Another one bites the dust.

Hi AJB, sorry to hear of your misfortune. What year is it please ?

Regards,
Ken

Glad to hear you were on the black top and not 10 KLM up a beach somewhere.

This is my fear, I realise that mine may go BANG at some stage but I don't want it to happen while out there in the big yonder...

P.S. how many K's you done ?

Problem is there are a lot of lemons out there with a Patrol badge, some have gone bang, some are yet to go bang.

Contact Nissan HO and see what they say, otherwise it might a good time to fit one of those chevy V8 jobbies.

It's not to late to try Nissan AJ ! Just be nice - after the initial rebuff (expected I suggest), go back again and point out that such motors are expected to give a lot more than 5 years before they go bang (if ever) - and you have fussed over yours -the market place expects that you would get a lot more than those 5 years and 190k - its why you bought it - for the long haul (you could say). Anyway - in suppprt of the aforementioned, keep in mind that my 91 Mazda Bravo was 8 years old when the paint starting falling off a number of panels (UV damage) - a car painter I saw suggested that he'd seen others similarly affected - I got onto them and they had the panels stripped back and re-done in pro quality paint - I paid half. Should have been none for mine, but an acceptable deal - it was dodgy paint and they knew it - not even they would suggest that the paint might just peel off after 8 years - I know that the $ levels are vastly different, but you should have a case of some sort there. While "asking nicely" it would be a huge assett to have some first hand evidence re the numbers of owners they have already assisted, re the lemon motor. BOL.

Just in the process of buying a Navara with the 3.0l, spoke to a mate who's a service manager at a Nissan dealership, she said there were some problems with the Patrol and something to do with an oil feed and the intercooler?! Apparently they melt a hole in number 2 or 3 piston! Nissan do a rebuild kit now. Anthony.

AJB..Mate,so sorry to hear of this..We had Patrol for seven yrs towed tons with it..Gasoline donk..Never saw a spanner..Great,solid rig..One of the 4x4 mags features a Toy swb that was for real offroad use (read radical) so they put all Patrol drive train under it..Gives you and idea of the respect Nissan has gained in this area..Back to your problems,I have noticed several posts here over recent months,re turbo problems (not really a part of the motor,like the radiator?) mostly originating,apparently,in the seals area,then causing bearing failure.Blowing blue smoke and running on after switch-off are some of the obvious symptoms..Could oil from a failed turbo have caused "hydraulicing" of that pot? Is it possible shrapnel from a failure in the turbo has entered the problem combustion chamber/cylinder?..Unless the piston top has seperated at the piston ring groove (always a potential problem area if no radius is incorporated in the engineering of the groove/shoulder),there will be a simple cause for this failure:Some could be:Govenor failure=over-revving:Lubrication failure:Over-heating at some earlier time in the life of the motor:Loaned the rig to some-one who is a "donk killer"( I've been down that road):Fuel not suitable for that vehicle/motor combination..Hope you don't buy a "Kindy Kar" with the spare wheel tucked down under,limiting your use for any real bush tracks..Kaymar will be your friend after you fork out the many extra hundreds dollars..!MPG:4!

A couple of years ago I was looking at buying a Patrol and I raised the question of engine failures with the sale man. He told me that the engine had been redesigned by Catepiller (spelling?) to overcome the problem. Doesn't help you but I would be interested to hear if anyone else has heard this as well.