Calling advise?? New zd30 create motor or td42t conversion

[Coastalpatrol]

Hi all! I've recently purchased a 2001 gu zd30 auto bought it back in January had a full engine rebuild and new injector pump rebuild too, 20,000ks ago! It went kaboomm four weeks ago! I serviced it and didn't flog it either! Went up with a bang and a cloud of white smoke! Had full nads and egt was 350 got major blow buy out of catch can and out of dipstick too! So I'm considering it stuffed! My next thoughts are td42t but I've been researching and it's doable but won't be cheap! Car will be off the road for some time, I can do a lot of work myself! Probably all of it, but I think it will still cost $10,000 or more? Or I can get brand new zd30 crate motor $5995 rebuild turbo? The motor is from ftgully nissan they say that they are the latest spec zd30 available and built 2012? Any thoughts on what I should do? Would the zd30 be past it's problems if nissan are supply them for replacement? I'm not sure if I should trust one again, but it would be alot cheaper and less labour than fitting a td42t
Cheers for any thoughts
A great bunch of people here with lots of experience with these beasts!

[paulyg]

Who rebuilt the motor? something is not right there should not go at 200000km,
Can you take it back and ask for an explanation?

[Coastalpatrol]

I bought it off a guy that had the work done? He had all receipts for the work, and I called them up and checked it was legit, it was done in Sydney and I'm in Byron bay, they said 12 months or 20,000k warranty.. Well it was 13 months and like 23,000ks so not covered! And it would cost to much to get the car back to Sydney! I'm not sure weather to get new create zd30 which would be $6000 and replace turbo for $1400 my injector pump has been recondition when engine was rebuilt 23,000ks ago! I'm not sure weather to trust the zd30 again! Should I spend the extra on 4.2? So much extra work though? Has anyone bought a new create motor from nissan, should it last this time

[Drewboyaus]

Mate, I would check with consumer affairs. Regardless of whether the warranty says 12 months, there is precedent and Australian consumer law that there is a "reasonable expectation of warranty".
Apple have run into this recently. Their phones are warranted for only 1 year but they are being forced to honour the warranty up to two years because for the price the 1 year warranty is seen as "not reasonable" in the eyes of the law.
In my view that would certainly apply here given the thing was rebuilt only 20000km and 13 months ago.
Have you spoken to the workshop who did the rebuild? Are they prepared to meet part of the cost?


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[paulyg]

Definitely speak to the work shop, it's only just outside the warranty, any motor would be expected to last longer than that.

[happygu]

I would get the new crate motor, and change it out....

You should be able to use the pump, turbo, and injectors and slot it straight in.

Try and find out what went wrong with the rebuilt one though, as you don't want it to happen again.

Mic

[happygu]

I would definitely get someone's look at the motor in it, as it may be just something minor, like a split inlet hose...

[Coastalpatrol]

Thanks guy
I have spoken to the workshop and they said that it was not covered and were very vauge about it? They said that I need a diesel mechanic to diagnose and detail report of service history also a scan of the Ecu for any faults, they then said they wouldn't warranty it cause apparently the old own had a chip fitted to it and these void the warranty? There's no diesel mechanic In Byron bay so I would have get car towed to closest place at my cost! Pay for diagnostics and towed back! And they probably won't do anything! What should I do? I need car fixed ASAP as its my work car, and I want it fixed properly to last as I plane on doing a lot of trips

[happygu]

My 2003 Model 3Litre had a Dtronic Chip from new, and it has done over 250,000Klms, so the chip would have nothing to do with an engine failure like yours, and there are plenty running around with chips on them just fine.



Also be aware that there are plenty of reports of doom and gloom, only for the owners to find out it was something relatively minor and easily fixable.

I think we get a little jumpy too quickly because of the negativity and reading all the reports of problems.

Mic

[Coastalpatrol]

Yeah I know it's stuffed as its running on two cylinders, and blowing a cloud of smoke out of the dipstick hole, and pretty much having the exhaust blowning out of the catch can lid! Havnt has a chance to pull it apart yet as it blew a few day before I left for a 6 week trip to Europe and I'm not even back yet! First thing to look at when I get home! Find out what made it blow? I think I'll replace with create motor? Anybody know a good company to rebuild turbo off zd30