Engine limp mode,now dead
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Engine limp mode,now dead
Hi guys, I bought a 2012 3.0 D4D 2 weeks ago, and today after doing the hennops 4x4 really relaxed and carefully (as I'm still getting used to the bakkie), we concluded our day with a chat at the gate. When I started to drive off the bakkie went into limp mode and the engine light came on. Drove about 10 km and had it towed home .
Started him up,pulled off the truck and parked in the garage, when I wanted to start him again he swings but engine light is off and won't fire up.
Please help need to get the swambo to middelburg tomorrow...
Started him up,pulled off the truck and parked in the garage, when I wanted to start him again he swings but engine light is off and won't fire up.
Please help need to get the swambo to middelburg tomorrow...
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Hopefully one of the diesel heads that know the D4D will be able to help. Not perhaps a dirty particulate filter?
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
My dieselpump died on me recently. Bakkie drove perfectly well, started loosing power, I pulled of the road to investigate and that was it. Engine died and wouldn't start again even though starter worked. I knew it was fuel related and not electrical.
If a workshop plugged their diagnostic tool in it would show up what is wrong. Good luck
If a workshop plugged their diagnostic tool in it would show up what is wrong. Good luck
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Hi.
Do you have a chip fitted to your hilux, mine sometimes goes into limp mode. manly after 4x4 trips, The wire connectors come loose, I pull them out and refit them and the problem goes away.In saying this. check the fuel rail connector as well as the butterfly throttle position connector. Air flow meter connector, unplug check clean if required and refit. also maybe disconnect the battery for about a min i may be wrong here but i recall reading somewhere this helps reset everything.
these are some simple checks that you can do, check when last the fuel filter was changed.
Your best bet is to get someone to come and plug in a diag,machine and do a fault find.
hope this helps.
Do you have a chip fitted to your hilux, mine sometimes goes into limp mode. manly after 4x4 trips, The wire connectors come loose, I pull them out and refit them and the problem goes away.In saying this. check the fuel rail connector as well as the butterfly throttle position connector. Air flow meter connector, unplug check clean if required and refit. also maybe disconnect the battery for about a min i may be wrong here but i recall reading somewhere this helps reset everything.
these are some simple checks that you can do, check when last the fuel filter was changed.
Your best bet is to get someone to come and plug in a diag,machine and do a fault find.
hope this helps.
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Hi guys, thanks for the feedback, im going to have the mechy come and have a look, bought the only dud toyota in the world apparently
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Any luck Rhyno?
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Hi , no not yet toyota are coming now for the 3rd time with the computer to come and find the problem
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
So after a very long, session on the pc, they found that the ECU has gone, but all they actually did was start the bakkie, so im back to sqaure one....
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Does your engine light come on when you out on ignition? Do you have a dual battery system or similar? My friend hilux died twice in a two week span. We traced it to a voltage spike from a cheap dual battery system. Blew the ECU. Had to have the system reporgrammed and then you have to mate the ECU and engine . Haven't had issues since removing the dual battery thing.
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Hi Muki,no dual battery system,but it does drain the battery .. its going to toyota in the morning and they have to have a look as to what caused this and what would be the way forward.. luckily its at the dealers expense.muki wrote:Does your engine light come on when you out on ignition? Do you have a dual battery system or similar? My friend hilux died twice in a two week span. We traced it to a voltage spike from a cheap dual battery system. Blew the ECU. Had to have the system reporgrammed and then you have to mate the ECU and engine . Haven't had issues since removing the dual battery thing.
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Hope you get it sorted. Sounds like you have a parasitic current draw which is also causing the ECU to pop. Hope you get a good technician who is able to think a bitRNel3 wrote:Hi Muki,no dual battery system,but it does drain the battery .. its going to toyota in the morning and they have to have a look as to what caused this and what would be the way forward.. luckily its at the dealers expense.muki wrote:Does your engine light come on when you out on ignition? Do you have a dual battery system or similar? My friend hilux died twice in a two week span. We traced it to a voltage spike from a cheap dual battery system. Blew the ECU. Had to have the system reporgrammed and then you have to mate the ECU and engine . Haven't had issues since removing the dual battery thing.
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
The unfortunate thing these days is that techs are like cooks....they only follow the recipe, so if it is "not in the computer" they can't find the fault , and according to the flow diagram it is then automatically driver abuse.
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
I'm quite intrigued Rhyno. So did they manage to get the bakkie started? What error codes did they pick up from the ECU?
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Hi all, they picked up a ecu fault the problem is as I understand it the bakkie has 2, and they cant tell which on it is...Mars wrote:I'm quite intrigued Rhyno. So did they manage to get the bakkie started? What error codes did they pick up from the ECU?
Toyota fully booked today and can only help me tommorow...
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Ok. Hope you get it sorted out quickly.
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Oky so , the official feedback from Toyota is the turbo went... @ 31 big ones to replace its quite costly... anybody on the forum had similar problems/have had a turbo go on their hilux??? It just seems like the turbo cannot be the sole cause....
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
When your road comes to an end ...... you need a HILUX!.
Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers ... what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Don't take life too seriously ..... no-one gets out alive.
It's not about waiting for storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
And be yourself ..... everyone else is taken!
Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers ... what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Don't take life too seriously ..... no-one gets out alive.
It's not about waiting for storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
And be yourself ..... everyone else is taken!
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Hi.
sounds very strange, if a turbo went the engine should still start. Something else , if a turbo goes ,huge amounts of black smoke would have been coming from the exhaust due to over fuleing and no power. my only other thing i can think of and it has happened to a friend of mine after 4x4 ing his fuel filter blocked up from all the gunk that came dislodged in his fuel tank and blocked up his fuel filter. Have the Filters been checked and the you primed, check the diesel primer hand pump.
sounds very strange, if a turbo went the engine should still start. Something else , if a turbo goes ,huge amounts of black smoke would have been coming from the exhaust due to over fuleing and no power. my only other thing i can think of and it has happened to a friend of mine after 4x4 ing his fuel filter blocked up from all the gunk that came dislodged in his fuel tank and blocked up his fuel filter. Have the Filters been checked and the you primed, check the diesel primer hand pump.
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Yes I must agree. That sounds very strange. Normally a turbo that is on it's way out will start whining as well before it completely fails and even then the bakkie should start and drive but feel hugely under powered.
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Hi guys, i agree the bakkie is running and drives but has zero power and in limp mode but no smoke and had no whine... all is indeed very strangrle with this one
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
If the turbo has gone it will not smoke. It will only have no power. ECU will not add fuel if no boost is detected so no smoke if turbo gone. Only pre ECU models will smoke.
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Re: Engine limp mode,now dead
Ask the dealership to pull up the bakkies service record on their system and try and see what ever if any repairs had been done to your van when it was in warranty so maybe it had an issue before that has now come back.