what miles you got?

[spinna]

Good post Briggie

[davis8008]

Originally Posted by stinka

Turbo on its way and/or head gasket methinks

yeah was thinking the same, I hope its not the head gasket, I'd rather it be turbo..........

[stinka]

HG is pretty simple on these to be fair, no timing gear to mess about with, just pull the head off strip it and get it skimmed/tested

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

former member ian douglas had an early t2, possibly pre production and was on 180K

there was a thread sometime ago that linked to a nissan usa site where some of theirs
were 250K, 500K etc

heard many of the 2.7d taxis have been converted to lpg and spark ignition.

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

found this thread from 8/11

http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com/f...ad.php?t=13770

with mention of earlier thead from 1/08

http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.com/f...ighest+mileage

[briggie]

I drove over 100 miles with a blown head gasket when I had my mistral ..... ol I used a hell of a lot of water ,( was even topping it up from puddles in laybys ) , but I got to my destination ...... rick replaced my hg ,etc , didn't even need to skim the head ........ everything great afterwards ...... until some r sole run into the back of it

[jims-terrano]

Originally Posted by davis8008

yeah was thinking the same, I hope its not the head gasket, I'd rather it be turbo..........

On a dry day use the car and then park it up on a level surface. Then keep an eye on the floor at the centre of the car just from the front bumper. Watch for a small amount of water. That's a good indicator of water pump which is my bet.

Also check inside of oil filler cap for mayo, also expansion tank for signs of oil too.

[stinka]

Originally Posted by briggie

I drove over 100 miles with a blown head gasket when I had my mistral ..... ol I used a hell of a lot of water ,( was even topping it up from puddles in laybys ) , but I got to my destination ...... rick replaced my hg ,etc , didn't even need to skim the head ........ everything great afterwards ...... until some r sole run into the back of it

That's cracking, did he just clean it well and check it with a straight edge then ?

[davis8008]

Originally Posted by jims-terrano

On a dry day use the car and then park it up on a level surface. Then keep an eye on the floor at the centre of the car just from the front bumper. Watch for a small amount of water. That's a good indicator of water pump which is my bet.

Also check inside of oil filler cap for mayo, also expansion tank for signs of oil too.

I did the water pump over Christmas, and no mayo on filler cap, the water in the water bottle looks abit rusty/orange dont know if thats an indication of anything? ???

[stinka]

Originally Posted by davis8008

I did the water pump over Christmas, and no mayo on filler cap, the water in the water bottle looks abit rusty/orange dont know if thats an indication of anything? ???

That's an indication that it needs draining and refilling with fresh stuff

[briggie]

Originally Posted by stinka

That's cracking, did he just clean it well and check it with a straight edge then ?

yep

flecking superstar

[quixote]

I've got an '04 with 42250 on it...............that's first time round, too. Hopefully, it'll see the same number come around again

[puddle hoppers inc.]

03 plate with 80k on her, 8k in the last 3 months no problems