someone to figure it out, but it's my DD, and I can't keep going without a truck at really inopportune...