Hi Guy's,
I'm a new prado owner, I picked myself up a 2005 3Lt TD 4 speed Auto with 115,000 klms on the clock about two weeks ago.
I found the forum to be excellent with heaps and heaps of info. The info on here helped sway me from buying pajero to a Prado.
I have driven it everyday until last weekend when it stayed in the carport for the weekend. When I started it on Monday morning it truned over for a little longer (sec and a half) and when it kicked it had a big puff of white smoke from the exhust pipe.
Since then i've noticed that it does it if the engine is cold, for example from about 8 am today until 1pm today. I assume this is unburnt fuel but I'm not 100%. (it could of been doing this the whole time and I haddn't noticed).
I've done 1000 Klms so far since I got it and it drives excellently and pulls very well, I've averaged 13lts per 100 klms so far. From the 1000Klms about 100 were in hi range 4X4 and 50 klms in Low range in the brindys, about 600 klms were at 115 klms on the freeway and the rest around town.
From reading the other posts on the forum this seems a little high, what do you guys think? (Also I'm no lead foot)
Do any of you guys know what the go is with the smoke? is it a problem?
Thanks John
I'm a new prado owner, I picked myself up a 2005 3Lt TD 4 speed Auto with 115,000 klms on the clock about two weeks ago.
I found the forum to be excellent with heaps and heaps of info. The info on here helped sway me from buying pajero to a Prado.
I have driven it everyday until last weekend when it stayed in the carport for the weekend. When I started it on Monday morning it truned over for a little longer (sec and a half) and when it kicked it had a big puff of white smoke from the exhust pipe.
Since then i've noticed that it does it if the engine is cold, for example from about 8 am today until 1pm today. I assume this is unburnt fuel but I'm not 100%. (it could of been doing this the whole time and I haddn't noticed).
I've done 1000 Klms so far since I got it and it drives excellently and pulls very well, I've averaged 13lts per 100 klms so far. From the 1000Klms about 100 were in hi range 4X4 and 50 klms in Low range in the brindys, about 600 klms were at 115 klms on the freeway and the rest around town.
From reading the other posts on the forum this seems a little high, what do you guys think? (Also I'm no lead foot)
Do any of you guys know what the go is with the smoke? is it a problem?
Thanks John
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