Hey Scotty,
First off, thank you for doing what you do! Love your channel!
How familiar are you with Toyota's diesel engines? I am looking to buy a low mileage 2011-2012 manual 2.2 diesel Rav4, and the two engine options available here are a 150hp (D-4D) and a 174 hP (D-CAT). Which one would you recommend considering reliability and costs of maintenance?
Best regards,
Danko
Those Toyota D-4D engines can run forever, with just minimal maintenance. I’d stick with them. I’ve seen them go 1,000,000 kms without needing any rebuild.
I was kind of hoping that both enginres are equally reliable. The extra power of D-CAT would be nice but I guess that D-4D is a safer investment...
Sorry, just to correct, those are 2.2 liter engines, not 2.0 (don't see an option to edit my previous post so I wrote a new one)
I personally don’t have any experience with the D-CAT diesels, however, Toyota is renowned for making indestructible Diesel engines. As long as a good mechanic checks out both vehicles before you buy it, you should be good to go.
Toyota does not make AD series of diesel engines anymore. In Europe they were replaced with BMW N47 engines.
I’m referring to the KD & GD series. Not sure about Europe.
Hello!
There is a big plus you are looking at last two years of 3rd generation RAV4. Those are the most perfected.
I suggest you keep eyes on engine oil and coolant levels and EGR valve.
There you find more info about engines (link).
Anyway test them and if you like any, have it checked by a mechanic.
Good luck!
Hi, thanks for commenting.
I saw that article form your link before, and now this is the second time it made me regret that there are almost no gasoline engine Rav4's on the market here.... that list of problems is pretty overwhelming, although I guess it would probably be even worse for most other manufacturers.