Hello Dieseldude,

I never bought a diesel powered vehicle before because of the rough idling and the black smoke emission unitil I drove a friends fortuner and he explained to me the new CRDi technology. I decided to buy 2, a fortuner and a starex this year. And I am happy, because they don't smoke and they have realtively smooth idling performance. Similar to my other gasoline powered vehicles.

Recently I bought a 1992 Toyota LJ72 series 70 land cruiser with a 2LTE engine (2.4L turbo charge with electronic injection) primarily because I have always wanted the looks of the said vehicle. It has been my crush, since a long time ago. Since there are no brand new series 70 vehicles offered in the Philippines, I decided to take the plunge and bought a second hand vehicle for the first time in my life. The vehicle is fine, reliable, 1 click start but the it emits black smoke during hard acceleration, I am not use to this and I am very finicky with my vehicles, Do you offer a checkup or tuneup service in Central Diesel for this specific engine model ? How much do you think would it costs, what exactly do you do when you tune up a diesel engine and how long does it take to do a tuneup? Would you also check the turbo? and other things in the engine.

The vehicle is currently doing repainting, and I will have ARB lockers installed next next week. It will be available by the first week of december. I intend to use the vehicle only very seldom but I want to ensure that it is very reliable as I have very little tolerance for unreliable vehicles. TIA