157 Apr 21, 2009. #2. 2.4 diesel Hilux motors are pretty slow, but they are damn reliable, so long as the timing belt is changed at the correct intervals. If you break a belt the top end suffers considerable damage on these motors. If you get a 2.4D, and don't know for certain when the last time the belt was replaced, put a new one on straight
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