GU Patrol

Ari how's the Dtronic? notice any differenceWish i was still here / Gulf in July

G'Day Bob,

Yes, I am quite happy with it. The car is all "much lighter" and more responsive.
The real test will be this weekend when we pick up the van

Regards

Ari2001 Patrol 3.0TDI

Yep gotta agree.
Give me the TD42 anyday- absolutely bulletproof. And I get about 10l/100klms driving normally, worst I've ever had on road was 16l/100klms towing a 17'van into a strong headwind- at about 95kph.
I have a mate who's after a TD42 GQ/Patrol or Mav. about ten years old as we speak-
does anyone have a good one for sale?

Hi David, MY 4yo td42,GU 265,000ks on gets 700ks from the main
tank
and 200ks from the reserve till the low fuel light comes on. Towing a ton or so at 100 ks in fifth, (which is a no no) gets about 550 and about 150. I cant see any advantage in getting the 3.0L except for the price difference. Having said that, the 6 grand drop is selling new Patrols, If you take the 3.0L sales out , i think the Patrol would be dead in this country. Patrol is selling about 600 a month and Landcruiser is double over all models. Cheers Michael

Hi Truckster, Where is the Patrol list, i keep hearing about it BUT!!!!!
Cheers Michael

micheal can you tell me why towing in 5th is a no no i have older gq model and 5th is main gear except on hills when towing 16 ft van 89 nissan looking foward to august and more travelling

Michael

patrol list is

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Patrol4WD/

Towing in 5th in many gearboxes is a no-no- but NOT in a td42 Patrol. Aside from a minor issue a couple of years ago where the fifth gear splines were incorrectly machined on some gearboxes, the TD42 manual gearbox is just about indestructible including 5th gear.
A cousin of mine is on his 4th Patrol, each turboed from new, each traded in with abot 350-400,000, and each one has been flogged with usually a ton on the back. He's never had a single problem ie: zip,zilch zero. Just oil and filter changes! One of his ex's is now owned by one of his employees and now has over 600,000- still going strong!
He did own one Toyata- blew up the front dif and then the gearbox and said he will never own another!

Truckster, the Patrol list seems to pick on the ZD3.0's cos they cant criticise the Yotas - no one to fight back.
I heard most of it before I bought My 2003 GU TD 3.0 auto and yes, I still bought one. From what I could find out most of the blow up stories are from the 1st release engines with less oil in their sumps - the new ones seem to have an extra 2l of oil in them.
Yes i'm sure some of them do have problems - but they do seem to get exagerated.
You could make worse comments about the GQ 2.8TD engine but my Brother has a one and loves it - its now 5 years old and after 3 years of faultless service in the Kimberly he would make the same decision again.
Time will tell no doubt - with all the better deisel in australia now it will be interesting to see how the ZD3.0's go from here.
Perhaps Nissan should have held back ZD3.0 and waited for the new diesel like merc/jeep and bmw/RR did.

Hi David, that is what i was referring to, that 12month batch of cars, Mine is older that the start of the problem BUT thought maybe not wise to tow heavy loads in 5th anyway, I think you have changed my mind again. I towed a ton plus for 10,000 ks up through the middle when the car was new and had no probs, thanks for the confirmation that it can handle it. Michael

Your lucky the air flow meter is over a grand!