Thread: Are 4WDs too high-tech for the bush?

Originally Posted by TerryO

I think there is the mob in Sydney who offer water separators for D3/4's for about $1200 fitted from memory.

That's a good deal for them!

Talking to bloke from the workshop up the street bmw dealer he told me about a chick that put petrol in hers and killed it insurance covered it no dramas a week later she did it again was not so lucky the second time Insurance said no deal.

Originally Posted by 460cixy

Talking to bloke from the workshop up the street bmw dealer he told me about a chick that put petrol in hers and killed it insurance covered it no dramas a week later she did it again was not so lucky the second time Insurance said no deal.

Petrol has been done many times. Most people can drain and refill with diesel and be on their merry way.

But if you take it to a dealer they'll replace EVERYTHING that petrol touched.

Originally Posted by Dougal

That's a good deal for them!

This one may be slightly cheaper
Terrain Tamer Fuel Manager Diesel Fuel Filter and Water Separator - All Four X 4 Spares

This one also
http://www.cando4x4.com.au/p/6117231...separator.html

Yeah it's not allways a death sentence but I think in this case the pump was well rooted then of course that ends up in the injectors. When I was at a ford dealership for a few years misfueled transits were very common and plenty survived being drained and refilled and plenty did not luck of the draw I think

Some interesting comments here. I especially like the one saying good luck getting 200k kms out of coils and shocks on a defender......

Hmmm

While trundling along in my 2a towing homemade camper trailer, engine running on 3 due to recessed exhaust valve caused by unleaded fuel (in 2006), I was passed at great speed by a driver in a new pajero with shiny alloy bull bar towing a boat about the size of the Titanic, giving me gestures with his longest finger for going so slow through a very windey part of the road, double white lines, no passing, on the way back from Marion Bay on YP. Some time later I passed this same gentleman standing in front of his MIGHTY Pajero with the Titanic sitting behind it, dead roo in front of Pajero, hazards flashing, screaming into phone. Air bags deployed, pagero now failing to proceed. Felt sorry for the roo but not the driver. I still got home ok, slowly but I did get there. Modern technology, Where would we be without it....still getting home....

Cheers Rod

It would be interesting to see a graph with amount of factory vehicles recalls before and after the year 1996.
Just for a comparison. That will give a fair idea of problems in cars with and without sophisticated electronics even if some models of European cars used to have some electronics back in the mid 1990's