What to look out for when buying a 3ltr motor wise?

[Maxhead]

some thing I keep asking
and never get an answer is.................

HOW many 3.0L were released in Australia
and
just HOW MANY of the 3.0L went to their maker.............


no-one wants to answer

I have 3 mates with a 2001, a 2004, and a 2009
all 3 are over 500K
not one of them has busted anything (except the front wheel bearing) - dont even have NADs on them

the way my mates flog them (like thy stole them) makes me think that the VAST MAJORITY of the 3.0L were ok..............

Couple of years ago on our trip we saw a heap of grey nomads driving Patrols and towing big vans who were totally oblivious to any issues with them. Many had over 300k and a few with 500k. One thing that was common was they always had them serviced on time and they all were happy chappys...lol