Like the Toyota v8 td is a bucket of poo. Mates parents are into horses horses and tow floats. Many people bought them and failed. As nisshead said look how many patrols are doing the rounds and how many members here have them and going strong. Not every breakdown is the grenade problem either. Just because a maff fault injector or pump problem or fuel issue has been reported doesn't mean it grenades. Every modern diesel has its problems ask the Mazda and ford boys about cracking heads etc.
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Whoever cannot take care of themselves without that law is both.
For a wounded man shall say to his assailant,
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Such is the rule of honour.
Agree with you there, I personally know more people who have had Toyota's with blown up 1HZ's but everyone seems to think ZD30's are the devil. Oh well, mines been pretty good so far!
Someone asked earlier about MY (model years). Manufacturers do updates that are called MY2003 etc, these breakpoints can be made anytime they please which means you can have a MY2003 which was actually built in 2002, or you could have a MY2003 which wasn't registered until 2004 so that's what it will say on the Rego sticker.
GUIII ZD30 Manual Wagon, OME 2" lift, 33" BFG AT's, Snorkel, Chip, 3" Redback Exh, Dual Batts, etc.
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I think car manufacturers brought the MY style of dating in to get rid of the problem of having left over stock of the previous model and then not being able to sell them.
I worked at Holden for 6 yrs and from memory the change over was towards the end of the yr, i think there may be some sort of law that controlls it.
09 ST CRD 5 spd Wagon, Snorkel, ARB Bar, Warn Winch, Duel Btys, Beaudesert 2.3/4 exh, Provent 200, Racor 445 ... now to find some money for the rest!
Holden used to always do it from September but now it's just whenever they feel like it. For a while it got out of hand with MY2008, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10. Then they gave the half model year updates the flick (thank god cause it made my job a nightmare).
It's normally done to time a lot of changes that need to be coordinated together. These targeted dates change all the time so it's too hard to make it exactly on the change of calendar year.
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i have a gu zd30 y61 series 2, with 130,000 kms on it, so far i have never experienced any many faults with it. during the 130,000 kms (10 yrs already) i replaced the clutch once, fan belt and tensioner 2x, and replaced the oil gasket just a preventive measure. i got a busted leaking radiator upon reaching 126,000 kms. i also installed a turbo timer, oil catch and a front mount intercooler, bloww off valve. i also have a dtronic chip, im also running on jaos mags 315/75/16. im planning to install a 3 inch exhaust system soon.
Is this specific to any particular region/operating conditions or is the non-CRD ZD30 a problem regardless of which country and driving style etc? Just asking as looking to acquire a 2003/04/05 Y61 in the UK...Originally Posted by Rumcajs
It may be more specific to Australia perhaps than UK due to much hotter conditions and it seems the mainly affected are non CrD unit.
There is also a difference to Euro specs to Australian units e.g. EGR is water cooled on European models unlike the AU unit.
It is still a lottery if you ask me but it wouldn't stop me if I really wanted the Patrol.
Choose your poison carefully.
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Also Toyota are having problems with the new Hi lux diesel Blowing up. Very hush hush but blow up they do
due to faulty washers on the injectors. 100s tojos front end snapping off, new V8 diesel drinking way too much oil.
My 4x4 is MAY 04 GU S3 build nearly done 200K only one problem that was my fault, now its nadded so expect
another 200k out of it
04 ST 3lt auto, not enough Mods to keep me happy, but getting there
And possibly driving type and distance, and even maybe fuel quality variance?
Yes, just trying to get my head around the various service manuals and which ones are specific to which world territories.
And I'm pleased to say it won't stop me either, especially as I feel reasonably well informed on what to look for and what to watch out for, as well as what to change "just in case"... ;-)
Cheers, Garry
Does anyone know how much all the precautionary mods cost?
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