Recent content by jylan

The oil restrictor was my problem for anyone who comes across this thread: 1HD-T - lots of oil from rocker cover breather

Thanks for your replies guys. I've spent the last couple of days pulling the head and reinstalling. Great news is that the oil restrictor was missing. Even better news is that installing the thing seems to have completely fixed my problem! Better oil pressure to boot too. I repeated the ~40km...

Thanks mate, have done so.

[Cross posting from 80 series tech forum on inkpot's suggestion] Hi all, My 4.2L 1HD-T 80 series is experiencing some serious oil usage. I've narrowed it down to the rocker cover breather outlet; temporary catch can collected 250-300mL of oil on a ~50km test run. There is some variability...

Hi all, My 4.2L 1HD-T 80 series is experiencing some serious oil usage. I've narrowed it down to the rocker cover breather outlet; temporary catch can collected 250-300mL of oil on a ~50km test run. There is some variability in the amount of oil collected. Driving at ~80km/h (about 5 PSI...

The mechanic at the Toyota dealer reckons it could be a faulty throw-out bearing causing the noise. They're recommending I take it back to the mechanic who completed the clutch installation, and get them to pull the gearbox again and make sure nothing was missed. Any opinions on this or the...

I've got a nasty sounding noise in my car - have a listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvu6JBMBJNs The noise is persistent in neutral, every gear, and every gear with the clutch in. Comes in at just before 3000RPM as the video shows, and ends ~100RPM later. The noise/vibration also...

Hey mate - I'm the owner of this car. Running 33" Maxxis Bighorns, so a couple inches bigger than standard I think.