Overservicing by Nissan?

[p38arover]

I've just looked a the service records for the Nissan Civilian bus my son bought. Since new in 1988, it has been serviced every 6 months.

Since 1997, these are the distances (km) travelled between the 6-monthly services:

48, 16, 25, 17, 27, 15, 21, 8, 69, 19, 42, 49, 8, 15, 1, 31,

Yes, that's correct, 1 km in one 6-month period.

Total km since new to the end of the service records in 2006 - 5857km, It now has 8,850km on the clock.

Has it been overserviced? :o

[JDNSW]

Strictly speaking, no, as most manufacturers specify a maximum service interval of six months, regardless of mileage.

But from a practical point of view, if stored in a reasonably dry garage, twelve months would be more reasonable, although if mileage in a six month period was as low as 1 km, then it would at least need the battery charging!

John

[Lotz-A-Landies]

I've just looked a the service records for the Nissan Civilian bus my son bought. Since new in 1988, it has been serviced every 6 months.

Since 1997, these are the distances (km) travelled between the 6-monthly services:

48, 16, 25, 17, 27, 15, 21, 8, 69, 19, 42, 49, 8, 15, 1, 31,

Yes, that's correct, 1 km in one 6-month period.

Total km since new to the end of the service records in 2006 - 5857km, It now has 8,850km on the clock.

Has it been overserviced? :o
Ron
1 km between services! Wot was the mechanic at the other end of the street?

You wouldn't want the oil to get stale would you?

The question has to be asked, it looks like a great camper yet it never seemed to go camping.

Overserviced Yes, it would have been better to prepare it for storage and leave it.

Diana

[Utemad]

The question has to be asked, it looks like a great camper yet it never seemed to go camping.

Overserviced Yes, it would have been better to prepare it for storage and leave it.

Diana

I'd say no it wasn't over serviced. More like under serviced.

They obviously never fixed the broken odometer :D

(That emoticon is just for you Ron :angel::)).

[dobbo]

Probably 1000001km's between them two services

[100I]

Of course I assume the camper was in private hands, but yes a lot of large companies and government agencies are very particular about servicing to the letter of the manufacturer's recommendations, regardless of milegae (or hours). Has a lot to do with OHS of course but makes you cringe sometimes.

[foz.in.oz]

They didn't drive to the service centre forwards and then reverse all the way home did they???:cool::D:D:D:D:D:D:D

ps. here's a nother one Ron:D

[Bigbjorn]

The Diamond Reo prime movers owned by the Army and stored in the Ordnance Depot, Orange Grove Road, Coopers Plains, were serviced on a schedule of engine hours, distance, or time whichever occurred first. Most were never used and were driven from the depot to Columbus Diesel in Bradman st. Acacia Ridge, about 5k's return trip for scheduled service and back to the strategic reserve depot . In the words of the great Arthur Daley, "a nice little earner".

[p38arover]

Of course I assume the camper was in private hands, but yes a lot of large companies and government agencies are very particular about servicing to the letter of the manufacturer's recommendations, regardless of milegae (or hours). Has a lot to do with OHS of course but makes you cringe sometimes.

No, it wasn't a camper. It was some sort of emergency vehicle owned by NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) in Japan. It had a Subaru diesel gen set in the side (now with JDNSW) and racks of transmitting equipment - and two crank-up 7 metre high antennae. In the first few years it did a few hundred km a year. I suspect that after 10 years it was no longer used as the technology had changed hence the low km after that.

It still has the red flashing lights and siren...:angel: