occassional very shakey start up for 1HZ motor....

Air leak in the fuel line?

Mine used to do that, but I discovered that when I replaced the filter coming from the rear tank, I hadn't tightened up the hoseclamps in the right spot and consequently air was getting into the system occasionally. I replaced the hoseclamps and bits of hose, and problem cured.


HTH

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How long since the glow plugs have been serviced/ replaced ?? Only takes one not to be heating up properly and will run rough for a second or two. Any excess smoke on start up ?? Probably a bit hard to see when your sitting inside eh ?? My old lux was the same, one glow olug was a bit dicky but never worried about it. Use to just glow it twice on extremely cold mornings, (rare in Sydney) Regards Steve M

G'Day Ro,

All the cruisers I have owned (1HZ) have done this at times also. Typically on a cold start and after it hasn't been used for atleast a few days.

I only drive mine once or twice a month (thanks god for a company car ;) so first thing I do is use the fuel hand primer to push any air out of the system and that works 99% of the time.

Nothing to worry about though.

when i was working 2 weeks away sometimes on return while it would start fine after about 10 seconds it would run rough for a bit before smooting out
- dont see it as a problem. when you can jump in a vehicle that has sat there for 2 weeks and start it with the breifest flick of the key you know its a Tojo

Change the fuel filter .