Thread: 2009 Colorado Engine Problem

OK. After reading that thread, maybe I should quit my 2011 Hilux D4d double cab/canopy Hilux. Just clicked 97000kms. Two onr. Full Toyota service records available including injector seals etc etc . Being reserviced this Thursday.

Originally Posted by Ingrid 51

OK. After reading that thread, maybe I should quit my 2011 Hilux D4d double cab/canopy Hilux. Just clicked 97000kms. Two onr. Full Toyota service records available including injector seals etc etc . Being reserviced this Thursday.

Why ?


The Hilux is a proven performer and reliable

Nothing wrong with their economy either

I get an average of 7.7litres per 100 km


and just over 800km a tank


That's an average of 50% town and the other half on open country roads

No way I'd change to another brand.

I love my Hilux!! Brother had a Colorado and quit it with similar issues to those mentioned above. Simply thinking of $$ as I get older, though truck always serviced on time.

Is there an easy way to check which injector is faulty and replace only one rather than the whole lot?

Anyone know if they can be rebuilt?

For what my mate offered it to me for it would only owe me 13k so it's pretty tempting.

There must be a way to test them....whats Holden say?

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A diagnostic tool would highlight the offending injector

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

There must be a way to test them....whats Holden say?

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Holden is a pack of thieves up here, we use them through work.

holden= Hold On love Damn Engine Nackered....

Originally Posted by Ingrid 51

OK. After reading that thread, maybe I should quit my 2011 Hilux D4d double cab/canopy Hilux. Just clicked 97000kms. Two onr. Full Toyota service records available including injector seals etc etc . Being reserviced this Thursday.

After halfway through 2010 the injector seals no longer need to be done

isuzu/holden mazda/ford always found the original setup superior maybe the likes of mazda and isuzu deliberately build the fords and hodems inferior (bit like your generic shit paper , seems to work but in the end will hurt your arse). i can remember when hoden tried using nissan engines in their commodores , that was a fail kept on cooking engines turned out the engines didnt like the antifreeze holden was putting in them. shoulda stuck with what they know v8 and straight 6s ignore the greenies.

To technical just to drive down the fukn road in

Originally Posted by scotty

holden= Hold On love Damn Engine Nackered....

my wife used to work at manthel motors and told a rep that holden stands for ;hope our luck dosent end now'; and he wouldnt talk to her after that

Originally Posted by scotty

isuzu/holden mazda/ford always found the original setup superior maybe the likes of mazda and isuzu deliberately build the fords and hodems inferior (bit like your generic shit paper , seems to work but in the end will hurt your arse). i can remember when hoden tried using nissan engines in their commodores , that was a fail kept on cooking engines turned out the engines didnt like the antifreeze holden was putting in them. shoulda stuck with what they know v8 and straight 6s ignore the greenies.

The 3l Nissan 6s were one of the better engines in their time in Holdens. The issue was they cost Holden an arm and a leg to source from Nissan and was only ever an interim measure. Prior to that I had one of their poxy 202s (straight 6) with all the first try of anti emmission gear - had 2 lots of valves burn out in quick succession. Was told the only solution was to sell the car or fit a Yellow Terra head. Will never ever buy another Holden.

@zimmer the only Holden to own was the ones that Brocky put Crystals in, went heaps better after that!

Originally Posted by zimmer

The 3l Nissan 6s were one of the better engines in their time in Holdens. The issue was they cost Holden an arm and a leg to source from Nissan and was only ever an interim measure. Prior to that I had one of their poxy 202s (straight 6) with all the first try of anti emmission gear - had 2 lots of valves burn out in quick succession. Was told the only solution was to sell the car or fit a Yellow Terra head. Will never ever buy another Holden.

Must admit that the Nissan engine was a great improvement on the old 202. Used to work for a rental company and the change meant a smaller, lighter engine with improved power/reliability. They really needed the increase in reliability the most. They were still nowhere near the reliability of the Toyotas and Falcons of the same era but about a two fold improvement on what they were beforehand.