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I’ve never heard of anyone replacing rod bearings as preventative maintenance, other than on the E60 M5 with the V10, which is widely derided for its poor engineering. Honestly I don’t understand why Toyota just gets a pass for stuff like this.In my eyes, there's no real BEB issue. Just change them once when you buy a used vehicle. Same for dripping injectors.
I’ve never heard of anyone replacing rod bearings as preventative maintenance, other than on the E60 M5 with the V10, which is widely derided for its poor engineering. Honestly I don’t understand why Toyota just gets a pass for stuff like this.
Thats good to hear. I had read accounts of them going bad every 100k km or so, but I guess you always hear about the worst cases on the forums usually. Of course I’m not a mechanic and haven’t owned one of the diesels so I’m just going off what I’ve researched here and elsewhere.Early engines had a problem with bad bearing material that made some of them fail after 200k-300k km. If you change them in time (about half a day of work and 200$ in parts) and get the injectors seviced from time to time, those engines will do half a million and more, with enjoyable power output and awesome reliability. One of mine ist now at 630k, a buddys at 900k towing trailers around Europe.
I just see that as a possible maintenance item. Not a difficult job at all.He might be referring to the BEB issues on the 1HDT. There seems to be debate in here on whether they fully fixed the issue on the 24 valve FT motor.
Fair enough, but it’s probably not something the average person would be aware of.I just see that as a possible maintenance item. Not a difficult job at all.