Recent content by SurferUK

In my mind, anything for daily use by a normal person is best kept simple. Turbos have their places - race tracks, and vehicles driven by professionals. (E.g. trucks where turbos do actually improve economy as well as performance, but are doing the sort of work that diesels love and are...

Heh. It's funny. For me the opposite is true, I would prefer the gasoline engine. Modern diesels here are SOOOO complicated (See: expensive to fix) due to emissions regulations. Gasoline is an inherently cleaner fuel too, which gives the oil an easier time. Modern turbo diesels also...

If it's any consolation, here every van is a turbodiesel of some sort. Historically diesels required more frequent servicing than petrol engines, they don't now but really I think that is just to appease fleet managers (who cares what happens once it's out of warranty?) Anyway these will...

That was what got Mercedes I think, wasn't it soy-based? Very recyclable, very eco, as long as you ignore the scrapping of the perfectly good vehicle the wiring is attached to!

Yes, I think submarine designers might have a case for calling water a cruel and unpredictable mistress - but not road-going vehicle designers. :madgrin:

They've been notorious for years (It was something I heard about in 2005 when I was looking at getting one) for putting the BCM in the footwell which then combined with their inability to design the scuttle panel in such a way it can't overflow or let water past the seal, then floods the...

Never thought Toyota would have taken vehicle electrical advice from Volkswagen!

I like it when you get the KTHUNK of the bonnet opening instead... :frusty:

I read that this can cause the parking pawl to wear away or shear off if used on hills, is this an overblown fear? Luckily my parking brakes have never seen salt, so I haven't touched them yet.

Not sure how much use this will be to my American friends here, but Febi Bilstein parts 181456 and 181457 for a ~2012 Toyota Hilux fits the 16" wheels perfectly.

I could understand that causing a bottom end knock or frying the cams but I don't see how it would cause fluid in a cylinder/cylinders and low compression. There's videos of engines being run deliberately with no oil at all and they don't lose compression due to it, they normal fail when the...

I don't know the specific Toyota 150k maintenance but just another vote here for at least coolant, diff, and ATF change. Nothing except regular oil changes will do more for the longevity of all the expensive bits. (Which is why they say filled for life!)

What do you guys do for replacement callipers on the smaller 16 inch wheels? I ordered Toyota part numbers 47750-60130 and 47730-60130 (Left and right front callipers), but the smaller wheels don't fit over them. The parts diagram for both the 4Runner (American market) and Hilux Surf (Right...

Hi everyone, just to give an update that might help someone in future. The inner tie rods had started to unscrew from the rack! I don't know how as they were done up pretty dang tight and the locking washer tabs bent back over into the recess on the inner tie rod. So, the steering rack was in...

That's the thing, the steering felt normal immediately after changing the parts, and on the drive there, it just felt like it needed alignment. I know bad tyre camber can cause it, but they haven't touched caster or camber as far as I can tell. I've now had a chance to get underneath it, and I...