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im about to buy a gu 3lt turbo gu its a november 2003 model 16500 ks and im curious if any ones had any engin troubles with that year or later models i no they had probs with the earlier 3lts blowing piston rings and turbos and stuff

Brave man

I know 5 people with Patrols powered by the grenade Ver 3.0.

Two are extremely happy with them and sing praises to the moon and back.
Two sold them after the engines blew up and the other dropped in the 6.5lt V8 after his went bang. Both those who sold them did buy 4.2 patrols so they were happy with the car, just not the engine.
All of the people who had them blow were 04 or earlier models.

With only 16,500 km i would be checking out whether or no it spent 5 years in a panel shop.
Any way i have heard of up to 2oo8 year model 3.0 td gu's going bang and holing a piston

New batch of grenade stickers is available too
http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/showthre ... 661&page=5





Anyway, Never heard of problems with them at all... What have you heard.


This list is 12odd mths old now.

Walter here's the current list on ZD30 engine blow ups on a few forums, It's too late to count them up but there's got to be close to 90 I would say. There's 39 on this forum alone.
Regards Andrew.

ZD 30 Engine Failures.

Explore Oz Forum.

Daggs.
Blown_zd30-------------------------- 244K
Roly.
AJB------------------------------------196K
Pud & Barb--------------------------165K
Bulla. (daughters car)
Yakodi--------------------------------130K
Plugger.
JR -------------------------------------130K
Mike.
B & M. -------------------------------126K
Emackj--------------------------------157K
Fourstall2000-------------------------118K
Donald A-------------------------------50K 2004 STL
Old Johno---------------------------------------2000
Ron 2006-------------------------------152K
BushMark-----------------------------109K---2001
Ted--------------------------------------170K---2000
Piggy------------------------------------106K---2001
Rob------------------------------------------------2001
Trevmari-------------------------------141K---2000
Muckrunner-------------------------------------2000
Ppk--------------------------------------160K---2000
Rapid-------------------------------------60K---2004
BittenbyZD30-----------------------------------2000
Alex V------------------------------------84K---2001
Jo64-----------------------------------------------2000
Hen Pecked-----------------------------135K—2003
Mick O-----------------------------------
Sharyn--------------------------------------------2001
Void246----------------------------------150K--2000

Nissan Club members.

Graeme Wise. -----------------------72K
Ken Beard.
James Watson.


Outerlimits members

Manno74
Poo-trol-------------------------------66K
Wendle--------------------------------115K 2001
Rustys---------------------------------67K 2001
deanchristensen0001---------------31K 2005
Ergjan19------------------------------190K------2000
GUFun--------------------------------127K------2004



Patrol 4x4.com forum

Mickyd-------------------------------- 2002
Waveriders--------------------------- 98K 2002
Redeye---------------------------------190K
Link-------------------------------------82K 2000
Pat3L
LesleyPerry---------------------------83K 2001
Scratch---------------------------------89K 2002
Stephan--------------------------------150K
JimmyB--------------------------------
Phyrebug (brother’s car)----------210K
Dirty Wheels-------------------------246K-------2001
Phoenie--------------------------------145K-------2003
Ramas----------------------------------231K------2001
Bigal------------------------------------
Martyn79-----------------------------96K
Extreme1-----------------------------140K
Revs-------------------------------------------------2000
Jack180-------------------------------80K--------2005
Mick013------------------------------157K
jwmr----------------------------------130K-------2001
GUhoon------------------------------150K-------2000
Kirbs----------------------------------150K-------2000
Graham Slater------------------------27K-------2001
G Gudmundsson (Iceland)--------121K-------2002
Tourman
Jack3ld--------------------------------90K---------2002
Kleinstroops-------------------------104K
GUGreat (brother in law’s car)-180K--------2000
Aljohno-------------------------------140K--------2000
Hungry--------------------------------118K--------2001
Maddog1980-------------------------190K--------2000
PC1958--------------------------------190K--------2002
Fuzz------------------------------------190K--------2000
Tony Howe-----------------------------95K
Hodgo----------------------------------162K--------2000
Schommy-----------------------------160K--------2000
Websavages--------------------------
Stressed-------------------------------
Walters--------------------------------147K--------2000



MSN Caravanners Forum.

Ddarren11-----------------------------155K------2002
Ron Shirley-----------------------------------------2000


Yahoo Group. Patrol 4wd. & GU Patrol.

Jtbattau---------------------------------133K------2000
Nomad441946--------------------------------------2000
Paul Julian-----------------------------255K------2000
Paul Julian engine No 2--------------98K-------2003
Redeye141
Coight4wd------------------------------186K
Patrol444--------------------------------161K-----2001

Overlander 4wd Forum.

Dopey------------------------------------90-100K---
Weekend Maverick (parents car)—124K----2002

I have never, ever heard of a single GU 3.0L failure EVER.

You're clearly being mislead.

I think you may be mistaking the 3.0L for the 4.2L which is the truely unreliable engine. Infact the 4.2L is so unreliable, Chuck Norris was once said to shed a tear for it.

bogged wrote:New batch of grenade stickers is available too
http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/showthre ... 661&page=5





Anyway, Never heard of problems with them at all... What have you heard.


This list is 12odd mths old now.

Walter here's the current list on ZD30 engine blow ups on a few forums, It's too late to count them up but there's got to be close to 90 I would say. There's 39 on this forum alone.
Regards Andrew.

ZD 30 Engine Failures.

Explore Oz Forum.

