Todd I'm not sure if you have gotten the troopy FUEL PROBLEM solved yet, but it sounds like a problem I was having several years ago. In the fuel tank there was a sock filter. Trash in the tank would occasionally gather around it and starve the car of fuel. I never knew when it would happen. I would sit for a while and the car would run fine again for a while or a long time. The mechanic pulled the fuel tank down cleaned it out and I never had the problem again. OK now it sounds like you did get the problem solved.
what a wonderful life and adventure you and your family have Tod. Your little daughter is a cutie little one ...Thank God and the mechanic for getting your Toyota going again and best of luck to your adventures Tod and family...Thank you again for helping the unfortunate people ..
Bit late now but we always carry spare filters when we go bush, especially diesels. The main filter is under the manual hand/ bleeding pump. Out there you don’t know how clean their fuel is, the fuel filter is a piece of piss to replace, if you don’t know how to do it, just look it up on UA-cam!
Hi Todd again, 😊 the fuel filter every 3 months. You can get bad fuel any time though, Diesel engines won't run at all with water or an air leak, where a Petrol will, you will always limp home with a petrol engine, pour Methylated spirits in fuel the water will burn with the fuel, learned off of Outboard engines. Love your channel mate keep up the good work, 🤗🤗🤗.
Hey Todd and family. Those Hmong Villages were impressive,the strip where those knives were,very interesting.The place where it was "Street Food City" looked very good also.Glad you got the troopy sorted ,and cheap too. Mechanical labour charges here in Oz ( 2024) is a lazy $130 hour ( aprox ). It's all relevant ,I know. Great video again mate. Cheers Kenno...West Aust
Finding a competent mechanic these days can be a challenge. It looks like you found one. The line of day. Two of everything packed with you that could go wrong when you are in the bush. Thank you for the great tour of the village. All the best mate👍👍 Jim and Harriet
hi Todd. you need to look for after market fuel filter with a drain plug on the bottom. it's a good habit to drain the dirty fuel out every morning when you check the oil and water. you may need to fit a electric primer pump so you don't have to bleed the system of air.
Howdy Todd,,an adventuresome adventure was had by all! Loved the market, full of beautiful Hmong women. Excellent indeed! 😏 I believe that Mina has the best developed sense of humor for any 7 year old ever. Very well developed! I'm so proud of my niece and I'm proud of you and Neenee for all you've accomplished with Mina .most kids have a narrow field of interests,,not our girl. Shes interested in EVERYTHING! She reminds me of ,,,me when I was that age. I know this trip was a bit of a disappointment to you,,but it's easily redoable. Have fun brother! Ttyl,,,Marlon
Great temple, you know how much I love the temples in all Asian countries. Nice place you stayed last night, and that getting splashed with mud on white shorts must of been really fun. So now the ride is not running full speed, what a pain that can be. Love this market, it has so many good things to eat, makes me hungry Todd, your killing me mate or my stomach I should say. Wanting to eat most of what I see and wanting to try some of those nice fruits. Nice gentleman you ran into who lives in California America was a rightly nice fellow. Glad to know it was just the fuel filter. Good luck on the road mate and thanks again for those lovely black and whites photos, you have a nice talent for photography Todd or Nenee if she took them. 🙏 bless you Todd, Nenee and Mina my favorite mates living in Lao with all the very nice people.
Thier is two filters todd , the main filter , you know were is, the other one is a plastic cartridge type, located down Beside the engine on the left hand side or just follow fuel line to find it . Wow glad you got it fixed mate. Hopefully the mechanic changed that primary first filter.
