Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Howdy,

I have just bought a Safari and luckily bought an extended warranty with it. When I got it I took it straight in to get all the fluids changed, all the belts and hoses done etc so that I knew what was good on the car.

It has run pretty good without issues for the past month. Blowing a little bit of smoke but not too bad with injector cleaner in it, and I had done about 1000km since purchase. Yesterday I went and got the transmission (auto) valve body exchanged for firmer shifts.

ANYHOOOO, today I saw some oil on the ground and looked to find the dipstick out. My mechanic says it looks like it is pressurising the sump and that is, apparently, not too good.

I am wanting to get some good advice from people in the know, about what to do now. Is it likely that the engine needs a full rebuild, and if so, can anyone recommend some place in South Bris (close to Logan Central or Cleveland) that really knows this stuff.

I was also looking at turboing this thing. Am I better just to buy a second hand GU 4.2 turbo engine complete, or are they rare as hens teeth and over priced.

thanks

Andrew

Could be sticking PCV valve in rocker cover. May have badly glazed bores as well. With the oil filler plug removed, and engine running at operating temperature,if you put the palm of your hand over the oil filler hole in the rocker cover,how much pressure can you feel? Drive it hard for a few thousand KM's and see if it improves..

Nick

There is no oil hitting your hand when the oil cap is off. I am not really sure if driving it hard is the way to go. Don't like the look of hot oil and smoke coming from my engine bay, coating everything.

I am aware that it could be glazed up, but this thin ran really well and had more power than my old Patrol that I sold in April.

I will ask the mechanic to chec a few things you have mentioned.

Thanks

check that the crankcase is being vented properly. There may be a problem.
Diesels can suffer from glazed bores if they are babied or the bores are constantly awash with diesel ( or shitty oil) for that matter.
an old recipe was AJAX down the hatch

try some de carboniser in the fuel.

Jes

Mine were pretty glazed up (nowhere as bad as yours sounds tho) when i got it and it took a couple of thou k's to get it back. I dont know nor care if the Castrol RX helped but thats what I run and its heaps better now.

I have heard of a few Safari's now that have needed the bore's touched up.

Is all the slow running they do in the heavy traffic in Japan. Basically the first 100,000k's spent idleing around. Its to be expected of an imported vehicle, as well as the high wear on the clutch on Manuals.

i dont think woop meant to drive ithard without the filler cap in

if it were mytruck id be getting some diesel engine additives for ya oil n fuel and give it a good flogging for a while before id cough up thecoil 4 a rebuild.

many motors come good and get many more k's after this treatment

Do you not get Glaze busting engine oil in OZ. It is available here. Not an additive. A specific oil to go in the sump and run for a few ks.

Alex

If you have an extended warranty would it be prudent to alert the caryard or warranty people of the problem. I wouldn't be doing too much to the car if there is likely to be in conflict with the warranty provisions.