Thread: V8 toyota oil usage

Stevo, this IS a normal occurence, a gov dept here has already had an engine replacement due to running a LC200 out of oil the 'check oil daily' sticker is now placed on the dash.


JC

well on the bright side no oil stains on the concrete drive

Run the newer 70 series V8 turbo's at work (minerals exploration) and I'm not a tojo fan. In the manual it says 1 litre per 1000kms is within limits, I vaguely remember Holden getting a shlacking for saying the same thing. Some of the fleet use oil some not so much but around 2litres in 5000kms is about right the 70 series are still serviced every 5000kms.

Of much more concern with both the V8 70series and 200 series have gone to a panel style airfilter instead of a cyclonic filter, expected service life of these in dust conditions is about two weeks. Know of two 200 series that didn't get past 90 000kms due to the engine sucking dust in. While you might be able to get away with the 200 series as it tends to be family truckster but on the 70 series working mans car that they charge as much as they do for they should be taken out and shot for. Yet none of the 4WD magazines seemed to have cottened on to this situation its a major **** up IMO.

The other thing with the tojo's current diesel fuel injection system is they can only cope with about 40ml of water in the fuel so along with your stack of air filters take some new fuel filters and if that light comes on change it right away.

I can't wait till we get some of those indestructible toyota tuff vehicles they advertise, we only seem to get the one that break down need molly coddling and are seriously compromised for what they are intended to do. Must be an optional extra the boss skips on when buying them me thinks.

didnt someone post a thread recently with a bloke posting on a lemon site complaining of his using 500ml of oil every 1000km.

Seems toyota are doing their best to overshadow nissan. Cant be out done now can they.

Yah, it's all here:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/general-ch...00-series.html

I recently heard from someone at BHP Billiton Olympic Dam that they were so unhappy with the new engines that they wanted to continue with the older (?1HZ) diesel. Toyota were unwilling to do this but finally went along with the request when 500 vehicles were ordered in this configuration. Money talks as they say.
Underground mining is obviously a special case but BHP must have a good reason for avoiding the new engine...

Originally Posted by Resection

Underground mining is obviously a special case but BHP must have a good reason for avoiding the new engine...

Yeah, its ****

Originally Posted by Resection

I recently heard from someone at BHP Billiton Olympic Dam that they were so unhappy with the new engines that they wanted to continue with the older (?1HZ) diesel. Toyota were unwilling to do this but finally went along with the request when 500 vehicles were ordered in this configuration. Money talks as they say.
Underground mining is obviously a special case but BHP must have a good reason for avoiding the new engine...

Bloody hell, a single order for 500 vehicles! This is the kind of business LandRover could have been doing had they not surrendered their market to the Japs 40 years ago by refusing to build powerful, durable hardworking 4x4s
suitable for australian conditions.
Wagoo.