New Series 8 Patrol ST 3L Deisel Worries!

[gregs]

Hi, I've been thinking about buying a 4x4 for the last 6 months and am about to pay my deposit on Monday morning for a series 8 ST Patrol. I have spent a lot of time looking at different types of 4x4s but with 7 seats and all the other bits especially the new diff locks it seems to be the best value on the market. I've got quite a lot of extras thrown in playing 3 dealers off each other and we are buying new as we are hoping the car will last us a very long time as its a lot to spend. I've asked for a years extended cover on the warranty thrown in but I've seen a lot of bad reports on the 3L diesel engin going bang around 200'000km and arnt quite sure what to do! Last min nerves as its a lot of money to comit to if it goes bang after 4 years!

I am on my second 3L patrol now, well will be when the thing turns up this arvo...and the old was great and the new one will be too. If you go for the extended warranty get the 3 years and 50K one, I did and it saved me a packet. I had the exhaust manifold warp (it was picked up because the egr pipe was cracked) and it was replaced under warranty at about 103000k without any hassle from nissan, this didn't stop the vehicle (it might of if we kept driving it for a few months) but it made a whistle that was annoying. The only other issue with the engine was from the seals around the tappet cover for the injectors leaking oil, this was also done under warranty without hassle from nissan, I think this was done at about 75K and it didn't stop us using the vehicle either but it was an oil leak and I hate oil leaks from new vehicles.
The old one still goes really well and we had no hesitation to buy another one and like you this one has to last a few more years than what we would like but I have no problems with that.

Just to give you a comparison, when we went on a trip across the country via the great central road and plenty highway there was our 3l patrol, a new 200 series diesel cruiser on road tyres, a 120 prado and a rodeo dual cab ute. By the time we got to Kalgoorlie ( well just outside of it anyway) the prado had a blown turbo and had to be trucked to Bunbury and the cruiser had to be trucked as well because the right rear brake had failed and the whole assembly had to be replaced as it shit itself and they also replaced the rest of the brake pads as they were stuffed as well. The rodeo was making all sorts of noises from around the alternator as it sits really low like the 2 toyotas and was full of mud, but it still soldiered on and made it to bunbury and back to the gold coast under it's own steam. The patrol had a screw fall out of the drivers side door pocket!! thats it..

So would I hesitate in buying a patrol....nup...but thats me, and I can buy a lot of accessories/diesel for the difference in price to a cruiser.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Greg....and soon to be a new patrol owner...again...today....hurry up 5 o'clock......you can probably tell I'm just a little excited......