V8 vdj79 ute injectors

Just got my V8 vdj79 ute back from Toyota. Last week I had a 40,000 km service and told them I was sick of the precombustion knock and really thought they should do something about it. I was ready to start sending letters of to Toyota in Japan.

They said they were now testing each injector and came up with my No 7 injector was way off the mark. So in goes a new one. (warranty) Great. Only driven around today but already sounds better. Mostly it was really noisy in the mornings like I had dropped a valve into a piston until it warmed up. Then just a general rattle when accelerating.

Pretty good service from Mandurah Toyota. I think they are trying pretty hard to keep the business. I welcome other comments.

Next they phoned me and have an answer for the excessive oil use. Up to 1.3 litres per 10,000 km. While they say it is tolerable it is still a lot. Toyota have come up with an answer. They believe the turbo scavenging pump has an ill fitting lid and Toyota have brought out a new one which will be fitted next week.

So I am pretty happy these issues seem to be getting fixed. Other than these two items I am very happy with the ute. So much power is the biggest difference.Places my old turbo 6 Landcruiser ute would need low range 2 gear to get up this one goes up in high range. In fact I have rarely had to put it into low range even for some damn difficult boggy beach work fully loaded.

David