Black Exhaust

[00ganja]

my surf is a '91 2.4 diesel. I put the new head on it bout 4 months ago. But it tends to have really dark exhaust fumes when first starting her up. Like so bad that there is a black patch of diesel / exhaust on the ground from starting it once. And it stutters quite a bit untill the engine is warm. Any ideas ? thanx

[dieselboy]

my surf is a '91 2.4 diesel. I put the new head on it bout 4 months ago. But it tends to have really dark exhaust fumes when first starting her up. Like so bad that there is a black patch of diesel / exhaust on the ground from starting it once. And it stutters quite a bit untill the engine is warm. Any ideas ? thanx

wait for the glow plug light to go out, and then continue waiting for the beep before cranking it over
see if that helps

aint it cold in canada? mine stutters a little on derv if its cold anyway. im getting glow plugs as i think they are a little worn (on mine anyway)

[00ganja]

it is cold up here but the smoking has always been. Thanx for the advice but I do wait for the glow plug light to turn off as well till the noise thing comes on before I start the engine.

[sledge]

have you done the ERG mod

[00ganja]

Honestly I wish I knew what you meant by that but since I don't I will ask. I don't know what you mean, so I probably have not had it done.

[sledge]

here ya go

http://www.toyotasurf.asn.au/techsite/egr.htm

[plumb bob]

my surf is a '91 2.4 diesel. I put the new head on it bout 4 months ago. But it tends to have really dark exhaust fumes when first starting her up. Like so bad that there is a black patch of diesel / exhaust on the ground from starting it once. And it stutters quite a bit untill the engine is warm. Any ideas ? thanx

Have you checked/changed your air filter?

When you start from cold, the ecu will enrich the fuel mixture like a choke on the old carburetta'd gas engines, so it's possible that the mixture is too rich therefore causing black smoke.

Check your ecu for fault codes, or get to a diesel injection specialist to check the cold start system, it may be a faulty o2 sensor.

[00ganja]

well I will have to get it checked out but it is a '91 with the 2.4 lt turbo diesel with EFI. But thanx to all. If anyone else gots ideas let me know.,