Budda Boom Budda Bloody Bang! I love this guy's arttitude. He's heard all the bullsh*t and the 'no experiance know everything' weekend wrenchers. Keep 'em coming mate. As for the critics, Anthony's entertaining, interesting, and honest. He can say anything he likes as it's all on topic and necessary as far as I'm concerned.

Getting to the point really is a fine art.

Thanks for the tips information and from your experience Anthony

Nice one, thanks for the info and insights 👍

The real issue is the gap between the v8 Landcruiser and the Prado is price and engine power, this is a marketing ploy. Fact is if you want to see this country and you have a family you have to tow. Not everyoner can afford a Landcruiser. If they put a v6 diesel in a Prado they wouldnt sell a Landcruiser

I know this is an older post but do you think you might be able to see any damage to pistons after removal of the injectors, by looking through the hole with a borescope camera? Thanks again for your excellent info and sharing your knowlege.

Hi Anthony, thanks for your informative videos. Can you please advise when you recoment injector change. Km wise, i have a 2014 kun26. Thanks

Has Toyota, or do you know, if Toyota has rectified the piston issue with the 1GD-FTV engine? Believe the injectors are much improved and hope other things as well?

I unfortunately am one of the few with probably a cracked piston have all the signs of it.I have just had a manifold clean and new injectors done and then blew the engine , and am wondering where you recommend fuel testing done in Adelaide . 08 120 kdj

Your videos are very informative thanks, does the 2KD-FTV engine have the same problems?

Thanks for your efforts. However, please stick to the title and about the topic directly in short video. It's just glance.

If a bit is good, more is better......... Murphy says "Yeah"

On this engine was 7mm plate ?

So using your reasoning then all motors should get cracked pistons as they have the same injectors, the real problem is in how injection event changes due to injector influence, as the injector wears or fails, the injection event becomes problematic in as much as there is uncontrolled combustion event with knock evidence, very similar pressure rise characteristics to old mechanical injection, if you are old enough you will remember injection phases, initial injection- delay period- start of pressure rise - combustion duration- end of injection, then along came common rail with the ability to have multiple injection events per combustion cycle, mercedes were the first to develop up to 10 injection events per combustion cycle, the old mechanical injection pistons were made a lot heavier to combat this but you usually would see broken crankshafts from this detonation event rather than pistons, with common rail you have what's called pilot injection event first that is equivalent to initial injection but the amount is only enough to raise cylinder temperature to aid combustion at next injection events, the next issue that changed was combustion chamber design which makes pistons more susceptible to detonation events along with lighter weight pistons as the pressure stress in combustion chamber is more concentrated and this cumulative effect promotes cracking, the newer injectors are not as sensitive to atomisation changes with age, wear and carbon deposits and enhanced by changed combustion chamber design for same reason, most chips or tunes get pilot event wrong first and then multiply this as the tune changes injection events, quite often they will be knocking at the end of tolerance threshold (on the ragged edge) but then you get poor fuel and or high intake temps which push it over the edge and failure ensues, using ether starting fluid is the short cut to piston and or ring failure as this is causing detonation knock related pressure spikes, this is all relevant to all diesels

Apologies for my ignorance but what is the best way to make contact with you.

The word you wanted was 'Accountability' or 'Ownership'.

Hilux 2012 SR5, I just had a tune done from a reputable service centre, all within safe parameters. Vehicle never tows, never driven hard, never long hauls, only use BP ultimate, inlet manifold clean, catch can, prefilter, maintained and serviced meticulously, valve clearances just checked 120k and came back perfect etc etc. You say don't stress as the liklihood of a cracked piston is minimal, but your number 1 reason for cracked piston is chip or tune....I'm Sorry... But... I'm stressing.

Is this the same for the 1•8 Fortuner ? 2016 year

Labouring can cause cracks...stresses of walking in pot

Cracked pistons no 1 cause is overheating!

Why are you arguing with yourself most the video, could have been 5 minutes long