To: 80scool_aus@yahoogroups.com From: "Paul Roberts" Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:36:48 -0000 Subject: [80_aus] Flashing Turbo & Timing Belt lights Reply-To: 80scool_aus@yahoogroups.com Hi All - just back from a 1100km trip up to 1770 from Brissie and whilst away I noticed a strange phenomena which occured on a few occasions... Context : We have a '95 factory TD, safari intercooler, 167K km on the dial. Event : The timing belt light and the turbo light would flash on together for a milisecond, usually between 1900 and 2050 RPM under acceleration. This seemed to happen more frequently when warm and resuming from a break. It has happened previously - but I thought I was seeing things - it just blinks, so if you see it in your peripheral vision when you look at the dash it has well gone... The car is going well, no undue noises etc. The turbo whistles a bit, but it has always done so. any clues? I will pull the cover off the timing belt tomorrow and have a squiz. I was wondering if it may be a loose tensioner? Thanks in advance, Paul To: 80scool_aus@yahoogroups.com From: All American Imports Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:18:13 +0200 Subject: RE: [80_aus] Flashing Turbo & Timing Belt lights Reply-To: 80scool_aus@yahoogroups.com On 10 Jul 2004 at 9:36, Paul Roberts wrote: > Hi All - just back from a 1100km trip up to 1770 from Brissie and > whilst away I noticed a strange phenomena which occured on a few > occasions... > > Context : We have a '95 factory TD, safari intercooler, 167K km on > the dial. > > Event : The timing belt light and the turbo light would flash on > together for a milisecond, usually between 1900 and 2050 RPM under > acceleration. This seemed to happen more frequently when warm and > resuming from a break. It has happened previously - but I thought I > was seeing things - it just blinks, so if you see it in your > peripheral vision when you look at the dash it has well gone... > > The car is going well, no undue noises etc. The turbo whistles a > bit, but it has always done so. > > any clues? I will pull the cover off the timing belt tomorrow and > have a squiz. I was wondering if it may be a loose tensioner? > > Thanks in advance, Hi Paul, Like Andrew said alternator connectingplug loose and check the following things as well; 1) Tension on the connector wire under acceleration, give it enough slack so the engine is not pulling on it, 2) Check brushholder of generator and if in doubt replace, 3) Check if the belt adjusterparts are not broken or cracked, this happens quite often, 4) At the same time check condition and tightness of the long bottom bolt of the generator, they wear out the bottom eye, 5) on european models we found a couple of times a not so tight / or not tight enough earthwire at the RHS "A" pillar. This is a problem we never realy found one cause but a variation of causes. It can happen once in a month or a whole day long. Best regards, good weekend, Maarten Verschure To: 80scool_aus@yahoogroups.com From: "Willem-Jan Markerink" Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:15:41 +0200 Subject: Re: [80_aus] Flashing Turbo & Timing Belt lights Reply-To: 80scool_aus@yahoogroups.com On 10 Jul 2004 at 9:36, Paul Roberts wrote: > Hi All - just back from a 1100km trip up to 1770 from Brissie and > whilst away I noticed a strange phenomena which occured on a few > occasions... > > Context : We have a '95 factory TD, safari intercooler, 167K km on > the dial. > > Event : The timing belt light and the turbo light would flash on > together for a milisecond, usually between 1900 and 2050 RPM under > acceleration. This seemed to happen more frequently when warm and > resuming from a break. It has happened previously - but I thought I > was seeing things - it just blinks, so if you see it in your > peripheral vision when you look at the dash it has well gone... > > The car is going well, no undue noises etc. The turbo whistles a > bit, but it has always done so. > > any clues? I will pull the cover off the timing belt tomorrow and > have a squiz. I was wondering if it may be a loose tensioner? > > Thanks in advance, Is it really only the light/LED of turbo & timing-belt? On mine the entire dash lights up, all warning lights. I have now learned to live with it, since even with measures that did decrease the problem before (alternator-brushes replaced), it never completely disappeared.... Or someone ought to tell me that alternator-brushes wear out within 50k km's....8-)) -- Bye, Willem-Jan Markerink The desire to understand is sometimes far less intelligent than the inability to understand [note: 'a-one' & 'en-el'!] Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:56:14 +0100 From: All American Imports Subject: RE: (Fwd) stroker 1HD-T In-reply-to: <41FFF78B.13182.18D69ABC@localhost> To: w.j.markerink@a1.nl Goedenmorgen Willem-Jan, Het probleem besproken in bushtaxi forum is een oud en bekend probleem dat meerdere oorzaken kan hebben; A) Borstelhouder dynamo, B) Stekker achter in dynamo waarvan de kabel onder spanning staat. Kabel te strak en verhard door ouderdom. C) Bevestiging dynamo, speciaal onderste bout uit geleuterd, dus geen konstant goed kontakt met motor ( massa ). D) Massa verbindingen binnen onder het dashboard rechts en links boven. Zit misschien vast maar toch overgangsweerstand. E) Gebruikelijke elektrische problemen zoals draadbreuk etc. Van A naar E kontroleren. Bij twijfel aan dynamo en hoge kilometerstand het beste een ruil exemplaar van Toyota monteren. Soms zijn dit gewoon nieuwe units en kosten ongeveer 195,- tot 220,- ex btw. Met beste groet, Maarten