I bought a rake head in Lao last year, got it to our place in Thailand, fitted the handle and started to rake some gravel, it was made of some soft steel, so one day I’ll anneal it, and see how we go. 7:02 😊
I crossed into Laos at Nam Soi on my Honda 150 so it was slightly north of where you are traveling and I can say it was a true adventure with road closed by slips and at times it was a narrow Stoney pathway and then mountains of mud with vehicles stuck everywhere.. I didn’t mind as it’s the adventure I set out for .. village people always helped push the bike up the bad mud hills 🙏🙏 so helpful n kind ..spending most of my life on Motocross bikes really was so valuable with my travels .. certainly one of my most memorable rides 👍🤣🙏
Hi Todd, I tend to agree with the fuel problem. You have a mechanical pump on top of the injector pump mate, if you get stuck, disconnect the fuel line from the pump and blow down it, then suck to make sure it is clear, you can pump that pump up and down to clear air or water and refill with fuel, reprime if you ever run out of fuel. When you get back home, drop the fuel you've got left, flush the tank and sub tank of any rubbish, check for air leaks,, cracks around souldering as well. Have a great trip, good luck, enjoy, 😊👍.
Good day Mina, Neenee and Todd. Looks like you made a wise decision to return and get Troopy looked at! This adventure has all the twists and turns of an Agatha Christie mystery. And that's all before you get too far off the beaten track! I wonder how many animals and birds on that wildlife stall were endangered species, but I guess that if you live out in the forests and jungles of Laos you have to catch what you can to put food in your belly and try and sell the excess. That whole market was fantastic and you always manage to get some cool shots for your end sequence. God bless you all, always 😀❤🙏
If you plan to carry a spare fuel filter it would be a good idea to do a little practice run. Know where it is on the engine. How's the access? Filter wrench that will reach it. Plastic gloves unless you want to smell like diesel fuel for hours. A small bottle of citress smelling hand cleaner because you will still get diesel on you. Haha. Hopefully you can do the change where there is fuel available because you should fill the new filter before installing otherwise it will take forever to get the filter full unless the troopy has a hand pump on the injection pump. Be a good thing to find that out before needed. There may be a plunger you unscrew then pump it till you have stiff resistance then screw back in. Done.....the resistance felt means it's full of fuel.
The guy bouncing the tire to get it up to shoulder level to get it back on was worth the price of admission. Please check with some Pabans about the safety of a foreigner camping along the road. Although Lao is a very safe country you would be a very tempting target for some bad guys. Very low chance of something bad happening but still. Going back to the nearest village would be safer and the interactions with the people would be very interesting.
Could also be a vacuum pulled in you tank? If vacuum is the case, open your gas cap a little. If it is solved by crackiopen the gas cap. You gas tank vent is plugged. Look for the gas tank vent line obstruction. Once had the same issue on a KLR. Was a dirt sober nest.
For real, the knives you got from the elder village man are excellent. Filters? I think. Yeah, Todd, I took a shot in the back from one of those damn electric bikes when I was in China......twice. Thanks again for new adventure and the black and white pics.
🤗🙏🏼! Oh yeah, I remember the bit about you getting splashed on, and washing it off in the river. And, it was compared to using the bum guns…something like that…lol 😉. Enjoyed the video. Thank you. Have a good one.
Some episode a year or two, some young tikes were splitting firewood to cook lunch and the youngest toddler was chopping the veggies with a machete as big as himself.
Sounds like a fuel pump or fuel pump assembly problem. Check the rubber fittings and make sure it’s sucking from the bottom from the tank. Flush and drain the tank. Clear all the fuel lines and put a new filter on it. Ensure the return line and vent/evap system is clear and functioning.
Banging video mate. Shame about the mechanical but hey it happens. Glad you are on your way 🙏🏽 And I am so surprise on how many pretty looking women there was in the market just like nenes 😮 You're beautiful wifes features I will say it anyway nowing you've been there and back already have a safe trip buddy 💯🇬🇧🙏🏽
Knew your problem was diesel fuel block. My friend has a early Great Wall Ute "rodeo model" that did same thing of no power. A mechanic told us that it has rubber bladder section on the fuel line under the front door, you can squeeze and pump to clear the diesel block. Very old school but fixes problem straight away for a few months at least.
The Troopy problem makes me think of the old "gag" played on people you really didn't like - putting a ping pong ball into the gas tank! It would float along and everything would be fine and then it would float and block the gas from leaving the tank and the car would stop. Hope this is an easy and quick fix for you.
G'day mate, love the adventure, but do yourself a big favour and put a glass bottom fuel separator and carry extra filters !! The fuel separator will let you see when you get shitty fuel thus preventing this ever happening again and flush the fuel tanks clean , a small cost for less pain in the middle of nowhere , hope this helps in the future.. Catchya...
Hi Todd,Neenee and Mina. Loving your vlogs 😊. I'm in northern Vietnam on a pandaw river cruise in the red river. Heading to The Da River and Halong bay for 11 days. Looking forward to October when I will be in laos.
Sounds like the fuel starvation problem might have been fixed but, something very simple to check and rule out if it happens again. From what you describe it seems to happen when the engine is working hard and needing fuel volume. If it does it again, stop and very quickly just remove the tank Filler cap(s) and, listen if there is a sudden suction of air into the tank. It would show if the tank is venting properly and not pulling a vacuum, IE. if the vent might be partially clogged with dirt, quite possible in that environment. It's unlikely but it does happen and it's an instant check you can quickly do yourself.. Just this old 'git thinking outloud, I'm a long time retired and confess I'm not familiar with the troopy. Have a great trip and stay safe. Cheers from Phil (UK).
When I was leaving in Africa, during the dry season, I faced the same kind of issue and eventually after lots of trouble shooting, I find out that it was the tiny vent hole in the fuel tank cap that was clogged with dust, hopefully the fuel tank did not implode as I saw on another car.
Shit fuel is a possibility todd, one trick is when fueling up , pump some diesel into a glass jar carefully, check jar, you will be able to see water on the bottom of jar, as water is heavier than Diesel. Other than that, fuel filter or clogged air filter. I've been on the worst roads in Australia, N.T never had a problem with dust affecting my cruiser. It wiil be interesting to find out the problem. You could undo the injector lines individually, the Diesel will squirt out, engine must be running to do this test. Remember undo lines one by one, not all at once.
I don't know if I can live in Laos again. I left Laos when I was 16, now I was retired at the age of 50. My retirement is about four thousands. I think I will live comfortably in Laos but I don't have any close family member in Laos. I am thinking about marrying a young pretty girl in Laos and live there for life but I feel so lonly to do that.
On our cruiser there is a warning light that comes on when there is water or junk in the fuel filter, not sure about your model but it's worth checking. We also take spare belts with us, probably cost bugger all over there. And have you an auxiliary batter to run your car fridge? And the list goes on.......... Mena is growing fast, reckon her teeth will be popping out soon 🙂
Your wife looks amasing in that kind of dress, ❤
Todd I'm not sure if you have gotten the troopy FUEL PROBLEM solved yet, but it sounds like a problem I was having several years ago. In the fuel tank there was a sock filter. Trash in the tank would occasionally gather around it and starve the car of fuel. I never knew when it would happen. I would sit for a while and the car would run fine again for a while or a long time. The mechanic pulled the fuel tank down cleaned it out and I never had the problem again. OK now it sounds like you did get the problem solved.
what a wonderful life and adventure you and your family have Tod. Your little daughter is a cutie little one ...Thank God and the mechanic for getting your Toyota going again and best of luck to your adventures Tod and family...Thank you again for helping the unfortunate people ..
Thank you 🙏
Bit late now but we always carry spare filters when we go bush, especially diesels. The main filter is under the manual hand/ bleeding pump. Out there you don’t know how clean their fuel is, the fuel filter is a piece of piss to replace, if you don’t know how to do it, just look it up on UA-cam!
Nicely done,,thanks for sharing..😊
Hi Todd again, 😊 the fuel filter every 3 months. You can get bad fuel any time though, Diesel engines won't run at all with water or an air leak, where a Petrol will, you will always limp home with a petrol engine, pour Methylated spirits in fuel the water will burn with the fuel, learned off of Outboard engines. Love your channel mate keep up the good work, 🤗🤗🤗.
