Thread: Fact or Fiction

Originally Posted by rovercare

I definately will, I got 3 of them to kill..........probably outlast me........or eternity, which ever comes first

I was just thinking about it this afternoon, in all likelihood my RR will eventually be in bits and the engine will live on in its 3rd vehicle shell

gotta love them


Its gonna hurt when I start cutting into those rear doors Matt.... its real hard to see what you are doing with the angle grinder with tears in your eyes and rolling down you cheeks :-


JC

Originally Posted by justinc

Its gonna hurt when I start cutting into those rear doors Matt.... its real hard to see what you are doing with the angle grinder with tears in your eyes and rolling down you cheeks :-


JC

Nah, its great, my facial expression is kinda like

BUT, I do remember my first time

Having put more RR's in the scrap than most here have ever owned, you get the distorted thing about you

Originally Posted by PAT303

I'd like to add that many many times the small overstressed engine debate has been posted on many forums by people that have idea's and opinions based on zero knowledge or experience,there is NO faults with the ZD30 engine,the fault is in the engine management system that controls the engine,end of story.The Td5 has a very good system to de-rate the output and limp mode the engine if any of the parameters that could cause damage are exceeded.On open forums such as ExplorOz there are far to many keyboard hero's only too happy to pass on thier ''facts'' as gospal. Pat

While I do agree here on the general overview, the ZD30 actually did in its earlier life have a few technical issues that are engine related. The piston crown coating was well known for delaminating causing fragments to detonate an engine, BUT, this was only ever seen in engines fitted to Pootrols, not Navara's. The main difference between the two was the Pootrol was intercooled where the Navara wasn't. The power trying to be generated from the Pootrol was, in a nutshell, "excessive" based on its size for its application and required output.
The main issue was with the boost sensor failing with the ECU reading it as full boost rather than failing to no boost. This caused the ECU to continue fueling the engine and totally missing the fact that the wastegate was closed at 30+psi pressure. More revs, more boost, more fuel, more BANG!!!! when it lets go. This is the non engine related issue that was more common.
I supplied in 2007 approximately 90-100+ engine kits, all OEM and or Genuine, to engine builders here in WA who all had failures coming from Pootrols.
A mate of mine works for one of WA's biggest Nissan dealers, who had a constant stream of engine failures for these reasons, again from Pootrols.
Nissan carried out their "warranty" work on these for some 12-18 months AFTER the official period had expired as it was an on going thing.
And thats the fact Jack!!

I have covered this some time ago on these engines before, so a search may pull it up.

Cheers

Andrew

^^^^ yep, I remember my mates saying, the smart owners would come in with complaints of "excessive performance"