Service Intervals - Toyota 79 RV Cab Chassis

Submitted: Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 at 11:14

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GoThe80!

Gday,
Just after some clarification...
Everywhere on the net that has information available, suggests that the minor service interval is 10000km and major service interval is 40000km, however the servfice book has the 5000km and 10000km chits in there.
Can anyone clarify what the correct service intervals are for their Toyota 79 Series RV Cab Chassis is?? (Im assuming that the troopie will be the the same)
Many Thanks

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Reply By: Member - glenno (QLD) - Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 at 11:43

Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 at 11:43

Service my Troopy 75 series 4.2 diesel every 5000klms .
1 x oil filter(donaldson)
1 x air filter(donaldson)
1 x primary fuel filter
1 x secondary fuel filter
10 lts of castrol gtx diesel oil
$98.00

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Follow Up By: Member - glenno (QLD) - Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 at 15:57

Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 at 15:57

Forgot to mention that i bought myself a top of the range mechanic quality lever action grease gun for $100 and cartridges are about $5 i think .

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Reply By: ToyMotor - Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 at 11:52

Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 at 11:52

Quoting from the Warranty & Service book, the 5,000 Km service for normal operating conditions consists of lubricating the steering knuckle, drag link and steering linkage.

The dealer advised me when I bought the vehicle (new) not to pay them to do it if I was capable of using a grease gun.

Cheers

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Reply By: Peter 2 - Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 at 15:42

Saturday, Oct 30, 2004 at 15:42

Well my Toyota troopies with the 1HZ all had 5k service intervals, oil & filter, grease tailshafts and steering, check fuel and air fliters and as I had a CAV fuel filter upstream of the standard fuel filter I always changed that at 5k too.
The Toyota fuel filter I only changed twice at 100k intervals as the CAV was doing all the work.
Transmission and diff oils checked at 10k intervals and changed at 20k intervals.
Oil is far cheaper than engines and I'd be changing it at 5k myself as while you may get away with it the engine is basically the same since 1990, oils haven't improved that much.

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Reply By: ross - Sunday, Oct 31, 2004 at 03:32

Sunday, Oct 31, 2004 at 03:32

I no longer have the documentation at hand but I remember reading a similar post on another site.
It appears that Toyota shortened the service intervals on the 75 after introduction and shortened them again when the 79 series come out.
I think the major service interval is now 30000klm possibly because of the different gearbox and diffs.

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Reply By: GoThe80! - Sunday, Oct 31, 2004 at 19:44

Sunday, Oct 31, 2004 at 19:44

Thanks all!
I will check what toyota have to say about it all... and how much of it i can do myself without voiding warranty...
Cheers All!!
GoThe80! (though that should now be GoThe79!)

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Follow Up By: Davoe - Sunday, Oct 31, 2004 at 21:31

Sunday, Oct 31, 2004 at 21:31

I am probably wrong but I thought the ute was 78 and the troopy was 79?

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Follow Up By: GoThe80! - Sunday, Oct 31, 2004 at 21:33

Sunday, Oct 31, 2004 at 21:33

yeah, the 78 is the troopie, and the 79 is the cab/chassis

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Follow Up By: Davoe - Monday, Nov 01, 2004 at 02:20

Monday, Nov 01, 2004 at 02:20

thatwould be right I got that info from kalgoorlie toyota and they cant even fix them let alone know what they are working on

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Reply By: Phil G - Monday, Nov 01, 2004 at 19:08

Monday, Nov 01, 2004 at 19:08

People been talking apples and oranges here.

The HDJ79 (factory turbo diesel) can be serviced at 10k intervals because it is direct injection and EFI, so doesn't generate as much soot.

The HZJ 79 (normally aspirated diesel) used to be 5k services because it is indirect injection and generates more soot.

Toyota tell me that both engines are now 10k intervals, unless being operated under dusty or difficult conditions as specified inthe book.

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