Tread Id 53953 RE 3lt nissan

Surprised that a dealer had admitted that he even heard of two!!!
Going by past postings its a case of "Jeez thats the first we have heard of that, you're the first with that problem we have seen"

Not Monty Python, just bull$hit from Nissan and its dealers.

I guess I mustv'e been the other one cause he told me to keep running it till it blew, then he'd have a look at it, this was pullin' a van across the Nullabor LOL.............

have heard the early 3lt had the prob....not much you can do from the sounds of it until she blows....but the ones ive heard of blowing were towing mighty huge caravans.....plenty of posts on these....

Laura

seen many, and up to end of 2004 models, they were still doing it, and head gaskets are now the big problem with them, lots doing head gaskets as well now from that era up to end of 05 even.

We all know that there have been more than two. Nissan are a funny organisation to deal with when it comes to engine malfunction or any of the other common faults on GU 3-0's. I will give them credit in my case when they covered the air flow sensor (twice), gearbox (5th Gear), intercooler, ECU unit and I think a few other items. They did not cover the repair cost to the self destructed engine but I did get a "reasonable" repair bill. I have also spoken to Nissan service centres and they have replaced or rebuilt a few. I have an interesting recorded conversation with Nissan Aust about the problems but I have been advised I cannot use it as I did not tell the consultant that I was recording it!

My vehicle did/does tow a bit but I would hardly call an Expanda or a tinny or a 7x4 trailer or even my 10x5 trailer "mighty huge". These are well within the towing spec's of the vehicle. The old 2.8 Rodeo managed these easily and never a problem!

My advise to an owner whose GU has a major malfunction in a remote area would be "Burn it".

Anyway we can bang our heads against the wall when it comes to Nissan and these vehicles or we can just laugh, advise others to stay clear of their products, and worry about more important things in life like what will we do on the next school holidays.

Andrew has a list of people just from the main 3 4wd forums of over 80 now.. so Nissan dealer man is fibbing.