Greetings all,

I could do with your advice on this one.
The temperature suddenly soared up and the large coolant pipe exploded . I got the surf to a mechanic and he replaced pipe and put in a new thermostat, he said the thermostat housing was completely blocked up. I drove off...

Got my first surf a bit over a week ago and am doing a coolant flush before taking it away on holiday.

I am totally new to any sort of servicing on cars so have been following online guides but am having trouble locating the thermostat to replace it.

It's not where the...

I opened the bonnet of the 3rd gen the other morning to check coolant levels, and found in the overflow bottle what appeared to be brown, oily muck. Opened the cap on the rad to find the same thing.

In a panic I checked the indise of the oil cap and the dipstick, but thankfully all I...

I am new to this so bare with me!

I have found this walk thru: http://http://daemon4x4.org/tech/hiluxsurf/workshop/coolant.htm does this sound right ? - it doesnt mention anything about the thermostat - what do i do with it? leave it on/take it off (where is it) !

It is...