Rebuild 80 series turbo help

here's all the work done for you for 3550 if its a 1HZ. copy and paste the link fully reco exch. but I would get a second opinion first and maybe have the valve clearances done.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Toyota-Landcruiser-Engine-Motor-RECO-4-2-1HZ-Diesel_W0QQitemZ220208949480QQihZ012QQcategoryZ6763QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You can buy brand new engines through toyota for around 7g.

Hello George,

We have just experienced the same thing although our car is a Petrol motor 4wd. Our motor is currently being rebuit had all the bore sleeves done and pinned. It has been with the mechanic now for 7 weeks waiting for the machining to be done etc. We are assured it will be just like a new motor, and we shouldn't have any problems with it for at least 10yrs. The cost of the rebuild is $4500.00 we figured that at least if we spend that we know what were are getting and it will be reliable as opposed to trading in for someone elses troubles. We too are about to head off up to the Kimberly and NT for 4 months towing a jayco caravan so we needed something that wasn't going to give us any trouble, as it has turned out our car has had one hell of a service.

We also got the mechanic to change all belts and hose pipes and asked him to look at the timming chain and we will keep the old ones for spares.

cheers
Andrea

Sounds Suss low compression and none in one wouldnt be worn rings with that many ks
either he didnt do the compression test /properly
or
the engines suffering more than worn rings possibly been cooked/valve problems. In this case anything short of a compleat rebuild could waste your money

White smoke on startup is pretty common and is more likely a symptom of poorly functioning glow plugs or whatever a DI motor uses as a pre heat (i think it is a type of element).
Get a second opinion and try and hang around for the compression test

A diesel will vary rarely be fixed with new rings, usually the bore is scored from overheat and alloy piston grows more than bore size...
I paid 4500 to rebuild mine, rebore, renew everything and i did all the dis/assembly myself...maching was 2k rods closed and honed, crank linished, crack tested....u see, its not worth spending a few thousand and not doing it properly...believe me you dont want to go back and do it again....firstly, i would check valve clearances, that may be all thats wrong.
Next id be looking at that 7k motor real close, as what you remove is worth 2k if it has a good bottom end.
Oh, did i mention warrenty with that...
Andrew

You Didn't mention if it was factory turbo motor (1HD-T) or aftermarket turboed 1HZ,
They have different heads to begin with.
One thing to watch for if it's a 1HD-T is the bigends, they where prone to failure.
As mentioned on prevoius post, If you are gunna go away in the future, bite the bullet NOW and get a proper recon done, I know it's easy to say!, but you will more than likely end up having to fork out for it, or spend your entire holiday worring about it.
You will do well finding an exchange fully reco'ed factory turbo motor for under $10k, other have mentioned lower prices on this thread, but that would be for a 1HZ I would think.
Shane