All good Goat, nothing to really worry about, I'll save the Principal card for later if needed.
Hopefully your problems are a thing of the past now!
Thought twice about replying as I didn't want to stress out Threedogs in his current state :)
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All good Goat, nothing to really worry about, I'll save the Principal card for later if needed.
Hopefully your problems are a thing of the past now!
Thought twice about replying as I didn't want to stress out Threedogs in his current state :)
All is going fine, thanks, threedogs! Had a trip to Sydney in the Patrol on Saturday. No worries going up Mt Victoria or River Lett Hill. The holiday will have to wait until later on now. Possibly autumn 2013, though after the snow on Friday, one wonders if the Carbon Tax is working already!Quote:
Originally Posted by threedogs
Alls good Lonicus, just scared me seeing this thread pop up. took a lot out of a few people.
but who doesn't like a happy ending. Plus its great to see the Goatmobile getting some miles
Same Problem here.
My patrol a 2010 GU DX Wagon Auto start to overheat at around 40Ks under load, but as far as I know it never went too far, I always stop way before it ot to the red line.
After three trips to my local nissan and no luck finding the problem, I decide to drop the trool there until they get it fixed.
Took Nissan a couple of weeks to find out that was a badly blocked radiator (nearly 80%). In the mean time I got the fan clutch, radiator caps, water pump, and thermostat replaced. In their way down to the water pump they found that the belt tensioner was a bit suspicious, so they replaced it too.
So after all the troubles of not having my car for more than two weeks, they cphone me one day and said that the car was fixed and the problem was the radiatro badly blocked. I didn't have time to tell them anything when they said, it's not possible for a nearly new car to have a radiator like that, so Nissan took ownership of the problem. I went back pick up my car and hasn't overheat ever since.
At the end, I didn't have to pay or even ask for warranty fix... they said that was their fault.
One thing that I could notice was that the fan wasn't working when the car was hot, which makes me think that the radiator was always crook and it never came out until the silicone inside the thermofan gave up.
Possibly the Japanesse fellow that is supossed to clean the radiators before they get installed had a bad day or just went to the dunny for a couple of hours.
Anyway, I had a pretty good outcome and I didn't want to post here until I was 100 % sure that the problem was fixed, but interestinly it happens pretty much at the same time that this Thread was going around.
Cheers,
Sounds like there is an inherent issue - though I wonder how prevalent it is? Haven't seen a lot of reports on this - did they give you any indication of why/how it was so blocked?
Jas
Could be casting sand left in the block.
I know theses posts were a while ago but having a read of it all, wow what a relief for goat!!
I have a 2010 gu patrol cab chasis with 75,000ks and I'm experiencing the exact same problem and cant figure it out and also the mechanic has gave It a flush but still over heats, maybe coring of the radiator like goat has done should finalise this problem!!!!
just curious goat did you have pressure in the radiator hoses when you had this problem???
any replies would be awesome and great help thanks guys!
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Originally Posted by pellatt
mate first thing is to check the viscous hub and to make sure there is no mud build up in the radiator or behind it in the cowl if that hasnt been done,there was a heap in mine and that was restricting the airflow and cooling and get it cored as well, for the cost its worth checking it all.
@ pellatt Might want to jump over to the intros as well, just something the forum asks of us all.
You could use the car wash but DON"T pull the trigger you'll blow holes
Freaks me out big time when old threads get pull out especially this one
At the risk of giving threedogs heart failure, we have a continuing saga with the Patrol. In November last year (2013) the EGR pipe split in two and we had to have that replaced, along with the manifold which was warped (done in Sydney while I was in hospital having stag horns removed from the kidneys - a regular occurrence!) Now the Patrol is back at the dealership again with (so they have told me) a blown manifold gasket. This is being taken care of under the extended warranty supplied by Nissan after the blocked radiator fiasco..
The dealer/principal of the Nissan dealership did not hesitate to come good with a courtesy car this time, and I am running around in a Suzuki SX4. Neat little vehicle. I will find out today if the Patrol is back on the road, otherwise it will stay there until its fixed. A mechanic friend thought the problem (a high pitched squealing sound when the engine is revved) may have been the turbo on the way out. We shall see. They haven't rung me to say the Patrol is OK to go, so perhaps the parts haven't turned up.......