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Beetroot I’ve still got my 1993 Surf V6, that has heated seats! Futuristic car eh! My favourite trick is to turn the passenger one on in the middle of summer, watch the wife start to squirm and fuss...

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...

Oh dear. JoshC, wait was it that failed? Dreaded injector problem?

Cartman I assume that your truck has a record of the timing belt being changed at 150,000km? Tappets should have been done too. I was thinking that about now would be a good time to clean that intake...

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This is what I drained out of my Provent catch can this morning. About 2500km worth of condensed oil that would have gone through the intercooler, met with the hot EGR gases and baked onto...

Eh? I thought the whole point of an oil catch can was to remove the oil from the recirculated crankcase vent, which would otherwise mix with the hot EGR gases and bake the oil into hard crusty...

I’ll disagree with Cambo here slightly and say just fit a catch can. I fitted a Provent on mine when new and I assume the EGR is clean as. We did this to about 50 Hilux 1KD-FTVs in WA at the mine...

cambo do you know why the valve clearances and injector seals need to be done on the Hilux 1KD-FTV at 45,000km for models manufactured 2005-2011, but not on the ones after? What did they change?
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Cartman, how long do you want to keep the vehicle? You should consider that, and how strong certain brands are second hand, for resale or trade in.

Also, are you city, town or rural? Proximity to...