Thread: D4 3.0 SDV6 catastrophic failure

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

The 3.0 for the new Ranger will be built in South Africa at the Struandale engine plant.

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Is that exclusively? I read it was, well, where I said.

Originally Posted by Tins

It is. The cost is in the fact that half the car needs to be dismantled in order to change it. And I agree, checking the oil is no hazard if you are halfway carefull.* I still curse Ford for removing the dipstick from the autos in the EL Falcon!



That going to remain the case with Toyota's fixed price servicing?

Actually, I'm probably/maybe going for a Prado purely because our previous 120 series was a pretty good and reliable vehicle. However, I'm no great lover of Tojo and would much rather keep the Disco, but some things I read give me the absolute ****s.
I do not want to flog it for something else, LR or Jap, as it's a great drive and apart from that bloody EPB mutter mutter... but crap engineering (crankshaft bearing shells with no lugs) or this bloody electronic oil reader instead of a dip stick or that bloody mutter mutter EPB give me the whoops.
Now we're down to just one vehicle as the Cook doesn't drive now it will be more than just inconvenient if the worst happens like the failure of various fancy gimmicks beloved by whoever designed the motor.
AlanH.

Originally Posted by ATH

Actually, I'm probably/maybe going for a Prado purely because our previous 120 series was a pretty good and reliable vehicle. However, I'm no great lover of Tojo and would much rather keep the Disco, but some things I read give me the absolute ****s.
I do not want to flog it for something else, LR or Jap, as it's a great drive and apart from that bloody EPB mutter mutter... but crap engineering (crankshaft bearing shells with no lugs) or this bloody electronic oil reader instead of a dip stick or that bloody mutter mutter EPB give me the whoops.
Now we're down to just one vehicle as the Cook doesn't drive now it will be more than just inconvenient if the worst happens like the failure of various fancy gimmicks beloved by whoever designed the motor.
AlanH.

I posted elsewhere a while back that I seriously considered one. I have never driven a 4WD that comes even close. That good bloke Mario warned me off them, and I'm glad he did. If ever there was a lottery I was going to win it would be first prize in the broken crankshaft sweep. Probably halfway up the CSR... And yeah, what the hell is wrong with a mutter mutter lever? Or a dipstick for that matter.

Originally Posted by Tins

Is that exclusively? I read it was, well, where I said.

Not sure - don’t believe the US will get the diesel - only the petrol engines. So sounds like the South African plant will produce the diesels.

All the reasons why a 2.7D is a keeper.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Not sure - don’t believe the US will get the diesel - only the petrol engines.

Der, silly me. Of course.

I fail to understand why people complain about the electric hand brake.
keep it clean and correctly adjusted and they don’t fail, 10 years old, multiple off road trips, driven in all conditions now well over 100,000km and not one issue
I guess we could all have hand brakes like Land Cruiser’s where you need to carry wheel chocks

Originally Posted by discomatt69

I fail to understand why people complain about the electric hand brake.
keep it clean and correctly adjusted and they don’t fail, 10 years old, multiple off road trips, driven in all conditions now well over 100,000km and not one issue
I guess we could all have hand brakes like Land Cruiser’s where you need to carry wheel chocks

The Hilux handbrake, a brick .