Hi everybody, i am new to this site and new to 4wd ownership.
I have just bought myself a 2001 patrol ute, 4.2l td with 250k on the clock. I am having troubles with it starting though.
in the morning when its dead cold the thing has trouble starting. i glow it 3 or 4 times and it makes no difference. once it starts it runs rough and hunts between 600 and 1000 rpm and blows white smoke. while it is carrying on like this, you can accellerate manually to 900 rpm and the hunting goes away, if you back off the accellerator though it continues to carry on.
once its been run you can start and stop it all day with no dramas. this problem is only during the initial startup. i have just put a new set of glow plugs in it but that didnt change anything. it still suffers from the same dramas. any ideas or help would be welcome. thanks.
RE: problems starting -
Posted on 20-08-2008 20:10