2.8 diesel engines

[Lambroast]

Hi all,

Speaking of a Patrol suspension specialist, does anybody know of a decent one in the Perth northern suburbs ?

Cheers
Simon

[wildgu6]

Pete
its mick27, sorry mate been trying to find you, have you had any dramas with your GU pulling to the left, i have brand new tyres all balanced, bearings good, other then trac bar under there how can you camber these things. Any ideas.

Hey Mick,
Here I am buddy. If your looking for anyone and cant find them just send them a PM mate.
Haven't had any major dramas with pulling to the left, Has a very very very slight pull but none that have caused me any worry or any tyre wear.
But the infamous death wobble comes and goes, new tyres, balance and alignment and all good for a few weeks then back again, another balance and alignment check and gone again, but still keeps coming back. Next thing to try for me is new panhard bushes and if that doesnt cure the beast I believe you can get a 3mm longer kingpin ?? which has sorted another members wobbles.
There are a few threads going around re: steering wobble, seems to be common with GUs. I will see if i can find the thread links and PM them to you sometime this week.


Cheers Pete

[rkinsey]

mine has pulled to the left for years no one i have taken the car to has been able to fix.

i am going to gt adjustable pan hards to see if that will help. i got a wobble too so i need to get mine looked at by someone who knows there way around patrols now.

Bob Jane and others just dont cut the mustard!

I found this bloke in Seven Hills. Seems tp know his stuff and only does 4WD vehicles. I'm taking the Patrol over there today to have it inspected so I can get a report on what is wrong with it so I can then spend the next 12 months getting it ready for our trip to Lake Eyre.

Total Care 4WD
02 9838 9779
2 Artisan Road
Seven Hills NSW 2147

Cheers,

Rob

[mick27]

Mick27
Thanks Tony, i might look into that its driving me up the wall, With jace75 i had the same problem with the wobbles, i took out a spacer from the top off the swivel hub and tightened up the bearings no more wobbles.

[starck]

Hello Jas.
I guess You have them (RD28TD) not so often in AU? In EU it's completely up-side down. 2,8 DIESELS are 95% of marked. Most of them are very old and made over 200 kmiles.

What I want to say is those small engines are lighter naturally and more "modern" constructions but please, concern following:
Must be in really good cond then You find it to purchase. No "small mendings" acceptable - difficult start, white smoke, odd working while cold, strange sounds etc.

Problem is those engines are very easy to warm-up. Enough is to drive too fast too long. Temp goes not over the red so one feels it's OK - but usually it causes over-warming.
Most of my friend are using 2,8 and are very satisfied - I used to have one too - bought it in Berlin. But hygiene with cooling system is life/death situation for this motor.

Best regards. I hope being at least some helpful.

[damianovdd]

Problem is those engines are very easy to warm-up. Enough is to drive too fast too long. Temp goes not over the red so one feels it's OK - but usually it causes over-warming.
I hope being at least some helpful.

For me your post was useful. Now i know what to pay attention for while i drive. But can you also tell how we can avoid this problem? What has to be done to improve the cooling system?


excuse my english

[starck]

I live in PL and 90% of second hand cars we buy in Germany. There is no speed limit at all !!! Most of Patrols are just heavy duty vehicle - and germans just run them up to 150 - 170 km/h.
Half hour of such a drive makes 2,8 warmed-up. That is why we are so sensitive about Patrol 2,8 engines - most of them here are already dyeing.

Anyway if You often cheange thermostat, if You go into mud clean Your radiator immediately (not with high pressure), check indicator of temp while driving, do not go over 140km/h for long time.
Then 2,8 is as reliable as 4,2 or other Nissan hearts.

Regards to Bulgarian friend

[jado]

i have a 98 2.8 gu and whenn the motors r in good nik they go pretty well on the highway or anywhere for that matter mine is stock standard with 340 000 +km on the clock nd it beats most NA 4.2 diesels in a straight line but u have to drive em more like a car to get em goin dont be araid to take it to 3000-3500rpm they dontt mind it at all imo. mine only jus developed a heating problem recently on fraser is.as it haad to work really hard on the soft sand (near on high tide) and i still only think that is because i couldnt resist the tempation to wind just a little more boost into it.
i haave heard a lot about these motors having cooling issues and i reakon most likely related to the head gsket or head it self and been a diesel if it olny has a minor gasket or head leak but still enouhg to cause drammas most combustion leak sniffers will not detect it (i know from at least 2 accounts now) i will defend this motor where its due but i still think mr. nissan was on crack when they put in in the patrol