Toyota LC ute New 70 series V8 turbo diesel problems

Thank your lucky stars it is a toyota and not a nissan.
Cheers Pete

is it a faulty injector type knock?

go to caterpilar and get a 'sos' bottle. get some engine oil out of your sump ( don't get any dirt in it ) and send it in the bottle. it will tell you whats in the oil down to parts per million. they only cost 28 bucks . it takes about 10 days to hear results but if you do it for a long period ( 4 or 5 oil changes ) there may be a pattern forming ( eg high in aluminium or iron ect ) and you will have 'proof' that there is something wrong.

What kind of valve clearence method do these diesels employ?
Shims, adjustable rockers, hydraulic, auto backlash adjusters.

Could be the ARB service they are useless...check they put oil back in it

I was talking to 2 fellows in Broken Hill last Nov. and they said that there were some problems with these Landcruiser Turbo V8s.

They kick their legs out of bed at about 25000 kilometres (rod through the block). One of these guys had one on order in his home town down on the Murray and I said shouldn't you be worried, he said "Nope, it's under warranty so they will have to fix it". Thats courage for you. Imagine being out of town in the sticks about a couple of hundred clicks and she blew.

Bruce.

i know of some mining cos buying up 100t/d again because the new 70 series diesels having problems with turbos , but that is because of water crossings with hot turbos, i am at present pricing up a ftd/td to fit in my 80 series as a project . i dont see the ftd as a problem it has been around in the us for a while .less than 5% of problems are caused by electrical failure and this may be one of them.

please advise as to the damage , get toyota to pay for hire vehicle or take one out of stock , new , used or demo

This site is new to me so I have borrowed my brothers sign on details.
I will join up myself when we get settled somewhere as we have just retired.
I'm looking forward to getting started "on the road to somewhere" but here's the problem,
I bought a new 2xTD 200 series Sahara last year when they were first released and it used 2.5ltrs of oil in the first 10,000K's. It's still using oil but not quite as much in the next 3000k's it has done.
Although Toyota have said they will stand by their product this is not much help if the engines are going to play up like I have read on this site and break down in the middle of the bush.
They have also said that they tried to build in longevity into the engines by using harder material in pistons, rings and cylinder sleeves so it may not have bedded in just yet.
This is all well and good, but mine also seems a bit noisier than when it was new, when it's started cold as well.
I hope that these are not going to turn into "lemons" as it is a great vehicle and one that I had hoped to keep for some time.
It will be towing a 3T caravan.
Hope it turns out well for you Skippype, I'll keep watching for results.

said mining co rererred by my self speaking to the service manager 6 t/d utes aside with turbo problems 3 with the problem you are having . he has said problems with fuel have caused partial blockage to filter and so reduces flow to pump, these pumps run at real high pressures , reduced flow will cause lack of lubrication to pump components and pump bits will end up in injectors blocking them.