Hi guys,

Just a quick question thats worrying me. Today i was sat in my surf sorting out my heater and i had the car idling. All was ok and i didnt hear anything, but when i got out and walked behind the surf to go in my garage i noticed a big line of black dust that had sprayed out from the exhaust. I touched it and it was dry, except a few spots that were a "little" oily. Is this a problem ? i have never noticed it before and i didnt notice it after. I reved it a few times to see if anything else came out but nothin did.

Matt

(P.S My surf is a 2.4 Turbo Diesel if this helps at all )

 

That black powder is unburnt diesel.

Something that most people on this forum wouldn;y know about as they run petrol engines.

I wouldn't worry too much, most diesel engines will "soot up" when idling, check your air filter isn't too dirty.

If your engine is black smoking badly when driving under load (going up hill or towing) then the injectors could need servicing.

hope this helps.

Kerr

 

I sure would like to see a picture of the 3.0 diesel engine bay.

Anyone?

Jay

 

Jay,

I've got some pics of my engine bay on my computer at work.

I'll update my website with them tommorrow morning

MY SITE

Its a bit dirty because they were taken after a days offroading

I'll also try and post some cleaner pics later on in the day.

Regards

Kerr

 

ok cheers Ker. BTW i like the pic under your name :p hope that isnt you lol

Matt

 

Of course its me

visit here My Site to see more off roading pics

Regards

Kerr

 

Ah ha the big pics clearer The small one looks like you in a big puddle :p

 

2 seconds later the front wheels were in the air!

But the camera missed that!!

Kerr

 

If i took my surf anywhere like that it would prob end up on its back :p

Matt

 

You'll be suprised with some decent A/T tyres on you can allmost anywhere.

The only problem you get with the 4Runner is its length it tends to ground out a bit

Kerr

 

Hey Jay,
here's a writeup of my trip to Japan. I've got a picture of the engine bay of a turbo diesal surf, with functional hood scoop.

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/show...threadid=1428&

Steve