Hey Todd and family. Those Hmong Villages were impressive,the strip where those knives were,very interesting.The place where it was "Street Food City" looked very good also.Glad you got the troopy sorted ,and cheap too. Mechanical labour charges here in Oz ( 2024) is a lazy $130 hour ( aprox ). It's all relevant ,I know. Great video again mate. Cheers
Kenno...West Aust
Finding a competent mechanic these days can be a challenge. It looks like you found one. The line of day. Two of everything packed with you that could go wrong when you are in the bush. Thank you for the great tour of the village. All the best mate👍👍 Jim and Harriet
💯🔥💙👍
hi Todd. you need to look for after market fuel filter with a drain plug on the bottom. it's a good habit to drain the dirty fuel out every morning when you check the oil and water. you may need to fit a electric primer pump so you don't have to bleed the system of air.
its good you removed the tint nicevideos
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Howdy Todd,,an adventuresome adventure was had by all! Loved the market, full of beautiful Hmong women. Excellent indeed! 😏 I believe that Mina has the best developed sense of humor for any 7 year old ever. Very well developed! I'm so proud of my niece and I'm proud of you and Neenee for all you've accomplished with Mina .most kids have a narrow field of interests,,not our girl. Shes interested in EVERYTHING! She reminds me of ,,,me when I was that age. I know this trip was a bit of a disappointment to you,,but it's easily redoable. Have fun brother! Ttyl,,,Marlon
Great temple, you know how much I love the temples in all Asian countries. Nice place you stayed last night, and that getting splashed with mud on white shorts must of been really fun. So now the ride is not running full speed, what a pain that can be. Love this market, it has so many good things to eat, makes me hungry Todd, your killing me mate or my stomach I should say. Wanting to eat most of what I see and wanting to try some of those nice fruits. Nice gentleman you ran into who lives in California America was a rightly nice fellow. Glad to know it was just the fuel filter. Good luck on the road mate and thanks again for those lovely black and whites photos, you have a nice talent for photography Todd or Nenee if she took them. 🙏 bless you Todd, Nenee and Mina my favorite mates living in Lao with all the very nice people.
My pleasure Roger.. you take care mate 🙏
Thier is two filters todd , the main filter , you know were is, the other one is a plastic cartridge type, located down
Beside the engine on the left hand side or just follow fuel line to find it . Wow glad you got it fixed mate. Hopefully the mechanic changed that primary first filter.
Love it 👍🙂
I bought a rake head in Lao last year, got it to our place in Thailand, fitted the handle and started to rake some gravel, it was made of some soft steel, so one day I’ll anneal it, and see how we go. 7:02 😊
Those orange fruits in the market Todd were cocoa pods. I think I heard the lady say "cacao".
Cacao , sure because it's the French name for that the grains inside a Caboss , the fruit of Cacao tree.
Lovely family traveling again, mina is just a gorgeous little girl, nee nee is a wonderful beautiful lady 🙏. Luved the knifes Todd.👌👍🦘.
they was great looking chairs at the garage
I crossed into Laos at Nam Soi on my Honda 150 so it was slightly north of where you are traveling and I can say it was a true adventure with road closed by slips and at times it was a narrow Stoney pathway and then mountains of mud with vehicles stuck everywhere.. I didn’t mind as it’s the adventure I set out for .. village people always helped push the bike up the bad mud hills 🙏🙏 so helpful n kind ..spending most of my life on Motocross bikes really was so valuable with my travels .. certainly one of my most memorable rides 👍🤣🙏
I think that's what I love most about Laos.. the adventure!
Thank you
Thank you for the interesting walk round the market. Always nice to see you three
Hi Todd, I tend to agree with the fuel problem. You have a mechanical pump on top of the injector pump mate, if you get stuck, disconnect the fuel line from the pump and blow down it, then suck to make sure it is clear, you can pump that pump up and down to clear air or water and refill with fuel, reprime if you ever run out of fuel. When you get back home, drop the fuel you've got left, flush the tank and sub tank of any rubbish, check for air leaks,, cracks around souldering as well. Have a great trip, good luck, enjoy, 😊👍.
Thanks!
