Thread: What happened to your D3/D4 today?

Originally Posted by Parso

Red compressor warning advising 30km in the way there quickly cleared with the gap. Clearly my car has multi organ failure

Don't ignore the warning. EAS has a life expectancy of about a decade depending on use (mileage, terrain, driving style) so it would be wise to consider inspecting and refurbishing/replacing components as appropriate.

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Don't ignore the warning. EAS has a life expectancy of about a decade depending on use (mileage, terrain, driving style) so it would be wise to consider inspecting and refurbishing/replacing components as appropriate.

Also my last failure on an already rebuilt unit was due to a failing crank bottom end bearing. Was loading up the relay and fuse and causing the slow to fill fault so be certain this is running smoothly when you disassemble it.

Had a pool of coolant in the valley and coolant low warning alarm. Pulled the crossover plastic fitting and sure enough it was starting to split at the seam. Spent the weekend cleaning out the coolant from under and around the oil cooler and fitted the new genuine crossover fitting and on my way again. Although there has been a slight weep of coolant from down the back of the engine since. Not enough to significantly drop the level, but enough for me to notice with the smell and also since I cleaned up all the spill from before. I did use brand new rubber 'o-rings' (3 of them) when replacing the coolant crossover pipe, but is there anything else I should look at at the back of the absolutely crammed engine bay? I've been using an extendable mirror but can't seem to see any obvious signs. And there is no coolant in the valley anymore.
Cheers
Ian

Originally Posted by DieselLSE

Don't ignore the warning. EAS has a life expectancy of about a decade depending on use (mileage, terrain, driving style) so it would be wise to consider inspecting and refurbishing/replacing components as appropriate.

Yeah I'm currently running a cheap Chinese one as my refurbished original died a while ago. Where does everyone buy decent Hitachi units from?

Originally Posted by Parso

Yeah I'm currently running a cheap Chinese one as my refurbished original died a while ago. Where does everyone buy decent Hitachi units from?

About $800 on UK sites for Hitachi

Originally Posted by PerthDisco

About $800 on UK sites for Hitachi

I changed my Hitachi out for an AMK, because at that time, the popular opinion was the AMK was an improvement over the Hitachi.

This looks to have swung the other way, though I'm not sure why - am I missing something? Is it an operating pressure thing, or repairability? Something else?

Originally Posted by veebs

I changed my Hitachi out for an AMK, because at that time, the popular opinion was the AMK was an improvement over the Hitachi.

This looks to have swung the other way, though I'm not sure why - am I missing something? Is it an operating pressure thing, or repairability? Something else?

You can change desiccant on AMK but that’s about it. On a mates 2016 D4 got slow to fill fault and I changed the desiccant but the fault remained and then paid the $800 for new AMK and fault went away.

You also need to change the software via GAP tool or dealer if you change compressor.

Stay with Hitachi I’d recommend and also slot the top mounting bolt hole.

Had the alternator on my D3 give up the ghost last week so got it replaced. While it was at the workshop got the transmission fluid changed (was done by the previous owner 6 months before I bought it 6 1/2 years ago), so that seemed about right.