Outer Limits 4x4 Board

NP 3.2 are like 30k+ i am really 25k max.

So i will just stick with Petrol i think. Maybe next time i can get the Diesel :(

Hi there, i am going to trade my petrol NL Essape against an NM and am in 2 minds about getting petrol or diesel.

I dont really go offroad (we go camping and fishing a fair bit, but not really 4x4ing).

The manual petrol powered NL is pretty powerful on the road it almost drives like a car. Are ...

Hi there, well after only a short time as a paj owner i am selling up. Am gonna get a newer model one, porbably the NM TD.

I have a 99 NL Escape, Man, Silver in mint cond. Its completely stock, full service history and i am the second owner. Its got rola roof racks, air con has just been serviced ...

My wife wants to buy an Outlander, this year or last years.

Are these any good at all? Obviously she wont be submerging it or climbing any mountains.

Wonjdered if they wer ea total lemon or there was any other common knowledge about them you could share?

YEah i want havbe to worry too much about water crossings - we only go camping/touiring, with small kids in the car etc so nothing too radical.

Well seems as though i cant afford a Patrol, unless i get a base model - and who wants to pay 25k+ and still have a rubber floor - screew that i want leather and buttons

I am thinking of getting NM paj - would prefer a TD Exceed style - not many NM owners in this forum, mostly older Paj byu the ...

Being convinced to by the 4.2 isnt the problem - i am convinced - its having the cash...

Well i am in no way going to buy a 200k+ car for that much cash - i will wait and keep my eye out with people like Eric (who said it could be possible) and watch the papers, and will start having a look at a few alternatives, i guess, like a Rangie - but then again NOT that keen on petrol.. :( fug

Thanks i have seen that. i dont have 33k at all. I got like 26 MAYBE 28k - and i bought a refrig van this week so i gotta get rid of something before i buy a another 4x4 - so now i got spacia and a pajero for sale.

If i cant get a good patrol for that money i will start looking for something else ...

when checking the trading post do it fairly often. i looked up the trading post on sunday on the internet found the car i wanted for a very good price and bought it that day. 5 days later when the trading post came out he had a stack of phone calls.

Check all of the above sites 3 or 4 times a ...

Under a year old, still under warranty and you have pulled the lifters out, they might not like that.

Is that valve bent? Does it sit lower or have lower comp on that pot? OR is the rocker excessively worn on that valve, is the pushrod the same size as all others? If there is excessive gap you ...

Me gonna have to consider petrol or i cant afford a patrol it seems.

On Staright petrol what fuel economy do most expect from the 4.5lt. 15/17l per 100, or is this dreaming, will it be more like 20l per 100?

Yeah i check all my favs a couple of times a day...

Ebay i forgot about that one

I found a thread that says 3l is fine after 10/01 ?

I found a 4.2 ST Wagon in White today for 19999 ata car yard...but 320k (1 owners full service history owned a buy a country telco) is still too many KMs for me. Be IMPOSSIBLE to resell.

turdo wrote: see the thing is if you crash it you get it tow home then take it out...

*cough* bullshit *cough*cough*

Morks are most of these comments aimed at those who want a serious offroader? Does it all still apply to those who drive around a lot, but almost always onroad?

So for some one who will never be trying to do anything too wild off road, maybe tow the bikes to the camp site etc - the 3lt should be ...

IN which year/month did the dodgy 3l stop in Aus?

What is the engine no prefix of the dodgy or the good 3lt?

...and you're positive this noise is a lifter and not something nastier?

Umm arent you meant o soak these in oil or gear oil before you put em in? Mauybe the noisy one is the new one you put it which is now stuffed? I could be wrong, i aint done a set in 12 years

Hmmm sounds like a bit of a gamble, but then again 3l Patrols are every third car on the road, some must be ok?

Spoke to a guy from Brighton Nissan today who told me that the 3l was fine that there was a small problem with the sump being under sized on the first 100 or so sold, but these were ...

Just wondering if anyone would like to share any secrets for finding cheap 4x4s in Vic? When i say cheap i mean nto car yard prices.

Obviously looking at the following websites is a given.
Trading Post
CarSales
CarPoint
Drive

I also ring all the wholesalers i know. But is there any ...

GUJohnno wrote:
Humm..... I don't think so.......

What would the difference be?

Since i am talking almost all onroad use and some light touring/camping (i have small kids so no mountain climbing), the wife driving it a fair bit, i am starting to wonder if i should just get petrol - fuel econ will be similar to 4.2 around the suburbs anyway?

Also does the 2.8lt have all the ...

morkz wrote:or the topic of choosing 3L or 4.2

Or diesel vs petrol
or Diesel or petrol for onroad only use?

Since 4.2 Diesel Wagons are like ricking horse shit, at a reasonable price, whats the 4.5 Peterol like on juice?

20l per 100km around town about right for these?

ozy1 wrote: so id definatly take it back to Nissan, and tell them to start evry 4.2TDi and make it do the same thing,

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Good idea, ask them to make a few of the cars on the lot do the same thing....

Nah i dont - i spent last night searching through plenty of nissan forums and i think i have a better chance of buying an Opel Sunbird Torana than a 3l Patrol.

4.2td for sure now - whats the max kms for one of these, so i can do another 100k or so without having to change motors? I am guessing ...

hmmm Gionna have to do my research - am cashed up and ready to buy, but not entirely sure what i can get for my money.

26k will be the limit, i will hunt and hassled and negotiate the best i can to find something in this money.

Must be white
Must be Turbo Diesel - how many kms is too manty to ...

Yeah the paj tows it. It will easily be towed by any patrol - i am more interested in how much different in power between the 2 diesels vs fuel economy - eg does the 3l only seem tio be a tiny bit less powerful but a heaps more economical?

3.0L TD - Auto 2500kgs, Manual 3200kgs.
4.8L petrol and ...

I would like to say yes i would be keeping, it but i would guess 2 years and i would be changing it. Mainly as i be moving into a leased truck in that time.

Would there be a huge differnce in power between the 2?