Dust in GU Patrol

Melissa, No-1 check the rear door catches, first open the small door & grab the large door & give it a shake if there is a bit of movement adjust the top & bottom catches in a tad this will bring the rubbers in a bit closer. No-2 On dirt roads, providing you are not closely following someone, open the vent and turn the fan on ,as this pressurises the cabin and does wonders to keep the dust out .If it gets to hot just press the a/c button ,on still leave the vent open same goes when it gets cold.
You will notice with the vent open the amount of air coming out of the vents will drop just turn the fan up a bit .My wife doesn't like the vents blowing on her all the time so I just blow the air up on the windscreen we have had several patrols all with the same problem GUs are a bit better than GQs . Also dealer fitted updated rear door seal kits don't make much difference either . Let us know how you get on
Cheers Steve

Melissa, I can't speak about the GU Patrol becasue I have a 80 Series Cruiser. One day, after driving from Alice Springs to Boulia, I came across a guy who had done the same in his identical 80 Series. His truck was full of dust and mine was clean. He was a bit of a know-all but couldn't understand what had happened. If he'd asked nicely I would have told him the trick is to keep a positive pressure in the cabin. This means never putting the ventilation on Recirculation except momentarily when overtaking and passing other vehicles. Drawing clean air in through the front vents (with or without the fan running) creates a positive pressure so there is no vaccuum at the back of the vehicle to suck in dust. Apart from leaking door seals all vehicles have rear vents which will suck in dust if you travel without allowing fresh air in through your ventilation system. If your problem persists then your door seals must be REALLY bad. I hope this helps.

hi melissa i remember reading either here or overlander forum about the same thing and a lot of people were talking about a visor type set up for the back door something like the visor you put on your front door windows to keep the wind out hope this helps

Hi Melissa
The A/C will greatly help with keeping the dust out, Monash Uni Melbourne did a study and you should only use the A/C or Heating on recycled air for max 20 minutes, studies show it can lead to drowsiness. There are dust reflectors for the back of the Nissan that also helps
Ray
Congrats on the new camper

Miff,

We bought our GU new about June 1998. The dust issue was more "prevalent" then, and the dealer fitted a relacement seal at no cost about 6 or 9 months after purchase. It fixed the problem for us. Can you try this approach? i.e. did you buy a new vehicle, & is it in warranty still? Try the patrol site with your Q. I also seem to remember this topic from some time back, and that several owners have had success with spacer washers on the bottom catch of the barn door.

The solution appears to be to alter the air flow over the top of the vehicle. This seems to seriously minimise the amount of dirt/dust that hangs immediately at the rear when travelling. Our roof rack, even when empty, does this.

I agree with the pressure approach. I note on another thread that you usually don't use a roof rack. If this is so, I suggest you fit a rear dust spoiler. This will help heaps...from memory the Nissan one is $ 120 approx. Easy for you or Greg(?? I forget his name right now) to fit.

Cheers

Rick

hi melissa,

simple dont travel on dusty road,
{ so easy}
our friend has the same problem with his gu patrol

our local nissan dealer told us when we were looking at gu that you can purchase a dust pak from them as this is not standard on there 4x4.

so we brought a new pajero desiel

hope this helps

hi melissa,

we have a manual glx 3.2l DI-D PAJERO, WHAT A CAR!!!
GOES LIKE THE CLAPPERS, SMOOTH AS A BABYS BUM
CHEAP AS CHIPS TO RUN TOOK UP THE HIGH COUNTRY WHEN WE PICKED IT UP. TOOK IT ON SEVERAL VERY DRY AND DUSTY TRACKS AND LIKE TRUE MITSUBISHI WORKMANSHIP KEEPS THE DUST OUT LIKE THE NL BEFORE NO RATTLESS AND WE DIDNT HAVE THE VENTS CLOSED I LIKE FRESH AIR COMING IN EXCEPT WHEN SOME ONE IS COMING TOWARDS YOU THEN I CLOSE THEM TILL THE DUST SETTLES.

HAPPY TRAVELS
MICH

Melissa.

we had the same problem in our GU going thru Pooncarie to Menindee three times and back. Took the Patrol back to the dealer and they adjusted the rear doors for nothing. This reduced it heaps but still got a little in, then a friend with a GU told me to use petroleum jelly on the seals where they contact the body and VIOLA! no more dust!

Also agree with the fresh air deal with the aircon, it also helps heaps

Good luck, the GU is worth the dust problem

:0) Bonz

I think there is a fix for it, different door seals from other model GU..

cant remember but that was the chat on the list around 12 months ago about it.

First thing, tape up the flow through vents either side of the back window, then check the doors for the seal and tightness, keep your vent on 'fresh' NOT recycle, if you have a 'wind deflector' on the window it acts like a vacume cleaner

cheers Jol