smokey patrol
Submitted: Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 at 19:37
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Headaches and heartakes.
Sell it ? reco motor?change oil . Had lots of fantastic advice, thank you.
Nissan dealer had me up for many dollars, Glow plugs , rings, valve seals up to $16,000 to recond motor.From a reco motor coy $7000/
Sold my antique colt gun collection in anticipation of the worst.ie add $35000 to
mine to buy another 2nd hand.
Called in at Outback 4WD in bayswater melb vic. They had put in my radio etc but ,never thought of em as mechanics until a guy on another Exp OZ
forum mentioned em.
They recokened prob injectors. Booked it in and picked it up yesterday.
3 out of 4 of the glow plugs wernt wurkin.
$278. later starts like a dream and NO BLOODY SMOKE.
I am so happy i might even have it detailed.
cheers ,bruce.
Reply By: Member - There Yet - Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 at 21:12
Wednesday, Oct 30, 2013 at 21:12
Hi Bruce,
had a very similar thing happen to us recently. Hubby was driving
home from work when our
ranger suddenly overheated. Hubby let it cool down as you would normally do and ensured there was enough water in the system. He drove another 10 clicks and it happened again but this time with loss of power. Towed by RACV to nearest service centre. We were charge $125 dollars to investigate and diagnose. Fair enough. Was told that more than likely it would need a new head and caskets,
check and inspect injectors and at worst case a reconditioned engine. Estimated cost at 5 to 6k.
Decided to have it towed elsewhere to our local Ford dealer at our cost, and guess what, the only thing that was wrong was that the ERG cooler needed replacing. That was changed for a total of $500 including labour. It sure does pay to get a second opinion.
Cheers Kerry
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