My poor GU Y61

Hello Guys
Sorry for the long thread.
Wondering if anybody else has had the same issue that I'm going through at the moment, been that my GU was one of the many thousands that was recalled by Nissan. Months before Nissan released the recall my GU was actually doing exactly how they described it on their website. Coasting to a stop at a round about or set of lights the thing would just stop dead. Throw it into neutral and start it up and continue driving. This would happen 3-4 times per day. Went to Nissan dealer they never could find what it was. This went on for months and pretty scary not to mention dangers at times. Until that day that Nissan posted that there was a recall, to my relief I book it in straight away thinking my truck will be good a new again. Only to find after a couple of days that the thing was doing the exact same thing again. So this time I thought well good at least this time the know what to fix. But such luck, it has been at Nissan service now for 5 days.
They are just following a procedure which has lead to them changing the fuel filter, that didn't do anything, now they are telling me that the common rail "maybe" the cause at a cost of $3300. Telling me that if that doesn't work then it must be the pump. I haven't agreed to replacing the rail yet hence the reason I'm writing this long thread to try and explain my situation as brief as possible but with as much info as I can. Hopefully someone has been hear before and there was no need to spend all that doe for it not to work. I strongly believe that this should be part of that recall and Nissan should fix it, instead of guessing at my expense. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again

get everything in writing with dates and times,
I know a few Tojo's did what you describe but it was the HF radio playing up on the ABS.

How old is it mate? Is it under warranty?

Bought it brand in April 2009, only has 125000 on the clock.

Rudy,

Not sure if this could be classed as part of the recall, but it is mysterious - and I am not 100% sure, but it could be pointing to the Pressure Relief Valve on the fuel rail causing the issue ... but this would log a fault code, making it fairly easy to trace.

They should be able to read the codes, but if there aren't any, I would guess this is why Nissan are heading towards the fuel rail, and the pressure relief valve is not generally available as a separate part from the rail due to the extremely high pressures and the possibility of fuel leaks.

There has been a genuine Common Rail Fuel Rail on ebay for quite a while now at $1,138
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Nissan-Pa...item43b88725f9
which may be a little cheaper for you.

If you are adventurous, one thing that you could try, is finding someone with a Chip-It chip who is not using the modified fuel rail pressure sensor, and install it to see if that fixes the problem, although that might cause other problems without the chip itself.

Hope this helps a little.

Mic

There is a pump too, but I am not sure if I would go down that path....

Here is the link for you
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NISSAN-PA...item4174d96e7b

Mic

I can believe how stupid these dealerships of Nissan and their workforce are. Changing fuel filter.....
Is this the best they can do to trow various parts at the car to see if anything gets fixed? Why would a fuel rail do anything like that? Its just a piece high pressure pipe. Putting a diagnostic thingo on it to check what pressure is in the rail shouldn't be that hard.
In any case why would idling engine be turning off when there is minimal fuel required. This looks like electronic issue not mechanical. Or possibly there is what is called bullchit in/bullchit out scenario where ECU gets incorrect info and reacts incorrectly.

I don't know if CrD has so called "fuel cut off" function when decelerating like Di has and its not cutting out when engine revs drop off bellow certain limit hence the engine stalls and when cycling the ignition key the ECU gets reset. Are we sure the ECU is not loosing its power supply or there is a dodgy earth as Patrols are famous for stupid way the earth/ground is done. Have you got any accessories wired and using the same earth as engine or body ECU?

My suggestion is to take the car away from those dealership idiots and visit Bosch fuel injection specialist to check the fuel system and than visit good sparkie to have all the earth/ground checked as well as any electrical accessories installations validated.
Don't pay these incompetent Nissan morons a cent.
Cheers

Thanks Mic for all the info very grateful.

Rumcajs
You make total sense in what you write. It has to be more electronic as the thing runs well 85% of the time. And if it did have anything to do with the common rail pressure then there is no way I could drive to Brisbane an hour away 5 days a week, without it stopping at highway speeds where there are pressures to deal with in the rail. This is way I posted this on this thread, I would have thought not be a mechanic myself that there are better ways to diagnose an engine rather then keep replacing every single item until presto by magic the problem is solved. Its very disheartening to think that these guys don't care how much they charge you because they know that you need your car.

The problem is they do servicing all day every day and rely on computers to tell them what's wrong and if the computers doesn't know either then they are farked as most of them are just apprentice and aren't experienced enough to diagnose issues.