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3.0letre GU diesel query
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 7:32 pm
by Ryan
My brother is looking to buy a 4b for touring/camping etc.. and has found an 01 model GU series 2.. only thing is its a 3 letre diesel.. are they the motor everyone was having problems with??? or was that the series 1 3letre??
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:50 pm
by macneil
tbh i rekon they all have problems..
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:29 pm
by nabstud
Series 1 had the 2.8 (& 4.2), Series 2 was the first of the 3L ZD30. They are the ones that gave them a bad reputation. Maybe the one he's looking at has already had the motor repaired/replaced, if it has it might be good, at the right price of course.
Re: 3.0letre GU diesel query
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 11:42 pm
by bogged
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:05 pm
by navara07
mine went at 93,000 traded it in. keep away....
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:08 pm
by Ryan
yeah thats what i been hearing that most probs were low km failures... this ones got 270K on it.... ? thought if it was gonna go bang gurgle fart.. it would have done it long ago? or are they tempromental?
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:15 pm
by Tomo_89
there were a few good ones... my old mans got 180k on it.. no problems.. blocked off the egr though.
another friends got one with 350k on it and its just about buggered,, removing it to put in a td42 with even more k's
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:41 pm
by bogged
Ryan wrote:yeah thats what i been hearing that most probs were low km failures... this ones got 270K on it.... ? thought if it was gonna go bang gurgle fart.. it would have done it long ago?
Can your brother afford to risk it? Spare 10k layin round for new engine?
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:17 pm
by Patroler
imo he'd be better off with a low kilometer td42 gq or if he has to have a gu and cant afford the td42 get a petrol one on gas, or even the 2.8td over the zd30 - obviously just my opinion
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:51 pm
by thetroll
i gotta 2000 3litre gu... and she still goin hard at 220000, still goin real hard.. havent had problems yet... wat actually happens to them do they just blow up?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:22 pm
by bogged
thetroll wrote:i gotta 2000 3litre gu... and she still goin hard at 220000, still goin real hard.. havent had problems yet... wat actually happens to them do they just blow up?
what the turbo failure, the head failure or the piston failure?
