Good afternoon house a family friend is having issues with his truck a 2008/2009 Toyota tacoma ..He recently purchased the truck and after registration travelled from Jos to Abuja with it ..on coming back to Jos the engine knocked ..the mechanics that opened it told him it was the bearing ...so they bought a new bearing and the engine started working again ...that weekend he travelled again to Abuja and on coming back again the engine knocked ..according to the mechanics same bearing issue ...another bearing was bought but this time the crankshaft had to be cut to 020 ...now the engine has knocked again and this time his mechanics said the the bearing and three con rods have been affected ...this whole events occurred in less than a month ...he is considering still repairing the bearings and conrods still as he said his mechanic says he should buy direct tOKs crankshaft and bearing ( couple back)as his mechanic calls it ...I told him to just change the engine ...but he said a new engine would eat up his pocket and he needs the truck up and running again ...pls experts is there a solution asides an engine change.


#ps# please pardon any grammatical errors as I have told the story exactly as I was told .

Pls find attached pix of the car and engine .....it's a 1GR engine.

Truck is In jos ....all advice and constructive criticism is welcome..

change the engine ,it has suffered enough abuse unless your friend delight in turning himself to kazeem atm

olisaemeka1:
Good afternoon house a family friend is having issues with his truck a 2008/2009 Toyota tacoma ..He recently purchased the truck and after registration travelled from Jos to Abuja with it ..on coming back to Jos the engine knocked ..the mechanics that opened it told him it was the bearing ...so they bought a new bearing and the engine started working again ...that weekend he travelled again to Abuja and on coming back again the engine knocked ..according to the mechanics same bearing issue ...another bearing was bought but this time the crankshaft had to be cut to 020 ...now the engine has knocked again and this time his mechanics said the the bearing and three con rods have been affected ...this whole events occurred in less than a month ...he is considering still repairing the bearings and conrods still as he said his mechanic says he should buy direct tOKs crankshaft and bearing ( couple back)as his mechanic calls it ...I told him to just change the engine ...but he said a new engine would eat up his pocket and he needs the truck up and running again ...pls experts is there a solution asides an engine change.


#ps# please pardon any grammatical errors as I have told the story exactly as I was told .

Pls find attached pix of the car and engine .....it's a 1GR engine.

Complete tokunboh engine is his best bet.

1GR-FE. Close to 1m. Best bet is to have that engine changed. When you are asked to use the right specification of engine oil there is a reason

mayor2013:
1GR-FE. Close to 1m. Best bet is to have that engine changed. When you are asked to use the right specification of engine oil there is a reason

thanks all who have contributed I would reiterate it to him for an engine change .......though more suggestions would be welcome