Hello,
im Ian and have an issue with an FJ70 I recently bought, its a 1990 2.4L turbo 2LT engine - round headlights 250,000kms, Im hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Im not by any means a mechanic, so please bear with if any of my descriptions sound novice.
Last weekend I drove approx 70kms and it started to lose power on the motorway, the turbo then kicked in I assume to compensate, I did not accelerate and not climbing, prior to losing power turbo wasnt on - at least the dash indicator was off, I was doing around 80kms-hr, i tend not to drive it beyond that.
T-Belt light and both turbo green and red came on, I shut the engine off and rolled to a stop on the slip road, opened the bonnet and she was cooking, to the degree that oïl build up on the gear box behind the engine was smoking a bit. Left it some time to cool and the rad was effectively empty, topped it up, fired it up and all seemingly OK for 20kms more, until it split the main rad hose and dumped everything on the tarmac, it split the hose on the lower section at the bottom of the rad.
Long story short I didnt drive it thereafter, and got home quite a few hours later on the back of a tow truck.
Theres 2 rad caps, one on the rad and a secondary a little higher to the right , Ive topped the rad up at home and the second higher cap is bubbling and the water dropping at a speed that is visual. There is a significant water leak coming from behind the pulley Wheel that drives the main engine fan behind the rad.
Ive not stripped the engine yet to ascertain any internal issues.
Let me know if you need any pics, and thanks in advance for any help or advice you can throw my way
All the best,
Ian
im Ian and have an issue with an FJ70 I recently bought, its a 1990 2.4L turbo 2LT engine - round headlights 250,000kms, Im hoping someone can point me in the right direction. Im not by any means a mechanic, so please bear with if any of my descriptions sound novice.
Last weekend I drove approx 70kms and it started to lose power on the motorway, the turbo then kicked in I assume to compensate, I did not accelerate and not climbing, prior to losing power turbo wasnt on - at least the dash indicator was off, I was doing around 80kms-hr, i tend not to drive it beyond that.
T-Belt light and both turbo green and red came on, I shut the engine off and rolled to a stop on the slip road, opened the bonnet and she was cooking, to the degree that oïl build up on the gear box behind the engine was smoking a bit. Left it some time to cool and the rad was effectively empty, topped it up, fired it up and all seemingly OK for 20kms more, until it split the main rad hose and dumped everything on the tarmac, it split the hose on the lower section at the bottom of the rad.
Long story short I didnt drive it thereafter, and got home quite a few hours later on the back of a tow truck.
Theres 2 rad caps, one on the rad and a secondary a little higher to the right , Ive topped the rad up at home and the second higher cap is bubbling and the water dropping at a speed that is visual. There is a significant water leak coming from behind the pulley Wheel that drives the main engine fan behind the rad.
Ive not stripped the engine yet to ascertain any internal issues.
Let me know if you need any pics, and thanks in advance for any help or advice you can throw my way
All the best,
Ian