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electrical or mechanical

Tech talk for Hilux

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electrical or mechanical

Post by xXrhodieXx »

ok outers i have a stumper for u. My mate has a 84 hilux, one minute it runs like a gem, the next minute, its backfiring and running like a dog. Stopping then starting the thing again seerms to help, so i am leaning toward a coil, who's got some ideas.
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Post by RAY185 »

Could be fuel filter too, partial blockage.
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Post by loosecanon »

because we can't see the car and are disadvantage what have you done to diagnose the problem?
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Post by xXrhodieXx »

sorry i should have went further into it, we replaced the fuel filter as a given, tested the pump for flow, all good. Timing is right, air filter all good.Checked all vacuum hose's, the only thing we did before it started playing up was put a new radiator in, but i don't see that changing anything. Thought we might have knocked a vacuum hose off but we checked them all.
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Post by loosecanon »

is the radiator pressurising? sorry about spelling,
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Post by xXrhodieXx »

haven't seen any problems with the cooling system as yet, no pressurising from blown head gasket if thasts what you mean
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Post by RAY185 »

Is it a points distributor or electronic? Check/replace points and make sure they are gapped correctly. Replace condensor too if you don't know how old it is.
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Post by xXrhodieXx »

both look brand new, but that was something i was going to look at.
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