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I haven't done much of anything to my 996 recently besides wash it and drive it periodically. It needs an oil change soon though and a quick going through before I drive it down to Rennsport Reunion in September.
This has been getting most of my attention lately.
That is super awesome!!! Love the wheel/tyre setup, taken it off road at all?
Ok, now I want that.... the more I look at it, the more intriguing it is. I saw a regular Cayenne decked out in All Terrain T/As down here, but it is not nearly as cool as that.
I have not gotten it offroad yet, it's definitely a mall crawler/kid hauler. However, my oldest is getting to the age where he thinks that kind of stuff is fun so hopefully I can get out in the woods with him soon to get it dirty.
They are quite capable offroad with a pretty beefy drivetrain. Tires are 265/70/18, which is 33". They fit pretty well, but I had to do a fair bit of trimming in the front fender wells to give them room.
Much happier with this off road compared to a Cayenne. Don't get me wrong, my wife's Cayenne Diesel is a great rig and kills this thing in regard to highway manners and gas mileage but this is a far better off roader
Two things I'm really bummed about on my Land Cruiser. Elsewhere in the world you could get it with a V8 twin turbo diesel, which gets twice the mpg, which I would've totally bought. Toyota also had an option for an 11 gallon secondary gas tank for the rest of the world, which given that all we got here was an incredibly thirsty gas V8, it would've been awesome if they'd just installed it as standard for us
A buddy of mine had a hardship posting in Nigeria and the DR Congo; he had a Hi Lux, but noted there were millions of the diesels in varying states of conditions. The Toyota truck is far and away one of the best off the floor 4x4s ever produced, they just go and go.
They are everywhere in Mexico too - all kinds of flavors, but I haven't seen a diesel other than a couple of Hi Lux so equipped.
In Africa, they're equipped with machine gun turrets, here they all seem to be set up for desert duty.
I'm sure everyone knows that the fuel gauge sender only works between full and 1/2. Below 1/2 the cluster estimates (guesses) remaining fuel based on consumption. In the owner's guide there's a statement to the effect of running the fuel below 1/2 and then adding only a small amount of fuel, the added fuel won't be shown on the gauge - it must be filled to at least 1/2 before the gauge will show the correct level.
Last week I ran a track day, after 3 sessions the fuel was below 1/2 on the gauge. When it gets that low I add more fuel as I don't completely trust the jet pumps. So I put in 5 gallons from a jug. The gauge continued to show less than 1/2 so I thought I used more fuel than expected. After another session the gauge was showing empty with remaining range as "---" so I put 5 more gallons in. Ran the last session wondering if I was going to run out of gas... didn't happen. Driving home I decided to fill it up to reset the gas gauge but it only took 3 gallons. So I thought I had the fuel tank vent valve problem where it won't take fuel even though I could hear the click.
When I got home I used the fuel pump to empty the tank and pumped out 15+ gallons. So the problem isn't that it won't take fuel, the "problem" was that it's full and the gauge is kaput. Lets take it apart and see..
Hmm, that doesn't look right. The float's got to be in the tank somewhere. Finally I retrieved it from the bottom of the left side basin, had my whole arm in the tank trying to reach it. I cannot imagine how it came off the sensor as it clicks into place quite securely. Let's add something to safety it, shall we?
That should do the trick. Put it back together and added 10 gallons of fuel - hey presto, the gauge is working again!
06-24-2023, 07:04 PM
