Firstly, thank you sincerely for your help on here. Our dash cracked a few days ago and were it not for your collective help I would not have known I could get it fixed free from Toyota as long as I acted fairly swiftly. Our Prado is 10 years old in Sept. I contacted the dealer today and I'm eligible for a free replacement.
I know nothing about engines and this forum has been a good start. Obviously, I should have asked a lot of questions at servicing before now but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Our engine failed while on holiday in Victoria. RACQ is in process of towing it home and we have to decide our course of action from here. I do not yet know detail of what went wrong but the mechanic who towed us said the big end had failed.
We have had a catch can fitted for a while now and the turbo recently replaced. Oil was put in the car 48 hours before it died. The oil light came on just before failure but the oil levels were fine. The car wouldn't restart for a while after oil level check. When it was able to be started, a knocking noise was heard and the rest is history.
We are the second owners of the car. I think Toyota will have done the 40,000 and 80,000 service. I will need to check the log book when the car arrives. Since we've owned it we have used our own mechanic. Local Toyota dealer quoted $12 665 to repair with a new long engine.
When I was in there earlier today he said there was a 'recall out on the injector seals, not that it would matter now'. Does anyone know anything more about this?
What would your advice be from here? 2nd hand motor, reconditioned motor or start again with a secondhand car. We need a car that can tow and we have 4 kids. Financially we are stuffed and will need to apply to the bank to extend our home loan regardless. Disappointed to have this failure in a car we thought was super reliable.
I know nothing about engines and this forum has been a good start. Obviously, I should have asked a lot of questions at servicing before now but hindsight is a wonderful thing. Our engine failed while on holiday in Victoria. RACQ is in process of towing it home and we have to decide our course of action from here. I do not yet know detail of what went wrong but the mechanic who towed us said the big end had failed.
We have had a catch can fitted for a while now and the turbo recently replaced. Oil was put in the car 48 hours before it died. The oil light came on just before failure but the oil levels were fine. The car wouldn't restart for a while after oil level check. When it was able to be started, a knocking noise was heard and the rest is history.
We are the second owners of the car. I think Toyota will have done the 40,000 and 80,000 service. I will need to check the log book when the car arrives. Since we've owned it we have used our own mechanic. Local Toyota dealer quoted $12 665 to repair with a new long engine.
When I was in there earlier today he said there was a 'recall out on the injector seals, not that it would matter now'. Does anyone know anything more about this?
What would your advice be from here? 2nd hand motor, reconditioned motor or start again with a secondhand car. We need a car that can tow and we have 4 kids. Financially we are stuffed and will need to apply to the bank to extend our home loan regardless. Disappointed to have this failure in a car we thought was super reliable.
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