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Hi Guys,
I have had an intermittent problem with power loss on my 2.4 SSR-G. At the time it first showed up I had been running on a mix of WVO/diesel - the WVO being supplied from a local guy with a filtering set-up in a barn.
It first showed up pulling away from a junction as a loss of power and the check engine light coming on - pulling into a layby and going into neutral the light went out and re-engaging drive it pulled away fine.
At first I had visons of this being a transmission issue, however reading around on here suggests fuel starvation.
After the first time I stopped using veg for a month and had no problems. A few weeks ago I used some more of the WVO and within a few hours the symptoms were manifesting again.
One of the first things I checked was for a sucking noise on removing the filler cap - and sure enough there was just such a noise - so I drilled a 1.5mm hole through the cap, since then no further problem with a vacuum developing but the power loss problem is still there.
The problem doesn't occur all the time, it is most likely to happen why I try and accelarate hard - the truck feels a bit sluggish, turbo light is on revs climbing then suddenly the revs die back, turbo light goes out and red light pops on. Slowing down and letting the truck coast causes the red light to go out at which point I can accelarate carefully back to running speed.
As I said this doesn't happen every day, but my observations suggest it is more likely to happen now when it is a cold day - particularly if the truck is temperamental about starting.
From what I have read on here this sounds to be a sign of a blocked fuel filter and/or crap in the tank blocking the outlet. The fuel filter will be changed later this week when the truck goes in for MOT and some servicing.
However I have also noticed comments about loss of turbo pressure - can anyone add to this please?
One other thing as part of the service I am having the cam belt changed along with the ATF, Oil and coolant - now I have read about issues with the Surf being a bit awkward to get air out of the system - I have tried searching for burping the system but so far haven't located much info.
Can anyone offer advice or give a link to a thread covering this.
Many thanks
Dale
I have had an intermittent problem with power loss on my 2.4 SSR-G. At the time it first showed up I had been running on a mix of WVO/diesel - the WVO being supplied from a local guy with a filtering set-up in a barn.
It first showed up pulling away from a junction as a loss of power and the check engine light coming on - pulling into a layby and going into neutral the light went out and re-engaging drive it pulled away fine.
At first I had visons of this being a transmission issue, however reading around on here suggests fuel starvation.
After the first time I stopped using veg for a month and had no problems. A few weeks ago I used some more of the WVO and within a few hours the symptoms were manifesting again.
One of the first things I checked was for a sucking noise on removing the filler cap - and sure enough there was just such a noise - so I drilled a 1.5mm hole through the cap, since then no further problem with a vacuum developing but the power loss problem is still there.
The problem doesn't occur all the time, it is most likely to happen why I try and accelarate hard - the truck feels a bit sluggish, turbo light is on revs climbing then suddenly the revs die back, turbo light goes out and red light pops on. Slowing down and letting the truck coast causes the red light to go out at which point I can accelarate carefully back to running speed.
As I said this doesn't happen every day, but my observations suggest it is more likely to happen now when it is a cold day - particularly if the truck is temperamental about starting.
From what I have read on here this sounds to be a sign of a blocked fuel filter and/or crap in the tank blocking the outlet. The fuel filter will be changed later this week when the truck goes in for MOT and some servicing.
However I have also noticed comments about loss of turbo pressure - can anyone add to this please?
One other thing as part of the service I am having the cam belt changed along with the ATF, Oil and coolant - now I have read about issues with the Surf being a bit awkward to get air out of the system - I have tried searching for burping the system but so far haven't located much info.
Can anyone offer advice or give a link to a thread covering this.
Many thanks
Dale
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