Re: 2002 Turbo diesel Prado - Problems and Questions
Wed, 06 July 2005 13:45
Engine is 1KZ-TE. Had one in my Hilux Surf, circa 1993 very first year of production. They change the throttle setup in the very late 90's but don't know of any major casting changes. There were drama's with the idler gears for the injector pump and I did blow my Turbo($900).....just once.
I have heard of head problems with these, namely cracked head due to overheating but why I don't know. Mine was a manual hence no transmission cooler in radiator, maybe manual's are less prone to over-heat. I did put my engine to the heat test in the peak of Summer here, meaning 40 degrees. I basically drove down my local beach with my tyres at full pressure still(meaning 40-50kmh is flat strap ) in the very soft sand that we have.
The alloy head handled the high load and high temps just fine for the 40 odd Kilometres to the next small town. The Viscous fan was running locked constantly and the little thermo was cutting in out now and then. I had the air-con on too with windows down:)
Temp gauge just barely moved.
Wed, 06 July 2005 13:45
