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ozpatrol
2nd December 2011, 10:50 PM
Hello everybody, we are new on this forum.
We just bought a Nissan Patrol '89 4.2L Patrol/LPG and Automatic gear box. We love our car and are on our travel around Australia and in Sydney at the moment. There is some oil dropping from the engine. Can someone help us or know's a good place to repair the car? We also want to buy some parts like a snorkel and a new waterbottle. Can you recommend something.

Thanks for your help and we hope that there is some solidarity among all Patrol owners ;)

Airstrike
2nd December 2011, 10:56 PM
A good Mechanic is Drummoyne Auto care, 364 Victoria Place, Drummoyne. Keep in mind its an 1989 model so depending on how much oil is leaking this would be usual. Snorkel you can either get from ebay or ARB, TJM etc. Not sure what you mean by waterbottle

patch697
2nd December 2011, 11:25 PM
Hello everybody, we are new on this forum.
We just bought a Nissan Patrol '89 4.2L Patrol/LPG and Automatic gear box. We love our car and are on our travel around Australia and in Sydney at the moment. There is some oil dropping from the engine. Can someone help us or know's a good place to repair the car? We also want to buy some parts like a snorkel and a new waterbottle. Can you recommend something.

Thanks for your help and we hope that there is some solidarity among all Patrol owners ;)

Welcome aboard & I hope you enjoy the forum.

I can't help with your question as im in Vic but there are many members here from that aria who should be able to help you.

When you get a chance please stop by our introductions section & introduce yourselves.

Bigrig
2nd December 2011, 11:26 PM
G'day mate - Welcome aboard. Great people, information and laughs to be found on the forum, so don't be shy and join to make the most of it.

Enjoy!

rkinsey
2nd December 2011, 11:40 PM
Hi OZpatrol,

If your in Western Sydney see:

Toonbabie Service Centre

Owner is Bob

Phone: (02) 9833 3280
Mobile: 0407 273 226

Address: 12 Severn St, ST MARYS, NSW, 2760

Tell him Rob Kinsey from Minchinbury Jets sent you.

Cheers,

Rob

Dhuck
3rd December 2011, 01:06 AM
Welcome to the forum mate.

growler2058
3rd December 2011, 04:06 AM
G'day mate welcome aboard

ozpatrol
13th December 2011, 11:09 PM
Hello everyone,

thanks for your replys. We found a workshop next to our place, IFIXEM. Have you heard of him? He replaced a seal at the harmonic balancer and now there is no oil leaking anymore. But you never know and probably we have to fix something else and are around the other places. It is always good to know some recommended places for a repair :)

ozpatrol
15th December 2011, 11:12 AM
Hello everybody,

we still have problems with our car. After fixing the leaks now we have some backfires and lose of power on the engine. We changed the spark plugs, got new silicone, a new cap and a tuneup. But that worked out just for half an hour. Has someone any further recommendation to check? :)

patch697
15th December 2011, 11:17 AM
Hello everybody,

we still have problems with our car. After fixing the leaks now we have some backfires and lose of power on the engine. We changed the spark plugs, got new silicone, a new cap and a tuneup. But that worked out just for half an hour. Has someone any further recommendation to check? :)

If your still running a contact points ignition system (this is what they came with factory) I would be replacing both the contact points & condenser.

gq4200
18th December 2011, 06:49 PM
Overflow bottle you can buy from Ebay, but use your original cap, or you can buy genuine for around $100 from memory.

Points ignition on Early petrols causes a lot of misfire issues especially on Gas. You can try to reduce / check your plug gap. Also you can extent the metal Tab on your Rotor button as the factory gap to the Dizzy cap is excessive. Some people choose to bend the end up to achieve the same effect of reducing the gap.