Navara 3.0l turbo diesel - engine stalling problem

Submitted: Thursday, Feb 01, 2007 at 17:30
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Please help. I have an '02 Navara ST-R (3.0l turbo diesel) which has done 76000kms. About 6 weeks ago the engine light came on while i was doing about 90kmh and the engine completely stalled and all power shut off, after waiting a few seconds i was able to turn the key and the car started no problem. Since then, the car is now randomly stalling but only while coasting downhill with my foot off the accelarator and the engine light doesn't come on. I am able to restart the car while rolling down hill. The Nissan dealer ran it on the diagnostic computer but no faults appeared...they then knocked me off my chair by suggesting (or guessing) it was a problem with the fuel injector pump and it would cost me about $5000 to have replaced. As i am not prepared to fork out the $$ if they are only guessing at what the problem is i decided to take it to an auto electrician. He put the diagnostic machine on the car and it reported a "throttle sensor" issue - he deleted the fault entry. I drove the car today and the fault is still there, the car stalls while going down hill with my foot off the accelerator - i went back to the auto electrician this arvo to see if the throttle sensor fault appeared but the fault did not appear on the machine. So, now i have no idea what to do - i can't believe Nissan don't know what the problem is or are unwilling to properly diagnose the fault. Does anyone out there have any idea or suggestions for what i can do. Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? Would be grateful for any suggestions at this stage.
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