Hey everyone!
So excited for the Prado life! So my father in-law decided to trade up to a new prado so i thought I may as well take his old on off his hands. Which I got for a nice price! Only had one slight problem....... Yep bit noisy and blowing some white smoke in the morning and after been sitting for a while. So i cleaned out the shed and in she went. Off came the bash plate and out came the sump plug, started pulling the inter cooler etc i decided to drop the sump and there is was clear as day a very very dirty oil pick up. clean the carbon out of it! man i love carby cleaner! Then back up top and pulled some very very stubon injectors that were covered in carbon, gave them a nice clean and then set about cleaning the injector bores. removed the seals from the bores... Brass ones, now all clean, fit the new seal kit that i brough, put it all back together(including the oil pick up and sump), fired it up for the first time. Smoke everywhere!! To be expected with that much brake clean in the cylinders. Took it for a short drive and checked the oil no leaking fuel from the inlet pipes! Went out in the morning started with no problems at all and not a hint of smoke!
I am very happy with this vehicle thus far and look forward to putting alot of ks on it!
Thats my story so far, it came to me stock so looks like bullbar, lift kit etc and alot of other goodies.
Cheers Travis
Ballarat, Victoria
So excited for the Prado life! So my father in-law decided to trade up to a new prado so i thought I may as well take his old on off his hands. Which I got for a nice price! Only had one slight problem....... Yep bit noisy and blowing some white smoke in the morning and after been sitting for a while. So i cleaned out the shed and in she went. Off came the bash plate and out came the sump plug, started pulling the inter cooler etc i decided to drop the sump and there is was clear as day a very very dirty oil pick up. clean the carbon out of it! man i love carby cleaner! Then back up top and pulled some very very stubon injectors that were covered in carbon, gave them a nice clean and then set about cleaning the injector bores. removed the seals from the bores... Brass ones, now all clean, fit the new seal kit that i brough, put it all back together(including the oil pick up and sump), fired it up for the first time. Smoke everywhere!! To be expected with that much brake clean in the cylinders. Took it for a short drive and checked the oil no leaking fuel from the inlet pipes! Went out in the morning started with no problems at all and not a hint of smoke!
I am very happy with this vehicle thus far and look forward to putting alot of ks on it!
Thats my story so far, it came to me stock so looks like bullbar, lift kit etc and alot of other goodies.
Cheers Travis
Ballarat, Victoria
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