Hello fellow cruisers, I'm hoping I can get an idea of what is happening with
my '87 FJ-60. Intermittently at start-up I will hear a "poof" sound
(sometimes two sounds) from the area under the glove box. Also, there is a gunpowder like smell that accompanies the sound. It does not smell like exhaust. I've looked for a relay or something else electrical and found nothing burned- in fact it sounds like a valve opening. Again, this only seems to happen when the engine is cranking over (maybe somehow related to engine compression). I've tried searching the forums and found nothing close to describing what is happening.
Thanks for the help...
my '87 FJ-60. Intermittently at start-up I will hear a "poof" sound
(sometimes two sounds) from the area under the glove box. Also, there is a gunpowder like smell that accompanies the sound. It does not smell like exhaust. I've looked for a relay or something else electrical and found nothing burned- in fact it sounds like a valve opening. Again, this only seems to happen when the engine is cranking over (maybe somehow related to engine compression). I've tried searching the forums and found nothing close to describing what is happening.
Thanks for the help...