Stats on injector problems with the 1KD-FTV.

[Bushbasher Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Bushbasher]

OK, i'm confused

From this thread http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...Tuning-Modules



Cheers Andrew

I should have said "reportedly" goes like a rocket. From what others have told me including a 2 friends - 1 with D4D Prado and the other with D4D Hilux both swear by the chip. I've been in the Prado so I know it pulls harder than mineAlso from talking to the boys at ChipIt in Clarkson. Give me a couple of thousand km on this new engine and the Chip will definitely go in.

[pete8205 Member Find all posts View Profile Close pete8205]

hey riv, thats what nepean diesel told me.
mine was the same only got noise when cold under load all I can guess is when under load its trying to push more fuel in ?
either way the new injectors fixed the problem

pete

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Just did the injectors on my wifes car... its a 2007 GXL with about 140k kms. We noticed smoke when starting on a hill about 6 months ago but it was a one off so we never worried about it, then it started rattling and smoking more frequently on cold starts and after a bit of googling I ended up finding this thread

The seals on injectors 1,2 & 4 were shot and 3 looked on the way out and the top of the engine had a fair amount of carbon floating around. I pulled the sump and the pickup looked almost completely blocked so we were lucky to catch that as I'm pretty sure it was close to going bang.

Cost just over $2k for denso injectors and new seals, but I also spent a few hundred more on lifter buckets to fix four valve clearances that were out of spec and a new timing belt and tensioner seeing as the cams had to come out anyway. Next week gotta go and pay to get the calibration codes entered.

Did all the work myself.. was a pretty fiddly job but didn't have any major problems. Cleaning the injector holes was definely the lowlight. 2 hours crouched in the engine bay scraping out carbon and trying to stop in falling into the cylinders!

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Just did the injectors on my wifes car... its a 2007 GXL with about 140k kms. We noticed smoke when starting on a hill about 6 months ago but it was a one off so we never worried about it, then it started rattling and smoking more frequently on cold starts and after a bit of googling I ended up finding this thread

The seals on injectors 1,2 & 4 were shot and 3 looked on the way out and the top of the engine had a fair amount of carbon floating around. I pulled the sump and the pickup looked almost completely blocked so we were lucky to catch that as I'm pretty sure it was close to going bang.

Cost just over $2k for denso injectors and new seals, but I also spent a few hundred more on lifter buckets to fix four valve clearances that were out of spec and a new timing belt and tensioner seeing as the cams had to come out anyway. Next week gotta go and pay to get the calibration codes entered.

Did all the work myself.. was a pretty fiddly job but didn't have any major problems. Cleaning the injector holes was definely the lowlight. 2 hours crouched in the engine bay scraping out carbon and trying to stop in falling into the cylinders!

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i would be fitting a catch can now everything s clean.

[Tazdevil Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close Tazdevil]

Hi Gallegos

How did you go about programming the ECU for the Injector codes?

[gallegos Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close gallegos]

i would be fitting a catch can now everything s clean.

I didn't bother cleaning the intake... I had a look and there was only a millileter or 2 oily sludge so it didn't seem worth the effort. I still plan on fitting a catch can when I get a chance as I was suprised by the amount of oil in the intercooler piping.

Hi Gallegos

How did you go about programming the ECU for the Injector codes?

I'm going to take it into town and get it done at toyota next week.

[Tazdevil Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close Tazdevil]

To get the compensation codes entered into your ECM will cost you about $135.00.
The Roo.

Do you think this is something that Toyota dealerships would do 'Without to much hassle'

[gallegos Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close gallegos]

Yes Taz, it should be no problem for them to do this small job. It's just a matter of hooking up the intelligent tester tool and join the dots so to speak. It's pretty easy stuff.
The Roo.

Well I cant even get the service department to call me back to book a time, so it obviously is a problem at bunbury toyota. In the end I rang the local diesel injection mob who said drop in anytime, it'll take half an hour and cost $55.

Toyota can get stuffed... not the first time these clown have failed to deliver.

[Riv39 Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Riv39]

I wish I could say "unbelievable" but alas.........

[Friar Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Friar]

Hello All,have not posted for along time, just to add to let you know the history with my the injectors,2007 D4D, 4 injectors replacsd at 60000 th, 2 at 110000,2 at 130000, all under warranty, the vehicle will be 5yrs old in February, using my after market warranty, the injectors are all being replaced,with new pipes & seals through my local Toyota Dealer,they assured me I am getting the latest injectors & seals, this is going to cost me about a 1/3 of the cost of going through a diesel injector service, as my warranty does not cover the full amount, would like to think this problem will be solved for 100000 kys plus, with the updated injectors. Friar.

[JRB Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close JRB]

I am considering myself as one of the lucky ones... Lucky that the awesome people and information on this forum led me to check my oil pickup screen.

2007 with about 120k on the clock.



So close to being completely blocked it wasn't funny.

It's a bit better now:


I've since installed a catch can, and I've ordered new injectors, seals and associated bits. Looking forward to tackling this one myself (like everything else so far).


Cheers,
Jeremy

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I am considering myself as one of the lucky ones... Lucky that the awesome people and information on this forum led me to check my oil pickup screen.

2007 with about 120k on the clock.



So close to being completely blocked it wasn't funny.

It's a bit better now:


I've since installed a catch can, and I've ordered new injectors, seals and associated bits. Looking forward to tackling this one myself (like everything else so far).


Cheers,
Jeremy

Whats the best way to check this?
Cheers
Robert

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Whats the best way to check this?
Cheers
Robert

Robert,

I bought an inspection camera from Autobarn for $110-ish. Drained the oil then put the inspection camera up the sum hole. I couldn't make sense of anything I was seeing on the camera at the time so I decided to pull the sump off anyway. Turns out because it was so gunked up, all I was seeing was BLACK. If it is clean, it will be pretty easy to see that it's clean I think.

Others have mentioned that it might be possible to check with a mini mag light and good eye sight.

Cheers,
Jeremy

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Gee, that was close there Jeremy.
The Roo.

Too close Roo!

I changed the injectors out about 3 weeks ago now, i've been meaning to post some pictures up but haven't had a chance yet. In short, No1 & 2 seals had failed (No1 o-ring had completely perished), 3 & 4 didn't look too bad (to my untrained eye).

I checked the oil pickup again after I changed out the injectors. To my amazement, even though it was only 6 weeks since I cleaned it last there was a massive amount of build up again.

Hopefully with new seals, injectors, fresh oil and a clean screen she'll be all good for a while.

Jeremy.

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I've been meaning to get these up... The bad ones: