Rodeo 2.8 turbo reliability/economy

Damn! I've done it again.
The above post referred to the reliability/economy of the 2.8L Rodeos, TF series perhaps?
Thanks for your patience. Dumbo.

had a 96 mod for 5yrs and i only had trouble with the centre bearing on the tail shaft. i used to load it right up and flog it on big trips and never gave a wimper.
only reason i sold it was to pay for a new 4stroke outboard.

Rcecently went out with a R/E agent to look at a rather rough/steep bush block. His Rodeo is a current mod. trayback (3.0ld ?)
Access was through a fairly deep river crossing and that is where I noticed the first indications of its limits. In 1st H it "surged" badly over rocks and needed 2nd.L to negotiate what in a Pat./LC would have been simple. Then in the steep stuff it was almost a total disaster. Without turbo boost the engine simply bogged down, 2000rpm and on boost it had rocks flying out the back and very erratic forward travel with plenty of "pig rooting" (range of gears used)
There was 3 on board (me in the middle) not much to hang onto and a very uncomfortable day out.
My assessment, they look better than they are.

hi jeff my rodeo i have had for 5 years now and could not fault it. I was told on good advice by a 4wd mechanic and tour operated that it would be better than a hilux non turbo at the time as they have a little more get up and go.my wife and i traveled from perth back to sydney over 4 months wiyh no hassles
I have put taller tyres on it and had the speedo recalibrated an about the only thing i would like to do now is put a locker in the front and then i know i would be able to go any place the patrols or toyotas can go at the moment i can only go 90% of the places

Regards BigFella

Thank you for your responses; so far so good.
Special thanks to Guzzi - if only I'd known! Still, may help others. Jeff.H.

No problems with my TF except for the abuse that I have caused it. On my second now, 2002 2.8 Td, 155k on the clock. Only major repairs has been a new starter motor (ingress of water), brakes, and the injectors (due to wrongful diagnosis by mechanic). Some other small bits here and there such as thermo fan for aircon, brake pads etc. Turbo lag, I guess so, havent driven too many other turbo vehicles so I wouldnt really know the difference (except for a wrx tweeked to run 16psi boost with in cab boost controller- WHAT A CAR TO DRIVE :))

Gets on average 9.8-10 km per litre normal running, and gets down around 8ish on heavy going. Recent trip at xmas, fully loaded with steel canopy, camping gear, included 600km bitumen, and 200km sand work with tyres at 18psi, avg fuel consumption for trip was 8.2km per litre.

Previous rodeo was a 96 2.8 Td single cab. Good vehicle, traded in for the 'family sized rodeo' with 320k on the clock. Replaced on that starter, front bearings, clutch brake master and a few little bits. Turbo ran at 12 psi (factory is 10) and boy was it sweet. Enough get up and go to pull out, and overtake in 5th gear at 100km+. I will get around to doing it in the current rodeo, need to get around to installing a boost gauge first.

Friends 94 ran at 16psi from 100k, engine required rebuild at about 390k- not bad run when the engine is not designed to run at those pressures.