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FWIW, I did several thousand miles over the summer after Nissan fitted a new boost sensor, about 1500 miles of it towing a caravan - no problem at all. Just before Christmas, guess what - 65mph on the motorway accelerating up onto the M66 from Haslingden and suddenly, the dreaded power loss...

Yeah, but you need a laptop to use the interface cable and freebie Consult clone software - and I ain't got one. :( Andrew

Be very careful before buying a code reader to make sure that it is compatible with your vehicle. Nissans used their own OBD standard that is NOT compatible with any other standard such as OBD-II until 2007. My 05 plate (Aug 2005) Nissan Patrol has a 16-pin OBD-II connector BUT the...

Errr ........ it was the machine I saw. I didn't say there was a cow actually in it. :D Andrew

On the Beeb's Countryfile a few years back, I saw an amazing device that helps in cleaning and treating cow's hooves. Basically, the cow walks into and is strapped into the device, which then picks the cow up and rotates it so that it's hooves stick out sideways. I was amazed only a couple of...

The switch just increases engine revs on tickover, so it'll warm up faster if you are doing a lot of stop/start. Andrew

Picasa hangs on some XP boxes (it did on mine). If it does on yours, try Photoscape. It also is free, excellent & doesn't hang - it's possibly more complete than Picasa too. So still no real idea which photos were taken by which cameras?? If you aren't sure (without cheating and looking at...

I'm not sure that's true. Here's a few more photos .......... one was taken with a mobile phone; one with a 1.3Mpx Olympus point & shoot; one with a Ricoh KR10 35mm film camera and one with a Pentax K200D DSLR and 18-55mm kit lens. I'm not sure it's at all obvious which is which. (Promise...

Yep, it's the moon alright. So is this ......... I took that with a Pentax K200D using a 45 year old Tamron 400mm lens. Don't get too hung up on makes & models of camera. It really doesn't matter. Just about all DSLRs (and most point & shoots too) are capable of taking superb photos. It's...

Another Owdamer here ..... Andrew

According to the EXIF data, it was a NIKON D70s - possibly with the kit lens. A real nice set of photos. Unfortunately, I didn't get out with the camera over Xmas as SWMBO broke her arm the Monday before - so I've been doing the house-husband bit. I agree with you guys - an excellent set of...

Nissans up to 2007 are not OBD-II compliant (though later Patrols and I guess Terranos too do have a 16pin OBD-II layout diagnostics plug). They all use Nissan's own diagnostics system. From 2007 onwards, the device should work - but you need to check with the vendor. Personally, I wouldn't...

FWIW, I had a completely standard LWB 2000 Isuzu Trooper Citation 3.0 for 7 years and did over 100,000 miles in it. It was a great towcar and was fine on road (and unlike many, the injectors didn't fail and the engine didn't blow up). Offroad (greenlaning), it was always a problem - though I...

I have 265/70 R17 General Grabber AT2 on my Patrol. They are available in a number of 17ins sizes, IIRC. I did consider the Kumho KL71s when I bought the AT2s - but they weren't readily available at the time. It also bothered me that they were directional, so there's only a 50-50 chance that...

General Grabber AT2s work very well for me in the snow.

I didn't buy the Patrol from Westway Nissan, Oldham - so they didn't make any profit on it's sale. I haven't bought an aftermarket warranty, so they have made no money from me on one of those either. The warranty that I referred to earlier was the 12 month warranty on the part (MAP sensor)...

That doesn't follow at all. It is Nissan's interests that they have not protected - by replacing a component under warranty without real proof that it was faulty. I do agree that not having a Consult II available is unforgivable for a franchise dealer - but then again, non-franchise local...

I didn't believe that they could possibly do that either - but they did. They ordered the part following my phone call to them - and didn't check that the ECU error existed before they fitted the new one. Andrew

I'm not convinced that is such a great idea. I don't especially want to bury anyone. I doubt that it would result in anything very positive, even if they take notice - and Nissan, Oldham did replace the sensor (which costs over £200 :eek:) under warrranty simply on my say-so that it had...

Before today, I was (sort of) convinced that Nissan main dealers were "expert" in Nissan motors and that this justified using them to service my Patrol. Now, I have cause to worry .......... :( Last week, I had Westway Nissan in Oldham service my 2005 Patrol 3.0Di SVE. At the same time, I...