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looking at purchasing a vehicle with a 2.8 toyota diesel motor.its done 300000klm had the head re-done had it serviced every 10000klm he says.any probs you reckon i can have its been in a hiace van all its life and im a bit concerned that the mechanic pulled the head and said sh@t dude sell it now..........

How long a go did the heaqd get redone???

The head is the most expensive part of a diesel motor & if you were doing a head at 300,000 you'd do a bottom end as well!

Also was it an OEM head or aftermarket??

Russ

thebrunks wrote:How long a go did the heaqd get redone???

The head is the most expensive part of a diesel motor & if you were doing a head at 300,000 you'd do a bottom end as well!

Also was it an OEM head or aftermarket??

Russ

head is like 1K full reco, rebuild is $3500+, how do you figure a head is most expensive?

pootrol wrote:had it serviced every 10000klm he says.

don't touch it.

the service intervel for the 2.8's is 5000km. also the hiaces are resonably low geared so they rev like crazy at normal speeds and combined with poor oil from lack of service tends to stuff them quick. these are hard on the oil and are known to snap cranks.

also if well maintained they do 400,000 without ever pulling the head off, so the head reco is suspect.

tweak'e wrote:

pootrol wrote:had it serviced every 10000klm he says.

don't touch it.

the service intervel for the 2.8's is 5000km. also the hiaces are resonably low geared so they rev like crazy at normal speeds and combined with poor oil from lack of service tends to stuff them quick. these are hard on the oil and are known to snap cranks.

also if well maintained they do 400,000 without ever pulling the head off, so the head reco is suspect.

yeah i sort of suspected that with servicing just wanted it cleared with people that know the motor better.good to get the good oil so to speak on it........

i have servised mine every 5000kms and it has done 550000kms