Postby Bezman » October 21st, 2013, 10:03 am
I found I wasnt getting the same diesel milage from the vehicle last month or so, used to get about 600km a tank, and was only getting 450km recently, also because my vehicle was from the batch of hilux's that got the brass washers instead of the aluminum ones from the factory, causing exhaust and carbon to get into the crank case - I wanted to replace those as well, hence the trip to Sookhais, also the van would occasionally smoke a little on startup if i parked with the nose down on a hill, which usually means injectors are leaking a bit.. Sookhais found that my injectors were on their way out hence the bad milage etc, and I asked them to replace everything and calibrated the new injectors. Van is driving like new, quiet, faster, amazing improvement.
The water pump was done along with the 100,000km service because there was a a small leak on the front of the waterpump behind the pulley, i never noticed it, and probably never would have, but with the front cover off and all the belts removed etc, I saw a tiny spot where water was leaking out when the toyota technician showed me, because I myself was skeptical of the van needing one. They said it could have stayed as it was, as it was not leaking allot and the van wasnt overheating or anything, but I prefer preventative maintenance. So it was changed, have the old pump somewhere..
the van is driving like a brand new van, i'm waiting to see how much KM's I get on this first tank of diesel, but i got 150km's and it now starting to cross the "F" so i think things looking good.
It was expensive to say the least, but well worth it in my opinion for the peace of mind that it'll run great for the next 100,000km's. I was thinking of selling the van before all this, but its driving so great now, to fork out $100k out of my pocket after selling this to buy a new van seems like a bad idea now.
just my 2ç
