Rusty's GUIV-Upgrade

[rusty_nail]

Jesus mate just had a read through all this , Christ you're a lot calmer than me , if the thing blowing up wasn't enough , the financial strain + not having your car for that long would be enough for me to lose my shit .

haha yeah mate, wasnt any point getting upset it would just affect other things like my relationship with the missus etc then i would be further up shit creek. youll get to see it this weekend!

[growler2058]

I had dobinson flexys on the Q and shocks they handled their fair share of jumps and hard times held up well
Got them on the far superior GU as well


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[RustyNails]

You must be a top fella

[rusty_nail]

You must be a top fella

why do you say that man!

[Winnie]

You must be a top fella

Nah, he's a wanker!!

[rusty_nail]

Nah, he's a wanker!!

biggest one around mate~!!!

[Clunk]

biggest one around mate~!!!

I thought that was me but if you want, you can have it hahahaha

[Biskit]

I have also just finished reading through your thread and have found that I am in a very similar position to yourself in that I have just bought myself an 05 model (bog standard) and am worried about exactly what has happened to you may happen to me. So from what I have read, you need to fit the NADS kit (catchcan, EGT blanking plate and dawes needle valve) and a set of gauges to "help" keep out of trouble...

Does this sound right or have I missed something?

p.s. I thought that I had a lot of patience, I tip my hat to you, Rusty

[rusty_nail]

I have also just finished reading through your thread and have found that I am in a very similar position to yourself in that I have just bought myself an 05 model (bog standard) and am worried about exactly what has happened to you may happen to me. So from what I have read, you need to fit the NADS kit (catchcan, EGT blanking plate and dawes needle valve) and a set of gauges to "help" keep out of trouble...

Does this sound right or have I missed something?

p.s. I thought that I had a lot of patience, I tip my hat to you, Rusty

Gday mate,

so yeah as per guidance from the many gurus on here(and a few of the dribblers) i sourced a dawes and needle valve, EGR Plate and catch can from Mudski, and bought a two in one EGT and PSI BOOST Gauge from Mcnally Gauges. Even though this will help prevent the engine from grenading dont be fooled, it may still happen, unfortunately I just bought a car that was too far along and it still grenaded regardless.

there is actually a thread on here explaining the whole process, maybe someone with better searching skills can find it?

im not at my car atm but i can take a picture of where i mounted the gauge too, its quite un-obtrusive, it sits ontop of the steering wheel column.

[mudski]

These motors are far more prone to grenading if they are of the 2000-2003 vintage. Nic's is out of this time frame and he was just very unlucky for it to happen to him. You rarely hear of a motor from his model or later doing this. Very rarely. However, having said that, like Nic said, if the motor is already on the way to dropping the pin, regardless of what you do, apart from a rebuild, its going to happen. How do you tell? The only way I think would be to take the head off and look, or a compression test may give an indication that something is not right.
But don't be put off by this by all means. There are a many "Grey nomad" around, towing massive caravans with stock 3ltr Patrol and done well over 350k on them and have not seen one issue. I did some research when I had my 3ltr and have a theory on why this is so, but I'll leave it at that for now.