D4D Diesel the new <span class="highlight">grenade</span>.

sorry to hear that

how long since it was serviced? was it serviced at a toyota dealer?

toyota services come with a 6 month warranty on the service. In that case there would be no question to engine is covered due to a faulty service/parts

wouldnt quite say they are a grenade, but D4D covers alot of toyotas, ie all the new landcruser V8 Diesels, hiace vans and hilux diesels this is just the engine management system, dont think they are any more unreliable than any other vehicle, when you have fleet vehicles generally 'Boneheads" (operators) will do anything to kill them.
i havent struck any low oil shutdown systems factory fitted on light vehicles, generally these only consist of a warning light. the only derate/shutdown systems that i have come across that are factory fitted are cummins, cat, detroit diesel.
we fit engine monitoring systems on underground vehicles, these monitor oil press engine temp and coolant level and are fail safe ie: wire comes off the alarm activates, we also fit a buzzer loud enough so the boneheads wont put up with it (the noise).
toyotas in general are regarded as one of the better vehicle manufacturers in mining as most companys wont buy anything else there simplicity and reliability make them one of the better vehicles available.
i can tell you storys of komatsu and cat's having major component failures within 20 hours of being on site.
regualr servicing and preventative maintance by pople who know what they are doing can go along way to keep a vehicle going longer.
sorry to hear of your losses, but dont bag them that quickly
Cheers Stu

hi tourboy
in general terms if an oil filter is fitted without placing a smear of oil on the oring and it is over tightened the dry oring will tear in half particulary if it is over tightened

whats happened to yours sounds very familar
in-experience people have a habbit of doing them up until they wont turn any more
that method will fail just about every time
even small generators eg honda /etc have oil shut down pressure switches

so i like you cant understand why modern vehicles dont have them too

maybe they prefer them to self destruct it helps keep the motor industry ticking over??????
sorry to hear of the bad run your having
looks like there may be some butt kicking to do
cheers

Probably a long way from a grenade just yet Dave - but the new ( revised) D4D should solve some problems.

In my recent test drive the engine hunted down low and vibrated a lot around 1800rpm and really put one off a car I was hoping to like.

It will probably be some time before we get to try the revised Euro5 engine but its reasonable to expect it will have a number of issues addressed but I guess that won't help your immediate problem - all the best with it.

Is this a case of "blame someone else for my mistake"?

The someone else happened to be Toyota for not having any forsight that someone may damage a seal and overlook the warning light!

On the New Hilux Forum I have only heard of 1 definite and 2 maybe D4D's being destroyed, not bad for an engine that has been around since 1999.