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Hi, Yes the glow plug signal comes on then goes off. I am letting it churn over for about 5+ seconds. A point to mention is that this only happens after 12 hours of no use. So in the morning, the truck does this and then it will start pretty normal for the rest of the day so i am guessing glow plugs. As people have mentioned here, i will take it to the Mazda garage and get them to look at it to save the hassle of a back street garage second guessing it. Cheers

In my humble experience, i have always found it useful to come on here first to get some idea before going to a garage. In my experience, the garages out here can be bordering on criminal in how they operate. They will have your pants down before you have the car door open. I have had a lot of bad experiences with garages out here: Dropped gearbox sump plug into the drain barrel. Replacement weas not correct and leaked over time causing the gearbox to grind to a halt. Second hand replacement needed Full respray: took longer than agreed upon causing me to have to hire a truck for my brothers visit. Did not finish the job properly including leaving the roof (he thought i would not see it probably). Did not put my spare wheel back on and a host of other issues. when i got my gearbox replaced, the garage did not put oil in the 4x4 gearbox or replaced with a damaged 4x4 box service on truck where they did not replace the oil filter but cleaned it with a rag and on and on and on In my experience, most of these garages are looking to rip off the white man or any other non native. They may even be doing it to their own which says a lot for their ethic and mentality. Bottom line, i will always come on here first if i am personally unsure.

I will take it back the garage i got the starter changed at and ask him about the condition of the glow plugs. It is a diesel

Changed it about 1.5 years ago. Not sure if water got in the system but i wouldn't put it passed the barstool popping a bit of water in the tank!!!!

Hi The black smoke is just on initial start up. Once i have started it usually disappears so i am thinking that it is due to me flooding the engine as i give a little on the accelerator

I think he did do the engine bay. Not sure about the rag in the air intake but i will check

Hi There, It is a 2006 model. Done over 200k. I have been regularly servicing it. It has had a new cylinder head about 3.5 years ago. No ECU or performance mods. I think the black smoke may be due to me flooding it when trying to start it. It does tick over but just not fire.

I have a Mazda Fighter Truck that used to start fine. I took it for a wash and the next day it would not start. One morning trying to start it the starter motor caught fire which i quickly extinguished. A part on the motor has since been replaced which seemed to do the job. However, the next day the truck would not start again. It takes about 3 tries to get it started. When it does start i get black smoke coming out of the exhaust. Does anybody have any idea what may be the problem? Thank you