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Toyota silicone oil, part number 08816-03001

Run it about 500 miles and no sign of the overheating any longer. I'd call that a result.

Well that must be the easiest job I've ever done on a vehicle. Added a full bottle of oil to the fan unit (it was pretty close to dry) in under 30 minutes. Just need to test it now but initial impressions are that its working better.

Cheers Pete. From that the VC needed replacing (as I suspected). I ordered the oil last night from Macclesfield Toyota - was quite funny really. Conversation went along these lines.... Me: I'd like a bottle of viscous fan silicone oil please. Him: Never heard of it - where did you hear of...

Be good if you can find it. I've ordered some oil from my local Toyota dealer so will give that a try later in the week.

Seems the VF on my Colorado is a bit poorly. Get the 'whoosh' at startup from cold but nothing at all when hot (even when at the very top of the gauge). Anyone know if a diesel one will fit a 3.4 V6? The V6 ones are rarer that rockinghorse droppings it seems....

Kia Sorrento. Cheap, reliable, does 35mpg.

I run 2 Land Rovers and a Colorado 95. I've also had 2 other Land Rovers int eh past. In summary: Land rover #1 - 3.9EFi Range Rover Classic - Bought it sight unseen for £600 complete with LPG installation. Ran it two years and replaced camshaft, followers, exhaust, herad gaskets and steering...

Dad made agricultural spray equipment (amongst other things). We had some stuff at home as he was doing development work and it was pretty darn good from memory!

If buying a pressure washer get one with ceramic components. Anything else will eventually corrode and stop working. My Dad (an industrial spray equipment engineer trained in the Navy) wouldn't touch Karchers as they weren't built with ceramic pistons etc. Later ones at the top end may be now...

I used a Vaude Mk2 across northern Europe when cycle touring about 20 years ago. Awesome tent. Took everything we threw at it, was reasonably light, spacious and super quick to put up and take down. Probably the best tent I have ever owned. This is my current camping setup: Modified Foxwing...

Every report I've seen they were quite impressed. The only bad things I've found so far are an appetite for tyres (not too surprising with that much power) and some issues with the alusil coatings on the cylinder bores leading to very expensive engine rebuilds. Given I can pick one up for under...