problems patrol zd30 2003 engine
Submitted: Sunday, Jan 15, 2006 at 16:42
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jorgejhandal
I was driving in the road passing a bus uphill when suddenly I felt a loss of power and my clutch got stiff and the car lost power, Then I saw there was white smoke coming out of the engine and the engine was failing like it was going to turn off. I stopped the car and turned it off and saw oil coming out in the water(it was raining)
I tried turning on the engine , and it did but it bounced back and
forth but it turned on . the exhaust had oil residu and the engine still had oil, no
check engine turned on and the temperature gauge was ok, I had to tow my car back
home , I have to take the car to the dealership on monday, it had only 75km since last checkup (did it on friday)for 65K
Dont know , what do you guys think this is?
Reply By: dieselup - Sunday, Jan 15, 2006 at 21:21
Sunday, Jan 15, 2006 at 21:21
sounds as though it's terminal!
from my experience the only way to be resonably confident of the engines in the 3L patrols is to cut the filter open at every service (each 5000km) and
check for any evidence of metal in the corrigated paper
the best way to do this is to cut a section(about a quarter of the paper) out and keeping it folded put it in the vice and squeeze out as much oil as you can
make sure you put a handfull of rag under it to catch the oil !
stretch the paper out and look carfully at both sides
at least if something's a miss you might catch it before it fails all together, that's how Icaught
mine before it blew at 210000km
I'd be asking some fairly stern questions of the dealer, it seems odd that it happened straight after a service
A sure fix for the problems with the 3 litres is to trade it in on a cruiser, that's what I did !!
Anyway good luck with it all
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Follow Up By: hl - Sunday, Jan 15, 2006 at 21:46
Sunday, Jan 15, 2006 at 21:46
So.. exactly what did you "catch" before it blew.....
Presumably it still blew.. so whatever you "caught" had now effect.
You will always find some metal particles in the oil filter of any engine.
I would just like to see the dealer's face when you roll up with a few specks of metal in your hand and tell them fix it.......
Cheers
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Follow Up By: adamj1300 - Sunday, Jan 15, 2006 at 22:03
Sunday, Jan 15, 2006 at 22:03
I'd be asking some fairly stern questions of the dealer, it seems odd that it happened straight after a service
A sure fix for the problems with the 3 litres is to trade it in on a cruiser, that's what I did !!
Anyway good luck with it all
& then when the front axel goes on the cruizer go back to ur dealer & trad it in the a 4.2 td patrol
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Follow Up By: Scoey - Monday, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:27
Monday, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:27
Here we go with the front diff thing again!.... ;-)
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Follow Up By: dieselup - Monday, Jan 16, 2006 at 20:29
Monday, Jan 16, 2006 at 20:29
sorry hl caught it at 210000 before it blew , i never was good at writing stories
the filter had white metal in it , it wasn't magnetic, probably bearing or piston skirt , it was breathing a bit
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