Thread: Toyota or nissan V6

Originally Posted by Snowgrass

I seriously looked at the 1GR 4 litre Toyotas but stuck with a diesel for towing and river crossings etc. Weekend vehicle so not too fussed on fuel costs. One issue I found (admittedly from reading the net and a couple of vehicles I looked at) with the Toyota motors are oil feed problems resulting in motors needing rebuilt. A fair bit of it I think is due to short runs causing sludging. Check under the oil filler caps and down the fill tubes. Will give an idea of what the inside is like. Both Prados in town I looked at were bloody bad. Maybe supermarket/school runners which wouldn’t help. Other than that they seem to be a bloody good motor. I think @Flyblown has had a good run from them?

Really interesting, I've heard this before from someone else - I always considered petrols a better option for start/stop short running but now I think that's an old fashioned notion now. Also, the only real cost saving I've noticed for servicing is the lower capacity of the sump - everything else being equal for my vehicles the petrol car oil filter is actually more expensive than the diesel and the consumables and labour are basically the same. Also, with the modern injected petrols repair costs for the fuel injection gear is pretty comparable to the diesel injection system and surprisingly takes a lot longer to replace typically due to the amount of crap that you have to strip off the engine just to get to the bits! The fuel economy between petrol and diesel in the same useage is something that while it exists is only really a factor if you are doing more than say 15 or 20K km's a year...