Thread: The new truck (Hilux Surf)

Originally Posted by Brennos

Same here with the old boys kzn130. Rimfire, thr 3.0 1kz will do heads in. Worked at toyota for a few years, sold lots of them. best thing to do is as others have said, get a tranny cooler (if auto), a decent temp gauge, if it gets warm, stop it. In my experience, its either from towing, going up steep hills, or off roading that kills them.

Keep up the servicing (takes a bit of oil PM me and i'll sort you out some good shit at a cut rate), make sure there is plenty of clean coolant, and just check everything once and a while.

If you plan on doing a fist service sort of thing, I would invest in all new filters, a trans flush, a coolant flush, and decent oil.

What is tranny cooler?