Hodge's new 4.2

[nissannewby]

Ultimately you should do oil sampling to gauge when your oil needs changing.

Doing it that way is fine but also depends on the driving you are doing between services. If you are doing a lot of short quick drives then I would still do both at 5000km. If you are driving it for an hour at a time then you could do tbe 5/10 method.

Spending some extra dollars on good quality synthetic oil can also extend drain intervals.

[Hodge]

Thanks I'd say most of mine is around town start stop so fikters and oil it is.

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[BigRAWesty]

Finally put a tube of this in it's been sitting on the table for months... See if it makes anything "smoother".

How did this go bloke?? Any difference?

[Hodge]

How did this go bloke?? Any difference?

I "think" I have noticed better gear changes on cold mornings before the gear box warms up.
Other than that, same same.

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[BigRAWesty]

I "think" I have noticed better gear changes on cold mornings before the gear box warms up.
Other than that, same same.

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Cool. Well not really but..
Think I may just drop my oil..

[Hodge]

Cool. Well not really but..
Think I may just drop my oil..

Fresh oil alone changed the characteristic of the gear box big time. Much better .
I only added the g70 few weeks after oil change which as I said may have helped cold morning warm ups.


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[threedogs]

Here you go Eric for future services,,,lol
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[Hodge]

I've been meaning to ask this for a while but I always forget. After a cold start (I think it's only during cold starts (morning)), after a little while of car being on, maybe a minute or so, maybe more I haven't timed it... I notice the engine revs up ever ever so slightly and the headlight's go a tiny bit brighter. It's like there is load on the electrical side that turns off. Could this be the glow plug's timing out ?
It's been doing this since I got the car. Nothing wrong I think, just curious what it is.

[Rossco]

I've been meaning to ask this for a while but I always forget. After a cold start (I think it's only during cold starts (morning)), after a little while of car being on, maybe a minute or so, maybe more I haven't timed it... I notice the engine revs up ever ever so slightly and the headlight's go a tiny bit brighter. It's like there is load on the electrical side that turns off. Could this be the glow plug's timing out ?
It's been doing this since I got the car. Nothing wrong I think, just curious what it is.

Noticed our work 79 does the same thing. It's usually as your driving off down the road after bout a minute of starting lights suddenly go a bit brighter. Guess it makes sense something to do with glow plugs.

[Hodge]

Ok. There is something happening with my gear box / first gear / clutch ... Unsure which it is.
Cold start / morning, selecting first and taking off, 1st gear selects fine no dramas. Letting the clutch out, car begins rolling forward, and the very moment that happens, the car sort of "nudges" forward a little and it's as if something "slots" in, or falls into place and then we're off without any dramas ... Other gears are fine no issues. Tried also taking off in 2nd and no dramas. Only happens in 1st.
After a few K's of driving / warmed up there seems to be no issues.
100% never happened before.

It began yesterday morning but thought nothing of it, and this morning it was the same story but maybe a bit worse... Will see what it's like tomorrow morning, and will maybe drop the oil tomorrow afternoon and see what happens.

I know / I believe my clutch may be not right (although it lasted a long time without a single issue), but I doubt this would be clutch related ???