Intro From Andy

[Parksy]

Hi all

I'm new to the forum and also a new patrol owner. I've purchased a 1992 gq patrol with the 6cyl efi engine. It has a lot of mileage, 380000, but despite a rough idle and starting hesitation, it runs and drives well.
Have rubbed the chassis down and painted it with por15, put new engine and gearbox mounts in(engine mounts had split in half), put new spark plugs, leads, distributor cap and rotor in and cleaned out the ficd and AAC valve and housing assembly which has almost sorted out the idling issue. Still occasionally runs a little rough, but I'm blaming this on the fuel in the tank. I've been running premium fuel and injector cleaner, and when I went to change the fuel filter, the fuel coming out was black! I'm guessing the injector cleaner is working? I'm hoping that this is also the reason for hard starting? I can't simply turn the key and the engine runs, I need to feather the throttle and it burbles into life. When I cleaned the throttle body with carby cleaner, and I was spraying down the intake quite liberally, I went to start it up and it fired right away which convinces me that there is a fuel delivery issue. Is there a certain fuel component that likes to fail on these machines?

Does anyone know if there is an egr system on the tb42e engine? I've searched and can't find anything.

Also on the distributor there is the large electrical connector, but there also appears to be a single wire connector which has broken off. I think I've found the wire, but I want to know what it actually is.
There is also another broken wire connection on the same loom, but 2 wires and a plug. I'm thinking it could possibly hook up to the power steering pump, because I have no idea where it could come from but it doesn't really reach anything else. Does anyone's gq have wires coming from some sort of sender on there power steering pump?

Thanks all for reading my post, I look forward to contributing in the future.

Andy

[growler2058]

G'day mate welcome aboard gotta friendly mob here fulla great info and advice


Slap N Tap ;)

[wildgu6]

G'day buddy, Welcome aboard.
Great bunch here with tons of advice, info, adventures and plenty of laughs to absorb.
Join in and soak it all up. You will meet some top people

Enjoy, cheers Pete




TAPPN OUT

[NissanGQ4.2]

Welcome to the forum Andy,

I have moved your post to the introduction section.

You are better off now asking your questions in the correct section.

Enjoy the forum and what it has to offer.

Cheers

Toddie

[NissanGQ4.2]

When you post up your question in the correct section could you please supply some pics of the wires????

Will make it easier for us to know what your seeing

Cheers

Toddie

[threedogs]

Hi mate and welcome gotta luv that por15 best product ever, heaps of tips and info here for you and a great bunch of ppl as well
jump in anytime and enjoy

[Bloodyaussie]

Welcome aboard mate.....................

[Parksy]

Cheers guys, thanks for the warm welcome, thanks for the move too. Didn't realize there was a section for this. I'll raise a separate thread in the correct section. Yes love that por15. Got it on my arms, a week later it's still there.

[MudRunnerTD]

Welcome to the forum mate.

With your questions you should start a new thread in the appropriate section for the best response. People just come here to say g'day and some may not read your complete intro.

Start a new thread mate and you will get the answers you need

Enjoy the forum mate

Cheers MR

[DX grunt]

G'day Andy.

Welcome to the forum and glad you could join us.

Where you from?

Take care out there.

Rossco

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum mate.

[ceke1985]

Welcome Andy, a very High mileage your car has... It proves how strong patrols are when you take care of them :)

[Parksy]

Thanks guys. Living in Nowra nsw at the moment. I fix helicopters in the navy for a living, have been to the Middle East and back, married, have a 9year old step daughter and a new one on the way.
My first ever car was a 1973 series 3 land rover. I learnt to drive in that thing and years later when I went to sell it, no one could drive the bloody thing. It's still sitting in my mums paddock.
Here's a photo of the passenger side engine mount I pulled out. I am very lucky that there's a secondary sort of mount to hold the engine in in case of such failures.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/Pakas/771C8E99-953A-42C1-9F13-04549D6AD824-14847-00000A33CC964FDA.jpg

Cheers

[Parksy]

Mileage means nothing to me. Gearboxes are 500 on eBay, engines going for slightly more. And almost every part I can think of are readily available for these things. Though looking underneath mine at the gearbox, it appears that there is non standard "sealant" at the seams suggesting that it might have been rebuilt once upon a time...

[PMC]

G'day Andy,

Welcome to the forum mate!

Regards,

RLI

[lorrieandjas]

Hi mate and welcome to the forum. Sounds like you've got it nearly sorted and as the guys above said if you post any questions in the other sections you'll get heaps of tips and advice.

Jas

[DX grunt]

In the 80's I did 2 stints at 'Tross. Used to work in the tower and loved watching the A4's and T-A4's go past. Loved watching the Grummond Trackers fold their wings up, too.

Enough of my age. Welcome.

Take care out there.

Rossco

[AB]

Welcome to the forum mate, feel free to ask any questions and join in the conversations.

[Maxhead]

G'Day and welcome to the forum mate

[Timmo]

welcome to forum Andy.......you will find that there is a big community of fellow defence pers here that all share a passion for their trolls whether it be a GQ or a MQ or even the mighty GU.......ha ha ha any way again welcome buddy.

[trekster]

G'day and welcome to the best patrol forum around! Make sure to post up some pics of your beast in the members ride section ;)


Members Rides (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/forumdisplay.php?43-Members-Rides)



Some mechanical threads that may be of interest:

Why Diesels Smoke (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?12450-Why-Diesels-Smoke)

Checking and cleaning MAF sensors (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?597-Checking-and-cleaning-MAF-sensors)

NADS discussion (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?5526-Snicko-doing-the-NADS)


Recovery and safety!

Recovery Bible (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?13556-Recovery-Bible)

Towballs are not recovery points (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?5725-Tow-balls-are-not-to-be-used-as-recovery-points)

Recovery: The Fundamentals (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?1984-Recovery-The-Fundamentals)



and lastly this should be read and passed on to anyone that is not aware of the fact

Deaths from towballs (http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/showthread.php?11239-Deaths-from-towballs)


Last but not least enjoy the forum and everything it has to offer, Don't be afraid to ask questions as we are all here to help each other out!


Cheers,
Eric.

[Skitzyrex]

Well Andy, that's one massive intro. Welcome along.

[somersetj]

Great to hav you mate

[MEGOMONSTER]

Welcome mate, surely the best forum on the net. If you need it, you can get it, if you want to know it, just ask it.
If you want to find it, go to the search bar for a universe of information.
Enjoy the sights and sounds of the greatest show on earth.