I am not quite sure what happened
Submitted: Monday, Jun 21, 2010 at 23:41
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I bought a 03 GXL cruiser 3 1/2 years ago with 70000 kms, it was a MUM bus, I have serviced it every 5000 ks since without fail, it now has 160000ks on the clock.
3 years ago on Frazer Island I let it idle for 2 hours to charge a battery and keep the fridge cold until we gave it a good run the next day, once the battery had charged I gave it some revs and it ran like a charf cutter for about 5 minutes, then it ran fine up until this afternoon.
I did a service on it today, it was close to 5000 ks over but it had not worked hard in that time, it is the first time since I have owned it that the service was late.
I drained the oil replaced the filter, I used the same oil I have used since I bought it, I ran it for a few minutes and then throttled up to see if the oil pressure would lift, as I did so it ran like and old mole and blew heaps of blue smoke, I turned it off then started the process again, this time it had less smoke but still ran like a pig, I repeated the process a few more times, the smoke has now gone but as I throttle up the oil pressure drops and it runs like a pig at mid range revs.
Has anyone come across this before?? has the engine been glazed from the previous owner?? I am stuffed if I know and I have owned a few 1hzj engine in my time.
Thanks in advance.
Reply By: landseka - Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:48
Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:48
This may be totally irrelevant but anyhow several years ago I was called to tow a cruiser that the owner had just changed the oil in.
His problem was that he did it when the motor was cold and poured the oil in too quickly.
The result was that the rocker cover filled then oil ran down a (pvc??) pipe into the inlet manifold.
When he started the motor it got a bellyfull of oil where oil is not meant to be!
The hydraulic action bent a rod or two.
Maybe you had something similar but not quite so extreme?
Cheers Neil
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 15:16
Tuesday, Jun 22, 2010 at 15:16
was that a 60 series? I know it was a common issue with 2h motors (did it myself) no reason it couldnt happen with a 1hz but I fill up a bit slower these days
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