Hilux 4x4 Forum

From my experience a leaking oil seal causes a spray of oil or oil vapour to settle on the clutch causing a vibration due to slip. Check the mating point of the bell housing if there seems to be oil indicating an oil leak. By the way Ricky - I did crawl around and looked for any sign of oil but saw...

Hi Ricky
With the prices of vehicles at this stage the Hilux will stay - I like it too much in any case and happy with it otherwise.

When it comes to which clutch to choose, what would you guys recommend:
Valeo or Sachs
Not keen on Luk as that is what is in there now and not keen to repeat.

Thanks for the reply I purchased the vehicle last year June from the 1st owner and it had only 15600 km's on the odo so I'm almost sure that it's the original clutch it came out with It's now sitting at 50 000 km's that was put on by myself. Mostly day to day highway driving and the odd dirt road - ...

If you do some research on this and other local sites it is quite apparent that many guys are experiencing issues with the clutch on their D4Ds. The symptoms are typically that the clutch pedal starts to sag or get harder to depress (the pressure that is required to depress the pedal gradually gets...