Thread: Hi-Lux

Originally Posted by rangieman

You only like yours because
= Zilch $
Mate i dont know how you drive that all day with out 5oo kg`s in the back .
I rode in that thing for 200 metres and needed a physio after that short distance.

Mines comfortable compared to the previous model. 😄

And, compared to the 101 it's like driving on silk.

Originally Posted by PAT303

I've personally done it in my TDCi on an official track when doing my emergency services driving accreditation,it passed no worries. Pat

You should put footage on the internet because everything I have seen shows them falling over! Unless recovered, but that's still a fail.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Australia's highest selling vehicle. It's knocked the Corolla out of the top spot.
Just goes to show that we're a nation of bogans, basically.

Well, No3 son bought a 2016 2.8 hilux twin cab. I've driven it, very good to drive, more comfortable than my old disco 2. I've taken my son in the D2 on the beach, up to the glasshouse MT. tracks, over the range from Kilcoy to the highway to Gayndah. When he came back from a week at Moreton over XMAS, I asked the question. He answered," Dad, it is a very capable vehicle in the sand, but no where near as good as the disco. " Good enough for me.

Originally Posted by justinc

I don't know about that. I always viewed the f truck or dodge ram boys as those who had some kind of performance or endowment issues....😯

Jc

My g/f always maintained this.
During a party we asked a mutual friend who's ex drove a huge F250.
She confirmed it.

Now were going to start on F series fords , one of the most useful go anywhere vehicles i have owned was a 1973 Ford F 100 with the six cylinder engine . Mate has it now and still going strong , bit of a fuel guzzler and probably not up to spec for the latte Coffee set or a Toorak Tractor but there you go , that,s my 2 bobs worth !!! .

Re BT50 3.2 issues, we've had a number of fuel pumps chew themselves up internally spitting swarf through the fuel system, so far picked up during routine servicing (I mentioned occasionally hard starting at service time)

Mazda claim not to know what's causing it, but I suspect it may be that old TD5 issue of running too low fuel level in the tank too often ?

Other than that they've been pretty trouble free I believe.
We run a mixed fleet of Amarok's, BT50's (all 3.2l) Rangers (mixed 3.2 and 2.2) Hi-Lux's (V6 petrols mostly) and a few Falcon 1 tonners that have hung around, oh, and the plumbers have scored new Renault vans which look sexy, I'll be interested to see how reliable they are.

I keep meaning to ask the fleet manager what the relative costs have been across the fleet, I think we have 35 cars now.

Service bulletin from Ford re Courier diesel engine, do not allow the engine oil to drain for longer than five minutes. The oil pump can also drain and does not self prime.
This will also apply to diesel BT 50s.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

Service bulletin from Ford re Courier diesel engine, do not allow the engine oil to drain for longer than five minutes. The oil pump can also drain and does not self prime.
This will also apply to diesel BT 50s.

Yep, that's with the 3.2, AFAIK it doesn't apply to the 2.2?