I Leak Oil
Expedition Leader
I think I'm lost...This sure seems like it should belong in the Land Rover section. O.K., I'll go away now....eepwall:
My facts are poor because they don't reflect the love of your life TLC in good light. Well I am an ex TLC owner. I never said the H series Hino engines are inferior in any sense, however they are not MB and not all MB engines come close to the legend of the two I mentioned. That goes to show your knowledge on MB. FYI, there was a massive recall on one of the H series engines, good old Toyota played it down initially, then when lawsuits piled, they went and quietly did the job. The engines would have premature crank bearing failure due to design. It affected late 80s TLCs. ]
The main bearing thing for the 1HD-T engine in 90-95 HDJ80s was a real, legitimate problem. Naturally Toyota blamed it on the oil, everyone else blamed it on Toyota. It's one reason we have the JASO DH-1 oil spec. (I spent a lot of time this summer teaching myself about motor oil and diesel emission specs).
http://www.markerink.org/WJM/HTML/80bigend.htm
It only affected 12 Valve (not 24 valve) turbo direct injection versions of the H engine. One of the fascinating footnotes to this saga is that people (mainly Australians) who put aftermarket turbos on their 12 valve indirect injection naturally aspirated 2Hs didn't have unusual amounts of main bearing problems.
Markerink's huge file is always interesting:
http://www.markerink.org/WJM/HTML/main_4x4.htm
As far as this whole crazy thread in general, I have a very high opinion of Landcruisers and also Mercedes vehicles especially their trucks of course. It's too bad you can't get Unimogs, diesel Gs, and especially 70 series Landcruisers in this country.
Charlie
Ive read all that,several times. Still waiting on the "massive recall" and the law suits that piled up links.
Most people who drive a G wouldn't want a Pinzgauer.