Hey Look. It's a record for me! Three mud posts in 1 day!
Dearest Whirlwind.... Do not, under any conceivable circumstance, take a Toyota diesel, with a diesel problem, to any mechanic of any description, regardless of reputation or qualifications. The only people I know who do good work on engines and can solve mysterious engine problems, work in everything EXCEPT the mechanical industry. Most of them are employed in the IT industry. None of them work on anyone elses rigs.
Seriously. You can blow a huge wad of cash on getting your motor 'fixed', but it won't get fixed. You have to do this yourself.
So, start with a compression test. If the glow plugs 'stick' then slowly rotate them back and forth untill you work them out. If carbon breaks off, not really a big deal, your engine is pretty much garbage now anyway, just don't break the glow plug itself, as that would be bad news and would warrant pulling the head.
If you have low compression, which I would say is 90% likely, then drive the bastard until it won't start anymore. Only then is it really time to do something about it. Then I would suggest it's time to call G&S Cruiser parts and order up a spanky new (OK, actually Used) 12H-T. DO NOT, under any circumstance, let anyone talk you into a rebuild, or putting another sorry 2H under your hood. It will cost you $3,500 to rebuild if you do 90% of the work yourself. A good take out motor will give you WAY more power, not cost much more than a rebuild, and minimize your down time to aprox 1 weekend of hard work to swap the engine.
Peter Straub
Dearest Whirlwind.... Do not, under any conceivable circumstance, take a Toyota diesel, with a diesel problem, to any mechanic of any description, regardless of reputation or qualifications. The only people I know who do good work on engines and can solve mysterious engine problems, work in everything EXCEPT the mechanical industry. Most of them are employed in the IT industry. None of them work on anyone elses rigs.
Seriously. You can blow a huge wad of cash on getting your motor 'fixed', but it won't get fixed. You have to do this yourself.
So, start with a compression test. If the glow plugs 'stick' then slowly rotate them back and forth untill you work them out. If carbon breaks off, not really a big deal, your engine is pretty much garbage now anyway, just don't break the glow plug itself, as that would be bad news and would warrant pulling the head.
If you have low compression, which I would say is 90% likely, then drive the bastard until it won't start anymore. Only then is it really time to do something about it. Then I would suggest it's time to call G&S Cruiser parts and order up a spanky new (OK, actually Used) 12H-T. DO NOT, under any circumstance, let anyone talk you into a rebuild, or putting another sorry 2H under your hood. It will cost you $3,500 to rebuild if you do 90% of the work yourself. A good take out motor will give you WAY more power, not cost much more than a rebuild, and minimize your down time to aprox 1 weekend of hard work to swap the engine.
Peter Straub
