What to keep my eye on? Preventative Maintenance

[YNOT]

what a great thred!!! Still been used years after been started. Quick Question, My GQ petrol has a leak from the front seal as described by YNOT on page one, is there any risk of sucking water into the engin on a water crossing?

cheers and thanks again

Yes there is a risk of water getting in past the seal.

Tony

[rmoore]

Thanks heaps for this & all the other work and experiences you have shared

Rick

[mattyh]

this is fantastic info. i especially like the pics showing the old and new 5th gears. THANKS

[JK973]

Just got to reiterate what everyone has said so far, really useful post, just bought my first patrol (2.8TD) so this info is gooooold, thanks a heap!

[Tim30]

Most useful post, thanks very much.

[VIRK]

Thanks Mate!! This is amazing... It answers every query i had before i started preparing my Gq for the trip to the victorian high country this weekend...

[Alburypete]

Tony it has been said many times over but I, and I'm sure, many new commers to Nissans and forums truly appreiciate you sharing your obvious wealth of knowledge so freely.
I would imagine posting the volume of information you have in this thread alone would take up a considerable amount of yout private time.
Thank you again.

Pete.

[soundfx]

Just want to throw in my 2 cents in saying thanks for this thread. I haven't had my Patrol long but plan to keep it for a long time. This thread will no doubt be key in making sure that happens! Cheers!

[Corski]

OIL LEAKS; Patrol engines in general are not prone to leaking lots of oil, but it does still happen. Finding the exact source of an oil leak is not always easy. If you do a lot of mud driving then don't be surprised if your front crank seal starts leaking. This is one of the easier leaks to diagnose, oil will leak down the front of the sump and in most cases be thrown out from the crank pulley.
Oil leaking around the rear of the sump is usually coming from the rear main (rear crank seal), check carefully in both cases to make sure it's not coming from higher up.
Oil pressure sender units have been known to fail and leak oil.
If an oil leak or combination of leaks is bad enough the whole engine could end up covered in oil making it nearly impossible to find the source of the leaks. The best thing to do in those cases is to degrease the whole engine, then go for a drive and recheck for leaks.

This sounds like me, front and back. I cleaned the majority of the underside of my engine (all I could do in the short time I had but suspected it may be from higher up) and went off to Lancelin for the weekend. It's got some oil splatter again in the same places.

Is this an enpensive fix? Probably beyond my capabilites.

[bar1135]

Very useful - thanks