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Not sure if it's weeping just heard my uncle say on the last service. I think he just saw a bit of flaking of the red toyota coolant and he assumed that. We also saw come flaking on the top radiator hose. Not sure if it's normal. Then there was almost overheating 2 weeks ago when driving my wife to work.

But I dismissed it bcuZ I disconnected the centre console. Few pplZ say ita not though. Confused...

why would you ever change the timing chain?

sorry when I meant "change" u meant to retighten it or something? Just becuZ it's a timing chain, unfortunately doesn't mean it's maintenence free... I reckon it's good to check it out just in case it needs some

btw cme-lft, what brands did u use? Did u do anything for the chain as well? I think I'm getting a Bosch drive belt for my TiVo

whatever they are... japanese made plugs FTW! :)

i think he means a sportivo guys... LOL

With the hassle of getting to the water pump, i would just change it anyway.

yeah i was thinking that too... with that said, changing the timing chain would be recommended too?

man, a job like that u need to take alot of crap off anyways... might as well change stuff that needs to be changed later on anyways

any aftermarket ones is ok? or just go genuine?

thanks mate, i'll look at it properly on the 100,000k service :)

hey guys, i think my water pump needs to be changed as there is water leaking thru the gasket. It's not leaking thru yet but halfway.

just wondering instead of buying the full pump which costs like 200 from toyota, is there a gasket replacement that i can use? or is the gasket glued on to the water pump?

trying to save a heap of money here...

thanks :D

I use ngk on mine... The ones on them were prolly the original ones... So there was a little bit of improvement ( due to normal wear on them). Just get watevas cheaper

Edit: oh yeah make sure they r iridiums as well :)

Cool thanks for the info... I'll try the ryco first and see how I go. If there is alot of difference in the performance I'll change to the denso ones...

Cheers :)

hey twisties, is your hilux diesel? the reason why i'm asking is doesn't diesel engines last longer than petrol engines in general?

Diesel engines typically have more meticulous servicing (and thus much more expensive) costs than petrol driven vehicles. Combined with the lower revs they operate at and the target market they can last longer. But all comes down to maintenance, a poorly maintained diesel engine won't last as long as a well maintain petrol engine.

cool, i thought it would last longer because of the oil thats also in the diesel that they use, that it lubricates the pistons n valves better than the petrol engines :P

why was it "the worst"? how did it make the engine feel? more sluggish and less power? or was fitting it the hard part?

cheers

i know this is getting a bit off topic but my hilux has done 300,000k's with no rebuild and its still running fine, never had a major problem with it to date :)

hey twisties, is your hilux diesel? the reason why i'm asking is doesn't diesel engines last longer than petrol engines in general?

sorry didn't answer your question lol... yes thats reasonable price, but get it checked THROUGHLY before you buy it

good luck

how much would you think a fair price for a sportivo pre facelift is? insuarance values 04 sportivo for $13,000 as most of them are asking $14,000 plus

fortunately for us owners (not for potential buyers) is that the corolla sportivo has ceased production... thats why the market value is held as it is... people know this so they are trying to hold the prices up abit higher than what its actually worth...

good luck though

P.S. hit lift yet? haha :D

When I bought my car from Danthuyer, I am pretty sure he said that if you hold the gear knob in the reverse position it doesn't pop out (as you are preventing it) and it does go into lift.

YOUTUBE PLEASE! LOL :D i wanna see this in action!

the zze fuel filter is a lot more complicated than an air or oil filter. If you'd pulled one apart you would understand.

yeah i know after reading the manual i feel not very confident doing it... hence waitin til my uncle has time to help me... have u done it before CHA54, or u'd rather let toyota do it?

mixed opinions when im reading up on this one... some say its not as hard as it looks... i'm paranoid all the time for first time <_<

but when i learn how to do it, its sweet as :D

nah its not the money i'm worried about...

its just sometimes the aftermarket ones work the same or better than the original parts...

plus i was getting the cabin filter forom the same company as well, so might as well grab the fuel filter from there too

i used the ryco ol filter and air filter for the engine and i haven't had any issues with it so far

I think it covers engine damage as well, read this...

http://www.rycofilters.com.au/company/warranty

cheers :)

ryco guarantees thier products and it specifically says it won't void warrantee (not that i'm under warrantee anyways) :P

Not sure if there is a difference between Japanese or SA, but just get the SA one as all Sportivos were built there.

Any particular reason you want it changed?

not really, the service book recommends changing it at 80,000 kms, i'm at 85,000km now.

It isn't a cheap part.

actually, its not that bad (40 bucks from super cheap)...;) its the labour thats expensive (100+ from toyota :o)

i rang ryco and they said that the Z654[iT] can be used for both SA and JP builds...

i'm not very confident about changing it for the moment after reading the manual... so i'll wait for my uncle to have free time so he can help me out

guys, is the fuel filter different for a south african build and a jap build? one of the dealers said that the fuel filter is different depending on here its built...

and i was going to buy the ryco fuel filter for my car and i wasn't sure it would be the right part or not...

nvm i found it :)

hey guys, i've read on how to change the filter at this post

http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...showtopic=11928

i tried to look in the service manual for the sportivo and havevn't found any pictures and stuff related to the fuel filter change...

maybe becuz i have adobe 9.0 and it needs 6 to run

i might uninstall the 9.0 and run 6 and see how that goes!

in the meantime if anyone has pictures esp of the rings and stuff that need to be reused please post them!

Thanks all

is it me or is that VVTL-i sticker is crooked? <_<

can someone tell me exactly where the resistors go?

the resistors go on the longer leg of the LCD lol

the way u find out is easy, if u blow the LED, then u got it on the wrong side, 2 bucks wasted (whoopie do) :P