2012 70 series LC70 engine question...

Submitted: Friday, Jul 06, 2012 at 18:38
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Hello ev ery one! I signed the contract for a new 70 series gxl wagon a few weeks ago.... I am ectstatic I tell ya! It's an upgrade in pretty much every possible way from my old 1985 2.4l 55KW diesel powerless steering ifs 4runner! (which I will surely miss dearly because it's done me so well... But we all must move on)...
Anyway I keep hearing all this stuff about the fat four and a half litre v8 turbo diesel lc70 engine! I hear the folks in the kakadu reserve have stopped buying them due to fuel pumps failing (with a replacement cost of $18000), and they burn oil and... Well that's all I've heard, but anyway it's got me worried.
Anyone heard any of the sort? I've never heard of a common rail fuel pump going kaput and I don't really see how either.... It's just a gear pump! What can go wrong? Only thing I can think of is dry fuel (lack of lubrication).

Whatever the case I don't want to be forkin out eighteen grand on a pump every however many Ks once the warranty's up... And I want to put an exaust on pretty much straight away and I know my luck's gonna have it that the engine will fail afterwards and the warranty won't cover it even though it won't affect it in a way that can alter the engine's durability.... To be honest I don't really have any faith in the common rail engines, but what can you do it's the way the worlds gone.... 3 grand for an injector here, 18 for a pump there, 10 for an ecu and while we're at it why not another million dollars for the dealer to repair it because they're the only ones with the million dollar software to program in the new injectors and engine parameters.... Lol

This was not meant to be a rant.... Anyway, any opinions or stories on the lc70 would be lovely. Cheers!
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