Thread: V8 toyota oil usage

Had issues similar oil issues with our new fleet of 70 series V8 cruisers at work (near Kambalda), what I would consider excessive oil consuption (not registering on the dip stick etc), all under 40,000km and all (we got a batch of 10) have had issues on oil consumpstion. We got told the same story, its with specs and nothing unsual there....by the dealership.

Just to put it in contex my 37 year old Diesel landy (2.25 of course) uses next to no oil, and that is with a set of flogged out timing gear. I was regularly doing 800km round trips - in a day and I have had to put precisely no oil in the old girl in 5000km.

I have also been told by my fellow underground compatriates that they dont work to well underground - alternator and electrics to low and massive corrosion due to the salt. This does occur on the older engines, but not quiet as often.

Another issue we had was the stupid position of the cooler for the fuel - gets clogged up with salty mud, corrodes and leads to issues such as fuel leaks and general fuel issues.

edit - cruisers are serviced every 5000km and can be out of oil 2 days after a service. average daily km would be 200 - 300km daily. prestarts done daily, to pick up the problem

Originally Posted by Veryan

Had issues similar oil issues with our new fleet of 70 series V8 cruisers at work (near Kambalda), what I would consider excessive oil consuption (not registering on the dip stick etc), all under 40,000km and all (we got a batch of 10) have had issues on oil consumpstion. We got told the same story, its with specs and nothing unsual there....by the dealership.

Just to put it in contex my 37 year old Diesel landy (2.25 of course) uses next to no oil, and that is with a set of flogged out timing gear. I was regularly doing 800km round trips - in a day and I have had to put precisely no oil in the old girl in 5000km.

I have also been told by my fellow underground compatriates that they dont work to well underground - alternator and electrics to low and massive corrosion due to the salt. This does occur on the older engines, but not quiet as often.

Another issue we had was the stupid position of the cooler for the fuel - gets clogged up with salty mud, corrodes and leads to issues such as fuel leaks and general fuel issues.

edit - cruisers are serviced every 5000km and can be out of oil 2 days after a service. average daily km would be 200 - 300km daily. prestarts done daily, to pick up the problem

Ah Kambalda, spent 24 years there. The UG environment sure does flog out vehicles, used to see a lot of the retired vehicles, but the new batch dont seem to be made for mining. I remember when WMC did trial Defenders and to be fair they did not stack up too well UG, so stayed with Toyota. I also remember when they trialled Humvees, not commercial Hummers and while they could climb, had serious mechanical failures so did not use them either.