Hi Anwar
There is truth in the warnings, my BEB decided to go about four years ago now and cost a hell of a lot of money, a near divorse and a lot of thinking how the hell will I pay for this.
My advice is to get them checked and replaced if need be.
Its a lot cheaper to do this before it actually decides to go.
Also a lot seems to depend on the oil that is used from early days.
It seems to only effect the earlier engines up to 94 I think and then after that they seem to be fine.
After learning about this after the fact I decided to use the best oil that I could not afford to use and leave my faith in the oil analisis from there on
cheers
john 92HDJ 80 1HDT
----- Original Message -----
From: Anwar Shah
To: [Email address removed]
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 5:00 PM
Subject: [ELCO] Big end rumours
Hi List
I've been hearing nasty rumours about premature big end failures and wondered how much substance there was to this. Toyota UK and friendly dealers have never heard of this and yet some websites consider it a service item. Do any of you have experience of failed BeBs please?
Anwar '91 Imported VX limited 4.2 1HDT
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