100000 big ks

Hi Andrew, My wifes 4.2Gu has 360.000ks on it and never had a spanner on it other than normal service,,original clutch and its been some hard places. My 4.2 has 140,000ks and same thing, The 4.2 is a great vehicle.. BUT you can be lucky also... Michael

THats a bugger. My 99 2.8 has just ticked over 180000 and all 've had to do was clean the radiator after overheating probs, to findit was 3/4 blocked.. but and very tickled right now as I now have a shinny brand new 4.2 yeeha.. gone are th days of sluggig it out at 70k/h up the big hills.. I'm not alead foot but gees it was frustrating.... love that 4.2 and reading that there are so many still going strong..

Im a bit envious of both Michael and Coyote now. With my 2.8 done 125000 (10,000 since the rebuild) it should be good for another 180,000 I hope. My main dilema is the $35,000.00 or so changeover price to get a new 4.2. Options are spend the money - you cant take it with you, trade to a second hand 4.2 - unknown history + abuse...; or hang in there with what Ive got. Hills are no problem in the Kimberley, but more power low down and better reliability would be good. Mmmm, more power....chip, exhaust, gas fumigation etc - more $ out of the budget. I see someone on ebay is selling a 3.0 engine for they replaced it with a 4.2, maybe I should wait until the 2.8 and gearbox get a bit tired & replace them. Or a chevy deisel? No matter wich way you look at cars there is a comprimise, and they all cost money. wish there was a 100 series body and engine on a patrol chasis and running gear, then I'd be getting somewhere!

Simon,

A 4.2 that bleep itself !! Sad to hear but do you mind if I ask, was there a simple reason why it bleep itself? From the 9k expense you are talking about I presume it is way out of time warranty (way more than 3yr old).
Thanks for any light you may be able to shed as it may give early warning signs to those who keep an eye or ear out for similar symptoms.

Regards Trevor.

Hi Trevor
The nissan is a 2000 model with after market turbo intercooler with 3" mandel bent exhaust the car was from binskins 4wd in nsw it was the owners wifes car which i purchased when it was around 2 years old.
I was in the process of driving to tannum sands in qld from newcastle when the engine dropped its bundle just out of bundaberg.
It gave no indication that anything was wrong it hadnt missed a beat i was driving up a hill at around 3000rpm temp gauge was normal and it made a moderate mechanical noise (not quite a bang) and stalled.
It was all over after that when engine was restarted it had a major miss but was still drivable if you didnt mind a lot of smoke.
The engine cracked nm 5 piston, the head after testing showed 5 cracks
Pump and injectors tested- pump ok, injectors were all over the shop between 120-150.
so around $$$9k later and a full rebuild it will be no the road again next week.
There was no ultimate place we could point the finger at for the failure apart from it looks like the engine was possibly overheated early on in its life before a purchased it, hence the cracks in the head.

Simon,

That's a real shame, made more frustrating cause it's still only young (135K). I just hope it's all sorted now and you have no more hassles for quite a while.
Are you from Pt Macquarie way?. My brother-in-law, whom we visit regularly, bought his GQ from Binskins and is a local down there.
Anyway thanks for the info, but no warning signs makes it hard for me to listen for the same signs if something was to go wrong with mine.

Cheers Trevor.

Simon,
I actually saw that vehicle of yours in Sept 2002 when I was there at Binskins and had new suspension fitted. It was Glen who showed/told me that a GU with stronger suspension doesn't need it's sway bars anymore. He'd lifted it about 4" and removed the swaybars, but that was about it apart from a 3" mandrel bent exhaust (from memory).
Sorry to read that yours blew up....makes me a bit worried about what mine might do!!!
All the best and hope it's all good once you get it back.
Cheers

Roachie

Hi Roachie,

Did you bother taking the extra warranty for your 4x4 or just stick with the 3 year/100k??

G'day mate,

No didn't bother with the extended warranty......only had 2 services done by Nissan during the vehicle's whole life anyway....(the 1st one which is free and one done at about 80,000klm when I didn't have any of my tools etc after having moved here from NSW. That was the one when they discovered my 5th cog was about to let go and were kind-enough to tell me and volunteered to change it under warranty.

I did all the other services myself, so wouldn't have fancied my chances getting anything major done by them under the extended warranty. In hindsight I'm glad I saved the $900- they wanted for it as nothing has gone wrong.

Cheers

Roachie

Thanks Roachie.