Holden Jackaroo 3.0 Diesel

Mate, I'm sure you are thanking your lucky stars that Holden came to the party!!!

What a bugger hey...

$17,000, that's gotta hurt.

Good on you mate. You should have bought a lotto ticket on the day that Holden came to the party!

Walter-4me, I've heard a couple of stories about these 3.0TD's doing similar things, it was what actually steered me towards the import Surf rather than the Jack when I bought my last 4by...
Did it blow an or a couple of injector seals and then run on it's own oil reving the box off the motor until it blew?
That's the storey I'd heard anyway, about the CAT injectors running at such high PSI etc causing the problem. Be interested to know if there was any truth in it...

Hi Walter4me , I also own a 3.0 L jackaroo and having had the injectors out I would not consider that it is possible to break off , particularly being DI . It is just a 1/4 inch diameter protusion into the head with 5 minute holes around for the fuel atomisation. In a previous Jack I had a glowplug fail and break off which took out the turbo , things are pretty tough in the topend of a diesel motor and most would simply spit out the exhaust port anything that got loose. Glad that GMH came to the party for you ,nice to see a company not shirk it's responsibility to us lowly consumers. My 85 2.2 T dropped a bigend at 50K and 3 years old ( back in 88) and GMH supplied a new short motor free of charge , I think somethings are big enough that they cannot be ignored by corporations these days.

Cheers Dave L

I am amazed that Hoden came to the party....My jack got recalled to have work done on the injectors because the problem you experienced was becoming chronic and was apparently caused by the injector seals failing due to the newer ultra low sulfur fuel... maybe they felt guilty because yours had missed the recall.

Who's a lucky boy.

All the best
Eric

I am starting to wonder if there is a pattern here - my 2001 3.0L TD had to have the injector seals replaced at 70,000 - just out of warranty but Holden accepted the bill - I have reprinted the details from the forum discussion now archived early Oct 04 - no wonder they wanted to examine the faulty parts at head office!

Cheers, Morgan

Jakaroo 3.0 TD starting problem resolved - thanks Dozer but no beer! We tried the clear plastic tubes to and from the fuel filter - no loss of fuel BUT on turning over motor, noticed oil and air bubbles in the engine side fuel tube.

Dealer adjusted valve gaps (3 needed this) but no change. Holden Tech Assist in Melb finally took interest and recommended 100psi pressure test which revealed leaking injector sleeves - this is not supposed to be possible according to the lads in Melb - who wanted the sleeves sent immediately for testing by them when told they failed the test.

Anyway, back on the road and with an engine which now starts! Many thanks all round