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I am unimpressed with the newer commonrail diesels- good fuel economy but the maintenance $$ ouch (4g for replacement injectors- really???) Its why I want to find out about retrofitting a 4.2 turbo diesel into a almost new 2013 troopy- due to `contacts' I can get it with less than 90k on the clock with blown (as usual)v8 turbo diesel for a grand (complete with bullbar, h/d hayman reece towbar and twin battery setup) its not what you know but who you know ;-) (and the number of the v8 diesels- both single and twin turbo) we got as warranty replacements every week is why I want to retro the good old, solid as a rock 4.2 into one... a replacement motor is almost 20g- I can get a reco 4.2 turbo diesel for under 4g I no longer work at toyota so have lost a lot of contacts grrr- but trying to find out what differences there were bellhousing/gbox/transfer case between the v8 and the straight six as far as I can see visually- its the same manual g/box- but has a different bellhousing, different engine mounts but to same holes in chassis rails surely it couldnt be that simple.... (not worried about elecs - thats my trade....) ;-)

I worked at a major toyota dealership for the last 3 years- the standard oil they use in ALL oil changes was from a bulk 1000l drum that fed all the overhead pumps- petrol/diesel/lpg- they all got fed the same oil... and most of the `mechanics' weren't either- most were taught by rote- only the `senior techs' were actually mechanics or auto elecs (according to trade) all others were (imho) just capable of telling a screwdriver from a spanner, taught just enough to fit stuff by `monkey see, monkey do' type training Note not ALL toyota dealerships were as bad as where I worked- but a good percentage certainly were It could explain why some people had the issues and others didn't Certainly I am unimpressed with the newer commonrail diesels- good fuel economy but the maintenance $$ ouch Its why I want to find out about retrofitting a 4.2 turbo diesel into a almost new 2013 troopy- due to `contacts' I can get it less than 90k with blown (as usual)v8 turbo diesel for a grand its not what you know but who you know ;-) (and the number of the v8 diesels- both single and twin turbo) we got as warranty replacements every week is why I want to retro the good old, solid as a rock 4.2 into one... edit:fix mistakes