Monday, Jun 16, 2008 at 23:01
As mentioned here abouts, even when they look new they can still send the wrong signal to the cars brain. I personally think this is one of the reasons these motors burn holes in the pistons, but I could be way off the mark.
If you have a dual battery system fitted,
check that the seal between the air filter box and where it buts up to the firewall has not been broken. Quite often, to get the second battery tray in, it is necessary to give the air filter box a bit of a push forward which can open up that seal, and this is where
mine sucked up a nice gob full of
Pilbara red dust!
If you have a
snorkel fitted, (if not, why not?) make sure it is sealed properly. Also
check that the air filter itself is genuine Nissan. Any air filter you buy for a 3.0 patrol from Repco or Coventrys etc; will be the right shape and size but the element is dry paper (
grey) not silicon treated (red).
The
grey dry paper element is not to the same standard.
Have fun up north, it's better than this cold wet crap we have in
Perth at the moment.
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