Toyo Dramas!!....LOL

Thanks Graham!, hopefully someone with the same engine and 100 series auto will enlighten.


Axle.

Your advice is most helpfull!!


Cheers Axle.

Who knows what the previous owner has in the radiator . The first thing i would do is take it to a radiator place and have them flush it out and replace the coolant . I would do this every twelve months from then on . That is what i do .

Age

Try and find a dealer ( of any make ) which uses genuine oil. They all have done deals with oil companys to supply the cheapest bulk oil they can. Normally around $1.50 - $2.00 a litre. the only way to get the good stuff is to specifically ask for it, and even then you don't know if it actually happens. My dealership uses Castrol, ( rubbish in my opinion ) and are having corollas with 50-60 thou on them come back with major sludging problems.

Axle seems capable of doing the servicing himself, and should keep to that.

Donks1

The genuine ultra long life coolant is pretty exee about $9 a litre if I read the price on the pack correctly at my local toyota the other day.

Agree about the oil The Toyota oil costs about $90 when bought at a service. Thats for the 11.3 litres for a 4.2TD and by the stickers on it use it in both petrol and diesel engines.

I now buy Penrite HPR15 Diesel for under $120 for 20 litres and wait for Autobarn to have their 20% off days to replenish.

Am using Terrain Tamer filters and just changed them so am about to cut the old ones up to see if what they claim is correct about the quality.
$18 each in pack of 6 against $36 for genuine Toyota.

Any oil providing it meets the specs in the handbook is probábly OK.

Have just put BFG AT's on as well No brainer really as I got 2 almost new for $180 so just had to get 2 more new at $258 ea

Hi Redbakk, you say ""In saying that though I had the troopy booked into the local toyota guy to rod out my radiator and he passed it on to a local radiator guy....go figure! "" mate they did this back in 88 when I worked for them and still do, also when you book it in for a tranny service (auto) generally its driven to the local tranny shop, service done then driven back to toyota who then double the service cost of the transmission service just for you. Bar the general stuff most of the major stuff like gearbox rebuilds, diffs etc its all passed out to specialist workshops, not such a bad thing really, no offence to any 1st year apprentice's but Id rather my gearbox be rebuilt by some one that knows what there doing then the toyota work shop controller telling some 1st year, "" pull it out sone fix it and put it back"" but dont bother helping the poor young blokes then rip s h i t out of them when they stuff it up when the customer complains.
""I have done this and keep all my own records and do what I can do confidently "" and Id keep doing to, I have seen numerous times a cruiser for eg come in for a service, up on the hoist, ah she's write dont worry bout the diff checks, bearings etc this things never seen off the bitumen, back out in the carpark and have the hide to hit you with a bill for things they never did. WHG........

Same to you mate, did send you a pm but I think there is something wrong with the system, will send another. I had a whole heap of pm's come through in one hit 2 weeks ago but were sent by the person/s like 1 to 2 weeks prior. Not sure if any one else having issues ? WHG

We have been away Whg, down the snowy got home on the 19th. Taken a week to get over the holiday,lol. Been putting in 10 hour days, today is first day off.
Cheers Pete

No mms
cheers Pete