Daggs.
Blown_zd30-------------------------- 244K
Roly.
AJB------------------------------------196K
Pud & Barb--------------------------165K
Bulla. (daughters car)
Yakodi--------------------------------130K
Plugger.
JR -------------------------------------130K
Mike.
B & M. -------------------------------126K
Emackj--------------------------------157K
Fourstall2000-------------------------118K
Donald A-------------------------------50K 2004 STL
Old Johno---------------------------------------2000
Ron 2006-------------------------------152K
BushMark-----------------------------109K---2001
Ted--------------------------------------170K---2000
Piggy------------------------------------106K---2001
Rob------------------------------------------------2001
Trevmari-------------------------------141K---2000
Muckrunner-------------------------------------2000
Ppk--------------------------------------160K---2000
Rapid-------------------------------------60K---2004
BittenbyZD30-----------------------------------2000
Alex V------------------------------------84K---2001
Jo64-----------------------------------------------2000
Hen Pecked-----------------------------135K—2003
Mick O-----------------------------------
Sharyn--------------------------------------------2001
Void246----------------------------------150K--2000

Nissan Club members.

Graeme Wise. -----------------------72K
Ken Beard.
James Watson.


Outerlimits members

Manno74
Poo-trol-------------------------------66K
Wendle--------------------------------115K 2001
Rustys---------------------------------67K 2001
deanchristensen0001---------------31K 2005
Ergjan19------------------------------190K------2000
GUFun--------------------------------127K------2004



Patrol 4x4.com forum

Mickyd-------------------------------- 2002
Waveriders--------------------------- 98K 2002
Redeye---------------------------------190K
Link-------------------------------------82K 2000
Pat3L
LesleyPerry---------------------------83K 2001
Scratch---------------------------------89K 2002
Stephan--------------------------------150K
JimmyB--------------------------------
Phyrebug (brother’s car)----------210K
Dirty Wheels-------------------------246K-------2001
Phoenie--------------------------------145K-------2003
Ramas----------------------------------231K------2001
Bigal------------------------------------
Martyn79-----------------------------96K
Extreme1-----------------------------140K
Revs-------------------------------------------------2000
Jack180-------------------------------80K--------2005
Mick013------------------------------157K
jwmr----------------------------------130K-------2001
GUhoon------------------------------150K-------2000
Kirbs----------------------------------150K-------2000
Graham Slater------------------------27K-------2001
G Gudmundsson (Iceland)--------121K-------2002
Tourman
Jack3ld--------------------------------90K---------2002
Kleinstroops-------------------------104K
GUGreat (brother in law’s car)-180K--------2000
Aljohno-------------------------------140K--------2000
Hungry--------------------------------118K--------2001
Maddog1980-------------------------190K--------2000
PC1958--------------------------------190K--------2002
Fuzz------------------------------------190K--------2000
Tony Howe-----------------------------95K
Hodgo----------------------------------162K--------2000
Schommy-----------------------------160K--------2000
Websavages--------------------------
Stressed-------------------------------
Walters--------------------------------147K--------2000



MSN Caravanners Forum.

Ddarren11-----------------------------155K------2002
Ron Shirley-----------------------------------------2000


Yahoo Group. Patrol 4wd. & GU Patrol.

Jtbattau---------------------------------133K------2000
Nomad441946--------------------------------------2000
Paul Julian-----------------------------255K------2000
Paul Julian engine No 2--------------98K-------2003
Redeye141
Coight4wd------------------------------186K
Patrol444--------------------------------161K-----2001

Overlander 4wd Forum.

Dopey------------------------------------90-100K---
Weekend Maverick (parents car)—124K----2002

Would be furious if i was graham slater and it blew up at 27 000ks

bloke that owns auto safety check in brisbane had one blow at 90,000 kmand another less than 1000 km later... and other numerous problems with the zd30 and i was with him when they blew.

k3lst wrote:Would be furious if i was graham slater and it blew up at 27 000ks

How about Robin whose 4.8 blew up with if I remember less than 1000klms on it?

we all know hoy nissan drivelines are far superior to toyota,but many of there engines suck. zd30,rd28,tb42,rb30 list goes on are all major failures.

k3lst wrote:Would be furious if i was graham slater and it blew up at 27 000ks

I'd be furious if i brought any 98 onwards diesel and it blew up at any of those kays.

How long have they been making diesel engines, they shouldn't really "blow up" at any kays (unless you're doing something that the motor wasn't designed for), wear out and use a bit of oil and generally become uneconomical to repair - yes (but with a lot more than 255k), blow up no.

I was yakking to a bloke this week & he has had two of them & not had any probs (I am not recommending them by any means) but one intersting thing he said to me was that it gets 14/100.

I get 11-12 on the highway in my 400,000km TD42 , 13 around town & the worst I have ever had is 17/100 with the van on. Not much advancement there even with all the DOHC & electrickery bits.

It seems that better fuel economy due to electrickery is still a long way off.

I had to tow a guy off the highway leading into brissy with 3l time bomb engine. He was sooo pissed off. It looked new aswell. All he said when i asked what was wrong as maybe i could fix it. was "BANG... Rattle rattle rattle" ha ha haaaa. I didnt dare say another word. Just towed him to a side street and left.

I think they are just too small, obviously either badly made or working outside of their meens trying to push a big patrol....????

Soccer moms seem to be happy with them.

my mate dad had a 2003 3ltr put the piston though the block then just after it was back on the road he blow the turbo with around 30,000km on the clock but besides that it was a good vehicle after the motor and turbo was replaced