looking forward to being able to have a look at this, just getting frustrated at not wanting to post spam in other threads just to get a look at this quicker :(
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looking forward to being able to have a look at this, just getting frustrated at not wanting to post spam in other threads just to get a look at this quicker :(
This 25 post requirement is going to be annoying. I don't even have my Patrol yet, so have precious little to post about... On the other hand, I guess at least I don't have my Patrol yet, so have plenty of time!
A real good place to start is to jump over to the intro thread mate and say gday. tell us what sorta troll your looking at getting. Thyn have a look around the forums mate and join in where ya feel comfortable, just dont post sh1t/spam or the mods will halt further progress.
There are some known problems with 00-01 ZD30 but the problems were rectified by Nissan and subsided after this (of course there are still documented engine failures after this period but any car engine could fail for a variety of reasons).
Your best bet is to look for a well looked after, lower kms '04 onwards ZD30 and do all the NADS mods for peace of mind and to cut down the risk. An egt gauge especially because some of the later model failures were probably the result of high egts which the owner wasn't aware of.
Remember that there are 1000s of ZD30s out there that are fine and the owners wouldn't even know of the 'grenade' issue or NADS or the forum etc. It can be scary/confusing because there's a lot of negativity and some mis-information on forums regarding the ZD30 but the reality is that while some fail, MOST don't.
If you have a bit more coin to spend and still want a 3.0L go a CRD, which from all reports has next to no problems and is very reliable
Hope this helps
Cheers,
Rusty :)
excellent reference
great info
What an awesome piece of work..... very,very, very informative... now where do I start!!??!!
Thanks for the download