What to keep my eye on? Preventative Maintenance

[YNOT]

WOW!! Top effort mate and a top read!!

You only just noticed this thread???

Tony

[Mrowka]

That depends on how clean the fuel is in your part of the world, but it's not necessary in Australia.

Tony

I'll take that as a "yes, you should have done it a long time ago already."

[macca]

About to do all oil changes and not looking forward to getting oil into the driveline.

Got one of those TomThumb pumps but it is hard work.

Saw this on ebay,

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....=STRK:MEWAX:IT

not sure if its able to pump thicker oils, are diffs etc filled with "light oil".

Have any of the members got something that works?

Also there are 2 different oil filters on a TD42 which one goes where or does it matter?

Thanks Macca

[YNOT]

Unless you have a pump that fits onto a 20 litre oil drum then the pump you have is about the best way to do it. As you say they are hard work. The pump I have won't even draw the oil out of the 5 litre drum, I have to take off the end of the pump and pour the oil in-very messy.

Diff and gearbox oils are thick oils.

TD42 oil filter changes;
GQ TD42 NA 2/88 to '97 uses Ryco Z115 (x2)
GU TD42NA 5/98 to '03 uses Ryco Z503 (x2)
GU TD42T 5/99 to '05 uses Ryco Z416 (x1) and Ryco Z503 (x1)

As far as I know the different filters GU TD42T won't interchange so it shouldn't take long to work out which goes where. Someone else with a TD42T may be able to confirm.

Tony

[macca]

Thanks Tony

Might get an old gas bottle and weld some fittings on it to make an air pressure pump, apply a bit of compressed air to push the oil in.

Could have done the job Saturday with the hand pump, the oil would have flowed well at 41deg C !!!

Not so sure how well I would have gone though

Macca

[nowoolies]

fanfriggintastic Tony
what a read ...............now im gunna read it again
great job mate ..thanks heaps
nowoolies Paul

[89GQ]

Top work Tony!!!!!

[blair]

excellent thread man its a good guide

[Burden]

Thanks Tony. Great info ill be reading back over it a few times i reckon.

[Bloggsy]

Great stuff Tony! Thanks for doing this. You've made it much easier to understand things that have previously flown over my head.

Any info you have on the 4.8 autos as you come by it would be appreciated.

I do know that the 4.8 autos can only take Matic J gearbox oil and they don't come standard with a dipstick. You can get them from Nissan though.

Cheers,
Darren