webbo65
5th March 2012, 10:54 PM
Hello to you all, I am a 3ltr turbo diesel Patrol driver, My truck has been around Australia including the usual Cape york, Unadatta (sic) track, Kimberley's etc etc. Its done a small 115,000Kms only as its used for holiday and not a daily drive. Its a 2003 model. That my intro !!!
The problem abaout three years ago I had left Frazer Island enroute to Witsunday's when my truck started the occasional hickup {I'll call it} it feels like the car hichups this gradually got worse over about 30kms until it stopped any real form of powered acceleration and I suppose would not accelerate over about 80kph. I stopped turned the engine off had a look around couldnt see anything obvious restarted the engine and continued on as if nothing was wrong for about 20 minutes then the same started again. Stopped on and off for the next 160kms until I reached Rock Hampton where I had it checked at Nissan. They gave me the we need it at least a week as the computer shows 13 faults from a simple sender unit to the Diesel Pump. I didnt have a week so I continued on to the whitsundays without any further issues. On the way home at about Texas say 1000kms without trouble it all started again. This continued until I returned home to Sydney.
Took it to Nissan Blacktown they did a service and fixed the problem $1500.00. About a week later the same issue occured I checked some of the items Nissan said they replaced to find not everything they said they had done had been done. So I took my truck to a private Mechanic and he found the MAF sensor needed to be replaced the air filter and fuel filter needed to be replaced (Yes Nissan did that toooooo) and the Intercooler was cracked problem fixed $2500.00. Unfortunatley not, about a month later the same issues. I have missed out when it hickups especially at low speeds say taking off powering through second gear the engine hichups and a large cloud of white smoke is expelled. When trying to accelerate when the engine is in top gear it blows clouds of black smoke.
I visited a couple of different forums and was lead to Westend Diesel. They took the truck and replaced this and that but the problem came back all up they have hed it four times and have rebuilt the diesel pump, replaced the injectors, serviced it, remapped the Stienbauwer (sic) and the problem is still there. Ive now spent over $10,000 tring to fix it and it still is not fixed the last longest stint has been about 750kms going absolutely fantastic then I went to Bega and at about Albino Park it started to play up and hasnt stopped since.
Any body got any idea's (I love my truck and have many modification, for 4wding) I dont want to burn it, sell it etc I really want to fix it other than this intermittant problem it really is a great truck...
Thanks
Gary
The problem abaout three years ago I had left Frazer Island enroute to Witsunday's when my truck started the occasional hickup {I'll call it} it feels like the car hichups this gradually got worse over about 30kms until it stopped any real form of powered acceleration and I suppose would not accelerate over about 80kph. I stopped turned the engine off had a look around couldnt see anything obvious restarted the engine and continued on as if nothing was wrong for about 20 minutes then the same started again. Stopped on and off for the next 160kms until I reached Rock Hampton where I had it checked at Nissan. They gave me the we need it at least a week as the computer shows 13 faults from a simple sender unit to the Diesel Pump. I didnt have a week so I continued on to the whitsundays without any further issues. On the way home at about Texas say 1000kms without trouble it all started again. This continued until I returned home to Sydney.
Took it to Nissan Blacktown they did a service and fixed the problem $1500.00. About a week later the same issue occured I checked some of the items Nissan said they replaced to find not everything they said they had done had been done. So I took my truck to a private Mechanic and he found the MAF sensor needed to be replaced the air filter and fuel filter needed to be replaced (Yes Nissan did that toooooo) and the Intercooler was cracked problem fixed $2500.00. Unfortunatley not, about a month later the same issues. I have missed out when it hickups especially at low speeds say taking off powering through second gear the engine hichups and a large cloud of white smoke is expelled. When trying to accelerate when the engine is in top gear it blows clouds of black smoke.
I visited a couple of different forums and was lead to Westend Diesel. They took the truck and replaced this and that but the problem came back all up they have hed it four times and have rebuilt the diesel pump, replaced the injectors, serviced it, remapped the Stienbauwer (sic) and the problem is still there. Ive now spent over $10,000 tring to fix it and it still is not fixed the last longest stint has been about 750kms going absolutely fantastic then I went to Bega and at about Albino Park it started to play up and hasnt stopped since.
Any body got any idea's (I love my truck and have many modification, for 4wding) I dont want to burn it, sell it etc I really want to fix it other than this intermittant problem it really is a great truck...
Thanks
Gary