landcruiser 200 series extra diesel filter

would like to keep the toyota filter its 2 micron and works very well but am mostly worried about water .thats the main reason that i am told to fit the extra filter as water will pass the the filters and its deadly to common rail diesels

what you are saying pinko is the same as what i am hearing ,my local dealer loaned me a fuel manager filter that would do the job 30 microns with the drainable water trap on the bottom .the only trouble was it was 250mm long to big to fit in the engine bay. There are a lot of these trucks running around out there someone must have one fitted . Have spoken to a few diesel injection people and common rail is still new ground a few have said that our diesel fuel is still not always up to scratch.

Hi Larry
The unit I was shown did not appear to be that long but more the lenght of the original equipment.
In many flood prone rural towns diesel is held in above ground tanks and a tank that may be half full of air with hot days and cold nights promotes water condensation. The water trap on the end of the tank looks as if it has not cleaned in months worries me and I think in $$$$$$.

2 micron filters can also restrict fuel supply rate

Hi hotfishez, I was going to fit a Racor 500 using a (2 micron element as I had access to buy at staff prices) assembly to my then Hilux 3.0Lt diesel a few years ago but after talking to a diesel mechanic who had fitted a Lucas 296 water seperator assm (7-10 micron I think but they do not usually publish the specs) to his Landcruiser work vehicle, said he had to put an electric fuel pump between the tank and Lucas assm to "push" the fuel through to the standard fuel filters as the pump on the engine would not "draw' the fuel through fast enough resulting in starvation issues. Funny that this topic should come up tonight as my supervisor at work today gave me a brochure from Donaldson about a new filter system kit, I might have a closer look at it but at the moment I am quite happy with the 2 filter system on my HDJ79
Cheers
Rob Mac

taking all this on board still waiting to log on to lscool spoke to cooma diesel today they fit a water trap only filter to common rail diesels that they say will not interfear with the flow pressures and will not void toyota warranty must be fitted before main filter it has a supper sencative water sencer that will set of light and or buzzer . not cheap around $700 fitted still waiting for anyone that has acctually fitted a extra filter to a 200 series

Bear in mind Common rail injectors are around $900 each for a 200 Series TD, if you happen to stuff them multiply x 8. Diesel filtration is critical, if the factory filter is more than sufficient why are we getting so many buggered injectors? Diesel quality is being blamed. I think it's a fair question to consider a pre filter.

I can tell you it is not diesel causing the injectors to fail, toyota are aware of the problem and as per usual the great expense to fix they will not elaborate too much on the problem. However if you have an issue with the injectors on your toyota, your service manager needs to push toyota and if pushed hard enough all injectors can be replaced under warranty with injectors that have been improved.

DONT USE BIO DIESEL
DONT USE BIO DIESEL
DONT USE BIO DIESEL

GET THE MESSAGE

Our common rail VW has a warning in big letters on the fuel cap saying NO BIODIESEL - I think its in capitals too! Many owners of Common rail diesels use only BP diesel because it has a higher cetane number and no biodiesel.

I have travelled all over oz for many years in my 40 then 60, 80 ,100 series with only a few minor fuel problems that were easy to fix . I have still been talking to diesel injection specialests and are getting confusing different answers But the all say common rail deisels are very exspensive to fix and good clean fuel is needed. water is the main killer because the filter will stop the solids but once the water builds up it will pass through the filter elements . Will call Macquarie 4x4 friday Murray Thanks regards to all Larry

Larry,
Its interesting that the 40 and 60 series diesels had a water separator fitted to the chassis rail with a neat little drain plug. If water appeared in the separator, the light on the dash would go on and you'd drain the water before it reached the fuel filter. Perhaps that's what you need now!