Not sure if you meant me or the other poster, but yes I had set that truck to the low end of the 3L/2L spec without any issues. I had wanted to mess with it more but ended up selling the truck before I got to it
Is that gauge pre or post turbo? If it's before the turbo those are good temps. I've typically tuned mine to run no more than 1200 degF when really pushing it - wherever that lands on the fuel screw
Intercooler time!
I adapted a lot of the info the Lj78 guys have provided on the forum about a water to air setup and I’m pretty happy with how turned out in the Hilux. Pulled almost everything off eBay and think I have about $500 all in. The quality of the intercooler and heat exchanger are...
Finally got around to removing the ignition immobilizer. Seems like this is super common in Australia and the company that made mine doesn’t support them outside the country. I wasn’t loving only having one set of keys that could open the car for obvious reasons.
it was a rats nest under the...
Had removed all my air filter housing and piping clutter to take measurements and figure out how a water to air intercooler would fit... ended up discovering the snorkel isn’t hooked up to anything! I guess this should have been obvious but the stock piping goes into the fender to some sort of...
I can back tonight to make some adjustments. Once the engine is at TDC you can rotate the pump toward the engine for advance and away from it for retard. Of course you’ll want to keep the SST and gauge installed to measure this change. From my experience the injector lines will fight you for...
Timing specs are:
2L/3L: .84-.96mm
2LT: .54-.66mm
5L: .64-.76mm
Mine read smack in the range at 0.92mm, once again leaving me wishing for some service history on this thing. 400k km and everything I test or take apart looks like it hasn’t gone 100k :meh:
This opens up a whole discussion as to...
Timing check and adjustment:
there’s a really good video of this on a 1HZ here:
the L engine manual
https://www.dropbox.com/s/r5t3eowfxgbcnq8/2L%203L%205L%20ENGINE%20RM520E.pdf?dl=0
is also helpful for the spec tolerances but I found it vague when describing how to zero the gauge. The video...
A couple posts back I was checking axle housing interference with the downward orientation of the oil filter the Lj78 oil cooler provides. Well I haven’t driven anything crazier than a few dirt road In the desert and already I’m seeing impact damage on the oil filter from the torque rod that...
Unfortunately the bigger rad wasn’t the perfect cooling fix I was hoping for. I could still move the temp gauge (and see 210f+ on my auxiliary gauge) going up the 6% 10 mile grade by my house. Granted I can only produce higher temps in the worst condition I can generate without towing anything...
Replaced the radiator with a 3-core aluminum ebay unit and while the rad is out I decided to change the harmonic balancer and nut. I could see a slight wobble in the belts somewhere and wanted to play it save - there are too many threads about these delaminating and ruining the crank. Turns out...
Couple hundred miles driving for Memorial Day for a very pleasant packraft and not so pleasant bike shuttle. Plus my first chance to give the new turbo a good run. Ran about 7 psi max, 5 cruising at 100kph, EGT maxed at 1050 deg, 700 deg at cruise. Fuel is still stock, but I’m happy with the...
Digging around behind the dash to put gauges in a found the truck had a factory hand throttle. I guess most diesels do I’m just not used to working on one that isn’t bastardized :flipoff2: looks like someone had shoved it up behind the dash when the cable broke, luckily it’s all still available...
Added some aftermarket gauges. Was excited to find the headlight reminder buzzer is located right behind the shifter boot panel and is perfect to tap into for the gauges - has 12v inputs for ignition and lights, and is powered through the 10A gauges fuse to boot. Connector is standard spades so...
Hard to say if it’s bigger, since the fans depend more on the chassis than the engine. Not sure what model yours is, LN108 maybe? But safe to assume it’s the same diameter as what you’ve got now - you can see in the picture it’s the same as my stock 3L one (16361-54040).
The hilux/surf radiator...
Pulled the pan to chase some oil leaks and may have gotten carried away:
The good news is the rod bearings looked great considering the mileage. New OEM std bearings plastigauge’d withinin spec (13041-54042-02). If you do your rod bearings be smarter than me and don’t buy the first bearing...
Beginning to tackle all the old window tint. (Thanks for the tips @BHillteq) The bed canopy blind spot is forcing me to use the side mirrors more and seeing through the bad tint at night can be downright dangerous.
I bought a steamer on amazon for $20. Makes it so much easier I highly...