Thread: New truck.

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Double oh dear. That whole episode was not Toyota's finest hour. Strictly speaking it was Denso who was at fault. Their common rail injection systems are found in about half the cars and trucks manufactured, not just Toyota, and they had similar problems across a wide range of vehicles, especially in Europe.

Dealerships lost a huge amount of credibility. I despise most dealerships, bunch of crooks. We were in Aus while most of this was going down, the problem was double as bad there in the north of the country, because on top of the leaky seals problem there was widespread fuel contamination due to bulldust, rust particulates and water ingress into old bowser tanks in monsoon areas. The factory filter couldn't deal with it, when the first ones came out on the 1KD it was supposed to be "inspected" every 12 months which they didn't do, and never changed which is insane. Then they altered the service interval to replacement every 40,000km. Which is still insane. In NZ I see the interval is now 30,000km or when the light comes on cos its detected water by which time it could be too late. I changed by pre-filter every 20,000 and the factory filter every 10,000km.

The holed pistons problem is usually caused by an irregular injector spray pattern and dripping, which in turn is caused by damage to the injector nozzle from water or other contaminents. Cockies and forestry guys that refuel a lot from jerry cans and old tanks on the farm are particularly at risk. I always advise additional fuel filtration on these vehicles. Mine looks like this:

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Yeah. Mine had an additional filter in from new. I installed that when I bought it, after reading of the fuel related issues in the earlier 1kd's on Aussie forums. Both filters where changed every 10,000km, I insisted on it.

Incidentally I did notice the engine was more rattly than normal that morning, approx 450kms into a tank of diesel I had bought from a small town garage the day before. But it wasn't until after the event that I clicked.

My water in filter light never came on in the time I owned the truck.

The CRD motors is one of the reasons why I went back to a 100 series Landcruiser. The risks associated with dirty fuel are less, to a degree. Although good 100's are getting harder and harder to find, so I may have to accept the risk when I buy my next and go for a 200. Unless a low km tidy 100 pops up of course.

Anyways, going off track to the OP a bit. Sorry.