Thank you 🙏
Good day Mina, Neenee and Todd. Looks like you made a wise decision to return and get Troopy looked at! This adventure has all the twists and turns of an Agatha Christie mystery. And that's all before you get too far off the beaten track! I wonder how many animals and birds on that wildlife stall were endangered species, but I guess that if you live out in the forests and jungles of Laos you have to catch what you can to put food in your belly and try and sell the excess. That whole market was fantastic and you always manage to get some cool shots for your end sequence. God bless you all, always 😀❤🙏
Brother had same problem, a rag in his gas tank of his Volkswagen van.When people lost their gas caps,some would stuff rags in its place!!!
The Troopy cracks on and is back in the game $50 , sounds a bargain in the UK , great vlog .
If you plan to carry a spare fuel filter it would be a good idea to do a little practice run. Know where it is on the engine. How's the access? Filter wrench that will reach it. Plastic gloves unless you want to smell like diesel fuel for hours. A small bottle of citress smelling hand cleaner because you will still get diesel on you. Haha. Hopefully you can do the change where there is fuel available because you should fill the new filter before installing otherwise it will take forever to get the filter full unless the troopy has a hand pump on the injection pump. Be a good thing to find that out before needed. There may be a plunger you unscrew then pump it till you have stiff resistance then screw back in. Done.....the resistance felt means it's full of fuel.
A very good idea 👌
It does have a bleeder pump on top of it 👍
The guy bouncing the tire to get it up to shoulder level to get it back on was worth the price of admission. Please check with some Pabans about the safety of a foreigner camping along the road. Although Lao is a very safe country you would be a very tempting target for some bad guys. Very low chance of something bad happening but still. Going back to the nearest village would be safer and the interactions with the people would be very interesting.
Could also be a vacuum pulled in you tank?
If vacuum is the case, open your gas cap a little.
If it is solved by crackiopen the gas cap. You gas tank vent is plugged. Look for the gas tank vent line obstruction.
Once had the same issue on a KLR. Was a dirt sober nest.
Blessed love to all, Great video as usual bro, Would love to visit this place one day bro, watching from Jamaica west Indies !!
Those roads are terrible. I’m surprised you don’t have mechanical issues more often.
For real, the knives you got from the elder village man are excellent. Filters? I think. Yeah, Todd, I took a shot in the back from one of those damn electric bikes when I was in China......twice. Thanks again for new adventure and the black and white pics.
🤗🙏🏼!
Oh yeah, I remember the bit about you getting splashed on, and washing it off in the river. And, it was compared to using the bum guns…something like that…lol 😉. Enjoyed the video. Thank you.
Have a good one.
Anyone else notice the toddler playing with a big pair of scissors around the 4:10 mark. Yikes!
... she wants to become hairdresser soon
Some episode a year or two, some young tikes were splitting firewood to cook lunch and the youngest toddler was chopping the veggies with a machete as big as himself.
@@_Alfa.Bravo_…hairdresser with 3 fingers.
Sounds like a fuel pump or fuel pump assembly problem. Check the rubber fittings and make sure it’s sucking from the bottom from the tank. Flush and drain the tank. Clear all the fuel lines and put a new filter on it. Ensure the return line and vent/evap system is clear and functioning.
You should get some cots and a tarp And parachute cord and you never go wrong with that
As always interesting and fun Todd until damn
Time to carry spare parts.
Oh and first !
Mr. Tang seemed to be a nice chap. He likes how you help out the Hmong, too. He’s been to General Vang Pao’s neck of the woods like you have. 🫡
He is. We bump into him a few times this trip 👍
Banging video mate. Shame about the mechanical but hey it happens. Glad you are on your way 🙏🏽 And I am so surprise on how many pretty looking women there was in the market just like nenes 😮 You're beautiful wifes features I will say it anyway nowing you've been there and back already have a safe trip buddy 💯🇬🇧🙏🏽
I’m no Meh A Nek , but fuel filter
Peter
Knew your problem was diesel fuel block. My friend has a early Great Wall Ute "rodeo model" that did same thing of no power. A mechanic told us that it has rubber bladder section on the fuel line under the front door, you can squeeze and pump to clear the diesel block. Very old school but fixes problem straight away for a few months at least.
could be the fuel injectors are clogged up. digging the market wheres that at. living the dream todd beautiful wife and daughter.
