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bone · 01-01-05, 05:02 AM

Dear Dave and others,

Thanks for a detailed input. Let me start by clarifying a few issues. The truck was imported to Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) from Japan but I am briefly in Norway and will be back in a couple of months.

Since the van was discontinued in 1993 and after such a short life span (5 yrs or so?) what would be the possible reasons? Mine is a 1992 model. Was it because they wanted to concentrate on the other heavy-duty trucks (the H series?) or was it something to do with the 5 versus 6 cylinders?

I e-mailed Toyota Norway and got replied that the manuals were out of stock and therefore they would not deliver any. Since I now know that the engine is covered in the 1PZ, 1HZ and 1HDT manuals, I might have to call back then.

Thanks for the rear end bumpers Dave but as I said, I am far away in the north. Let me start with a few questions now:

1. What are the most common problems with PZJ77 or any Japanese diesel engine that one should always keep an eye on?
2. What are the most delicate/soft parts? I requested for the timing-belt and oil/fuel filters to be changed
3. What is recommended to be changed at 85,000 km mileage
4. I normally STP my gasoline engines. Is it recommended for the diesel engines as well?
5. In that part of the world, there is always a problem of finding genuine parts at reasonable prices. What parts would be best purchased from Europe – I mean to be fixed immediately or within the first year?
6. I have looked around and got the impression that the fuel consumption of the LJ78 (2.4 Lt diesel, Turbo charged engines (Surf, Prado) is very similar to the non-turbo 3.5 Lt PZJ77. Is that true, and if yes, why?

Thanks,

Bone

01-01-05, 05:02 AM	#6
bone IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 13	Dear Dave and others, Thanks for a detailed input. Let me start by clarifying a few issues. The truck was imported to Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) from Japan but I am briefly in Norway and will be back in a couple of months. Since the van was discontinued in 1993 and after such a short life span (5 yrs or so?) what would be the possible reasons? Mine is a 1992 model. Was it because they wanted to concentrate on the other heavy-duty trucks (the H series?) or was it something to do with the 5 versus 6 cylinders? I e-mailed Toyota Norway and got replied that the manuals were out of stock and therefore they would not deliver any. Since I now know that the engine is covered in the 1PZ, 1HZ and 1HDT manuals, I might have to call back then. Thanks for the rear end bumpers Dave but as I said, I am far away in the north. Let me start with a few questions now: 1. What are the most common problems with PZJ77 or any Japanese diesel engine that one should always keep an eye on? 2. What are the most delicate/soft parts? I requested for the timing-belt and oil/fuel filters to be changed 3. What is recommended to be changed at 85,000 km mileage 4. I normally STP my gasoline engines. Is it recommended for the diesel engines as well? 5. In that part of the world, there is always a problem of finding genuine parts at reasonable prices. What parts would be best purchased from Europe – I mean to be fixed immediately or within the first year? 6. I have looked around and got the impression that the fuel consumption of the LJ78 (2.4 Lt diesel, Turbo charged engines (Surf, Prado) is very similar to the non-turbo 3.5 Lt PZJ77. Is that true, and if yes, why? Thanks, Bone