80 Series Big Ends

Hi Austin, in response to Ray's message, I just trying to log onto http://groups.yahoo.com/group/80scool/Ray and did not have any success.
Could you please give me an updated address if you have one . I also have an 80 series factory turbo done 180000km, but had the bearings done at 140000km because everybody kept asking had i had the bearings done and it got to me so I did it. It seems that if you do regular 5000km oil changes the bearings do not seem to be a problem. As you can tell I would be interested in this site.
Thanks Mal

G,Day Austin i have an 80 series with about the same kays as yours and had a turbo fitted 5000 ks ago so far no probs , in all the research i did before hand the big end bearings seems to be an isolated batch on the factory turbo models i have'nt heard of any naturally aspirated ones having probs.Hopefully you have caught it in time and the damage will be minimal,could you please post the results back on here . thanks
and good luck,im sure once fixed you wont have any more probs ,,ian

Thanks for the advise on the webpage. There sure is lots of information there, especially on the page "What Toyota doesn't want you to know ...........". Will wait for the results of the post mortem today and if not favourable, will hit them with all this information

Goran, In answer to part of your response, no the installer has not checked big ends , injectors , pump , timing etc. prior to fitting. This would be not only impracticale for most installers, it would also mean a much bigger cost to the customer. What the installer does in my case is dyno the vehicle before fitting and then again afterwards. During the afterwards stage, theyadjust the pump to get a certain level of performance (he guarantees 30% increase above standard factory figures). In my case, the figures were slightly below factory figures before the turbo was fitted, and after fitting and adjustment, the figures were no better or worse than any other 80 series that had gone through the workshop. I have spoken to the installer today, and he tells me that when looking back through his records, that there was certainly nothing unusual about my motor when he had it on the dyno. He also informs me that he has never had an engine failure that can be directly attributed to one of his turbo installations. I did a lot of research when deciding who to use for my install, and he has been around a long time and has an excellant reputation for quality of workmanship as well as knowledge in the field of diesels and turbocharging, so I tend to believe him. Anyway we will see exactly what the problem is in a few days time and will then be able to speculate on what caused it. Thanks for the response and advice.

Austin
i have just looked thru that site and it sounds pretty scary ,i was just wondering what noise yours has and at what revs?,,,thanks Ian