The Troopy problem makes me think of the old "gag" played on people you really didn't like - putting a ping pong ball into the gas tank! It would float along and everything would be fine and then it would float and block the gas from leaving the tank and the car would stop.
Hope this is an easy and quick fix for you.
G'day mate, love the adventure, but do yourself a big favour and put a glass bottom fuel separator and carry extra filters !! The fuel separator will let you see when you get shitty fuel thus preventing this ever happening again and flush the fuel tanks clean , a small cost for less pain in the middle of nowhere , hope this helps in the future..
Catchya...
2 fuel filters in troopies one for each tank reserve tank filter next to reserve tank at back
Congratulations 🎊 👏 well done Todd 60.k keep up the amazing work buddy let's hope that you can get that UA-cam plaque it will be well deserved 👏
Thanks David, much appreciated mate 👍
Welcome 🙏
Hi Todd,Neenee and Mina. Loving your vlogs 😊.
I'm in northern Vietnam on a pandaw river cruise in the red river. Heading to The Da River and Halong bay for 11 days.
Looking forward to October when I will be in laos.
Sounds like the fuel starvation problem might have been fixed but, something very simple to check and rule out if it happens again. From what you describe it seems to happen when the engine is working hard and needing fuel volume. If it does it again, stop and very quickly just remove the tank Filler cap(s) and, listen if there is a sudden suction of air into the tank. It would show if the tank is venting properly and not pulling a vacuum, IE. if the vent might be partially clogged with dirt, quite possible in that environment.
It's unlikely but it does happen and it's an instant check you can quickly do yourself..
Just this old 'git thinking outloud, I'm a long time retired and confess I'm not familiar with the troopy.
Have a great trip and stay safe. Cheers from Phil (UK).
if it does again.. I will 👌
Cheers mate
When I was leaving in Africa, during the dry season, I faced the same kind of issue and eventually after lots of trouble shooting, I find out that it was the tiny vent hole in the fuel tank cap that was clogged with dust, hopefully the fuel tank did not implode as I saw on another car.
Will check that 👌
Why not just stay and enjoy?
hi guys
Shit fuel is a possibility todd, one trick is when fueling up , pump some diesel into a glass jar carefully, check jar, you will be able to see water on the bottom of jar, as water is heavier than Diesel. Other than that, fuel filter or clogged air filter. I've been on the worst roads in Australia, N.T never had a problem with dust affecting my cruiser. It wiil be interesting to find out the problem. You could undo the injector lines individually, the Diesel will squirt out, engine must be running to do this test. Remember undo lines one by one, not all at once.
A shit day would e going on the hook. Your ok mate.
I don't know if I can live in Laos again. I left Laos when I was 16, now I was retired at the age of 50. My retirement is about four thousands. I think I will live comfortably in Laos but I don't have any close family member in Laos. I am thinking about marrying a young pretty girl in Laos and live there for life but I feel so lonly to do that.
blocked fuel filter making it go into limp mode
Yep 👍
I'm just waiting for the underwear police to give you a spray again. I think he said he wasn't going to watch anymore? 😆
Hey Todd I am looking for a beer lao t.shirt . ?
Dime a dozen here mate.. should be able to find them at any night market 👌😉
@NowinLao hey Todd if I send you some money do think you can post them to address in Australia.
@@davidcollins1556 have you got me on FB mate? Msg there plz
I think the troopy has seen better days. Clunky, uncomfortable, noisy. 👎
You just described a new one 👌😉
On our cruiser there is a warning light that comes on when there is water or junk in the fuel filter, not sure about your model but it's worth checking.
We also take spare belts with us, probably cost bugger all over there.
And have you an auxiliary batter to run your car fridge?
And the list goes on..........
Mena is growing fast, reckon her teeth will be popping out soon 🙂