Rough on the equipment!

[Left Lane Lady]

Hey!
I have an 02 ZD30 wagon called “the old lady”. She’s done almost 350k and I got her 2 years ago. Since then we have spent about 10k at the mechanic ��
We have replaced:
Cylinder head
Head gasket
Top end kit
Turbo
Alternator
Water pump
Steering dampener
Clutch
2 punctures
Alloy bull bar
Passenger step
And she has more bush stripes than paint!!!!!!!
My husband hates her (and dies inside when I go off-road, he’s always had cruisers.
The biggest problem is the fact that she has less go than a Prius and that’s after a new turbo!!!
So I’m here for the professional advice and 4x4 meets.

[4bye4]

G'day and welcome to the forum. They are not a sports car but it would be interesting to see what boost and egt's are. Any gauges fitted?

[Left Lane Lady]

No gauges, I have been told so many conflicting “must haves” that I haven’t done any of them!
My mechanic put in a slightly bigger than factory turbo and she improved a little - only losing 20km up a hill instead of 40+.
If I dont get a run up at 120, I will end up in 3rd gear with my foot to the floor on even a low grade hill.
Brisbane to Bathurst via Newcastle was an 18 hour trip and I wasn’t towing the trailer until I got to newy.
Reckon she’s stuffed?!

[Avo]

No gauges, I have been told so many conflicting “must haves” that I haven’t done any of them!
My mechanic put in a slightly bigger than factory turbo and she improved a little - only losing 20km up a hill instead of 40+.
If I dont get a run up at 120, I will end up in 3rd gear with my foot to the floor on even a low grade hill.
Brisbane to Bathurst via Newcastle was an 18 hour trip and I wasn’t towing the trailer until I got to newy.
Reckon she’s stuffed?!

welcome to the froum...I don't know shit...well I klnow onbe thing,if ya want it straight,youi'llk get it here,keep asking and tell them muggle mechanics what ya know from here..

[Evo]

Welcome to the forum

[Left Lane Lady]

Thanks Avo!

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum mate.

[GQtdauto]

Welcome to the forum , without a load ours seems to fly the only time it does what you're describing is yeah pulling 2.5 tonne of caravan up steep hills .
Bigger exhaust and a chip and tune generally gets the best out of them but if you're running massive tyres and have the thing loaded with gear and a roof rack it could be affecting things a bit .

[happygu]

A performance chip makes a big difference to the way the 3 litre Di's go about their business.

You need to remember they aren't sports cars either .... hitting the bottom of a hill at 5 kph less than ideal can cause you to lose speed fairly rapidly, but hit it at the right speed and revs means they will manage to pull quite well

[simple83]

Get your hands on a chip
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Wad the first upgrade i did and you can tell the difference right away
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