Bad news for sluggish 2.8td GU Patrol

Selastic Man,

Sorry to read the diagnosis. How many km's when it lt go?

Another option if the body, etc is in good condition is to transplant a Chev 6.5L. I met a guy over XMAS who had a converted 2.8L and driveability was awesome, fuel economy OK and all the towing capacity you could hope for.

I'm sorry but no knowledge of Sydney market.

Regards,
Hugh

Gday Selastic,

I just rebiult my 2.8TD GQ. I assume the GU would be similar. I rang brunswick diesel in WA and spoke in detail about the 6.5 conversion. Came around $19 000. Thats because the gear box and the radiator just to name a few would have to be changed.
I asked about the 4.2 conversion and that was still about $14000. With all reconditioned parts of coarse.
Good news is they will give you a trade in on your old donk. Usually about $3000 depending on condition.
May be with yours the gear box etc would be up to the task.

Good luke mate
James.

Ok , go to the local damadged vehicle auctions and purchase a statutory write off.
prefrably one with no engine bay damadge . Remore required components , refit the wreck with your busted 2.8 , so the car looks complete and re auction the vehicle in the same place . hopefully if you do this right , you will have a donk with around 3 to 4 k out of pocket .

Cheers

there is a gu getting around kal that had its 2.8 blow so they took it to brunswick diesal and drove it out with a 6.5l v8 for 16k

There was one on Outerlimits4x4.com the other day...

the 4.2 isnt a straight swap with the 2.8... 2.8 driveline is weak car stuff.

The driveline (gearbox) is out of the Z-car, not the Skyline. It sure can handle the torque.
The diffs in the 2.8 are 4.6 ratio... H233's. Same size as used in current autos and some manuals, but different ratio. There is quite a ready market for 4.6 diffs.

How many k's did you 2.8 do before it expired?
How did they figure it had hole in piston?
Seems quite a co-incidence to have airflow meter and that go at the same time.

cheers