3.0ltr bites the dust

Bob,

How many K's has it done?

Jim.

Gee thats rare....

Why dont you ask the fitter?

sorry to read about your patrol Bob, i'm on 71,000 at the moment, also have the extended warranty, but hell, nissan had better do the right thing by you, you would think by now that with all the publicity, and bad publicity at that, nissan would aknowledge to the patrol owners of this engine that there is cause for concern, the motor going is one thing but it's the inconvenience of where , when and the time wasted in all the pis##ng around to get something done, time for them to step up, just like my poor beloved richmond tigers, not sure who is the worst performer at the moment, hope all goes well for you both, regards, Adrian.

HI Bob & Lex
You will find that your problem will definately be a blocked gauze filter in where your fuel inlet line enters your injection pump .It is in under a valve that you need to lift out &you will need an O ring pick or similar to hook the filter out then blow out with air & then replace all components you can do it all yourself have heard of people paying big $ to get towed to garage only to find its a 5 minute job .
Cheers dingdong .
Whiskey 746

HI
Trust me am diesil mech have been there wish I was a bit closer I could make a buck out of this. let me know the outcome .
Cheers dingdong .

Hi all.
Have just been talking to my local fuel injector & turbo specialist he says what I have said previously is correct all models have this gause filter located as I described what ever model . Later models do have a variable turbo which does fly apart on a regular basis though . When gause filter clogs they smoke like crazy & white smoke at that & miss , knock , rattle & carry on like they are going to blow up . All models have the injection pump whether they have a heap of electronics or computors or what .Also i dont think some of you uder stand the difference between direct injection & unit type injection equipment .
Hope this helps.
Cheers dingdong.
Whisky 746

Bob& Lex
Thanks for your reply to my post on caravan parks re Bourke. I wrote you a note re 3ltr TD on that post. Cheers & good luck.

Bob,as my engine blew over Xmas,I can tell you that if the pistons are holed you get copious amounts of BLUE smoke issuing,eventually emptying the sump.
I hope I am wrong but 2000 is the troublesome engine and it is more than likely engine failure.
The good news is that you will get a new donk from Nissan if you claim it.
Regards

Hi Bob and Lex . sorry to hear about your Patrol, I dont know much about the 3lts , but i hate hearing about good people having problems .I hope it is only the problem that Danglonge said. All the best.
regards uppy

PS bob, theres another really cold member of this board, who wont speak up ;) who traded his 3.0 in few weeks ago on a new 100 series Diesel Auto...

He also had to put off planned trips as 1) the 3.0 had blown up, and 2) he didnt feel confident in the car anymore.

G'day Bob and Lex,

Very sorry to hear that you've been added to the dreaded "list".
I have very close friends with a 7/2000 model 3ltr (auto) and I'm just hoping theirs will be okay as we have a joint trip to Cape York in September/October.

I wish you all the best with Nissan after sales service. Don't take any sh*t from them.

Took the patrol to dealer tihs morning & they said sounds like 2 pistons gone. 3 weeks to get new motor out from japan. Talking to the service manager & he said a mate of his also died on the weekend, they also returned 1 today to a guy who had 200,000 ks up , mr Nissan gave him new motor & he paid labour ( no warranty ) . He said the 3 series motor was redesigned ( pistons & combustion chamber ) & there's no point rebuilding motor as it will just happen again. Cost $14,000 warranty price for motor & if you had to pay it would cost about $20,000 inc labour. They took me to Budget to pick up loaner & the lady behind the counter thought I was there to pick up one of their's that had also died.

Sounds as if Nissan are certainly doing the right thing with these failures. Also good for those of us with the updated motor that they did make some changes. Enjoy the new motor.

Peter

Just for the record i have read somewhere in the last twleve months or so that the early 3.0 td motors had oil flow problems due to a sump and pump pickup problem this causes the oil especially at 100klms plus highway driving to falter in the sump and a result of this is motor failure i think there was a major recall too on some build dates. If anyone can clarify that would be great

This is the reason why I'm currently looking into updating to the turbo intercooled diesel 6.
Don't get me wrong the 3.0l is a great motor which is going great for me, and probably will for a long time, but I can't afford a big dollar engine rebuild once I'm out of warranty.

Good luck with the new donk........

Bob & Lex,

Sorry to hear about your Patrol dramas! We have just run into exactly the same problem.

We were drive @ 100klms p/hr last night, heard a slight rattle, looked in rear vision mirror and smoke was BELLOWING out of the exhaust.

Got the shock of our lives, no prior warning. Temp & oil gauges ok. We have since found out that it was a piston failure.

Ours has done 140,000 June, 2000 model 3.0L TD. We are the second owners we have all of our service history but the previous owners lost theirs. Have you heard of a case like this one where Nissan are replacing engines?

Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Keep us posted on how you go with yours!

Thanking you
Jos & Leanne
joslea@bigpond.com.au