Faults:

Reconditioned the cylinder head when first purchased due worn vales and replaced 1 CV drive shaft (torn boot).

General Comments:

The Hilux has been very reliable over the last 5 years of ownership. The 2.7 motor is a bit thirsty on fuel, but considering the age and weight of the vehicle, it's reasonable.

It has a 2 inch lift kit and steel bull bar, which doesn't help fuel economy, but in its favour the 2.7 petrol engine is reasonably easy for a home mechanic to work on and service (no expensive injector pump to worry about etc). I didn't have any issues taking the head off, getting it reconditioned and putting it all back together, although having a good service manual helped.

It's a common problem for 3rzfe engines with a few Ks to have issues with the cylinder head, and it's worth checking out if looking at buying a 2.7 petrol. Mine had a lot of money spent on aftermarket accessories (just over $7k), so the engine issue didn't bother me; just helped to knock a few $ off the purchase price.

Faults:

Nothing.

When I got it at 119000 km, for a while I was using it, and it was using 18 Km per 100 km, and was costing me up to $160 a week in diesel.

I fitted the car with hydrogen injection from Hawesbury hydrogen in Sydney Australia, and now its 8.5 to 10 km per 100 Km, or up to 900 km per tank of diesel.

This small truck stands up to everything you give it. By the way, I have had the HHO kit in for 3 years and no trouble at all. Towing a car on a trailer from Windsor to Narabri near the QLD border, and that's near 2200 km on 130 litres.

The Hilux needs 2x 12 volt batteries, to enable it to start no matter what, but that could be due to the 8 x 2 way radios I have in it and the HHO kit fitted.

It's a great truck.