Thread: TDV8 3.6 longevity

It's not just the huge press , its supporting the whole shebang while pressing, without damaging it...🙄

This one is firmly in the SEP zone for me. ie Someone Else's Problem I'll be farming it out as a few other things due then also. However I thought the fronts were a gen3 type bolt-in jobbie (easy), where the rears required the big press (not easy)?

Originally Posted by DiscoClax

This one is firmly in the SEP zone for me. ie Someone Else's Problem I'll be farming it out as a few other things due then also. However I thought the fronts were a gen3 type bolt-in jobbie (easy), where the rears required the big press (not easy)?

Ahhh. Sorry you have a sport, not an l322...so yes they are a bolt in hub.
The l322 is the horror story, d3/4/RRS are nice and easy🙂🙂🙂

Originally Posted by rar110

Ta.

If going broader than short motor then yes I replaced my alternator at about 240,000km. When it fails it really fails. Tow truck home. The alternator literally sucks voltage out of the battery. I set up a multimeter on a cig lighter and watched the voltage drop. After a few minutes the Xmas tree dash appeared and car shut down. This was after recharging the battery for days.

Does this still apply for the 4.4 TdV8 models?

Laurie

Thanks guys. I now have a bit of a list of possible problems when I eventually choose a car. I will probably do this in the next 12 months. This gives me plenty of looking time.

Originally Posted by Laurie

Does this still apply for the 4.4 TdV8 models?

Laurie

any broken alternator can do it.

Sorry I should have clarified! Sudden or progressive loss of power steering. There are some horror stories about loss of steering. There were calls for a modification ; to enable a safer response.

Laurie

Gday Laurie.

I think the lack of power steering was because the motor would shut down with little warning.

When my alternator packed it in, I was about 300km from home. I tried recharging the battery and turning off as much as I could. I also hooked up a multimeter to the centre console cig lighter power to monitor battery charge.

As soon as I started I could see the voltage dropping. With in minutes it was under 12v and I pulled over before it stopped. Just as I did the Xmas tree dash lit up and it was game over.

Thankfully I had RACQ extra care and the $900 tow fee was paid for. Only a few months earlier I was a similar distance from home when the trans output shaft stripped. Another $900 tow fee covered. So I got very good value from the membership fee that year.