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Went to go and have a look at a Jap V6 manual this morning and took it for a little drive 
It's generally in very nice nick, but my poking about turned up a few things that concerned me and may be problems or just 'characteristics' that I don't know about - hence the post. There was a little bit of surface rust on the underside, but not really anything to get worked up about, these are the other things:
1. A few drips of water from the exhaust on start-up. I'm guessing that's just condensation rather than a head gasket - there's no gunk under the oil filler, no oil in the water and no water in the oil. It's done about 75,000 miles and, as far as I know, not been recalled but it's a 94 - is that after the problem on the gaskets?
2. There's a fair bit of tapping from the top of the engine. Not enough to hear from inside the car but enough for it to be the first thing you notice when you open the bonnet.
3. In the lower gears there's an awful lot of whine from the trasnmission. I used to hear the same on the site utes in Oz so I presume it's pretty normal on a manual hilux. Anyone know if that's the case?
4. Oil pressure seemed to be quite high. Well, higher than my 2.4, but not insane (about two thirds)- probably about due a filter change?
5. There's a weird clunking when the steering's on full lock.
There is actually, but I think even I know what that is.
That's the lot. As I said, what do we reckon?
Thanks guys.
It's generally in very nice nick, but my poking about turned up a few things that concerned me and may be problems or just 'characteristics' that I don't know about - hence the post. There was a little bit of surface rust on the underside, but not really anything to get worked up about, these are the other things:
1. A few drips of water from the exhaust on start-up. I'm guessing that's just condensation rather than a head gasket - there's no gunk under the oil filler, no oil in the water and no water in the oil. It's done about 75,000 miles and, as far as I know, not been recalled but it's a 94 - is that after the problem on the gaskets?
2. There's a fair bit of tapping from the top of the engine. Not enough to hear from inside the car but enough for it to be the first thing you notice when you open the bonnet.
3. In the lower gears there's an awful lot of whine from the trasnmission. I used to hear the same on the site utes in Oz so I presume it's pretty normal on a manual hilux. Anyone know if that's the case?
4. Oil pressure seemed to be quite high. Well, higher than my 2.4, but not insane (about two thirds)- probably about due a filter change?
5. There's a weird clunking when the steering's on full lock.
There is actually, but I think even I know what that is.That's the lot. As I said, what do we reckon?
Thanks guys.
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