Recent content by jtabs

yea im pretty sure its alloy. quite fine. I will add a pic. I have the timing chain cover off and radiator out. I noticed the top sprocket is quite worn. The chain and guides appear in good nick. So im guessing they have replaced the chain and guides but not the sprockets. Anything in the...

Hey Charlie - how much movement did your shaft have? I thought about putting an air gun to it and spinning it up fast to see how she sounds and handles it. Would that cover it? to make sure im not panicking? haha My nav has done 165 thou. yea id like to put an intercooler on her. just have to...

Could the metal be from the turbo bearings? I only found the filings in the oil filter - none in the sump. Although the dealers had dropped half of the oil before I removed the rest. Nothing was magnetised to the drain plug either. JT

I couldn't concentrate at uni today so gunned it home at lunchtime to work on the nav. haha. Pulled the turbo off and had a play round with the impeller shaft. It was worse than I first thought! Its pretty stuffed - the bearings are buggered. The compressor fan spins freely and i couldn't get it...

Hello all Had some member input helping me diagnose my D22 issues. I am very much appreciative! I'm going to investigate the turbo as suggested by Old Tony. Anyway - if the turbo turns a blank - the nav could be on the brink of a rebuild. I was just browsing ebay and found a company called Mag...

Sparra04 - had considered a rebuild yes! would like to give it a go myself. Got a bit of time up my sleeve. I was hoping to try the easy fixes first though. If its not the timing chain and the head is ohk - im inclined to sort this turbo out as old tony suggested. With regards to the head. I...

Hey man - cheers for the heads up! The dealers said the glow plugs were in good nick so can rule that out. I had a similar thought before they did the compression test. Nothing else could find its way into a cylinder (discounting the turbo etc) and be bouncing around on top of a piston could...

Hey Old Tony - thanks for the tips on the turbo! Old but wise aye.....! haha This makes sense. The noise is a very sharp clack - like something catching. I notice when the turbo spools up a bit - perhaps getting a bit of centrifugal force going - the noise dissipates. I have a foggy memory...

Hi tweak'e! That was quick! Yea I noticed that in other posts - sounds are hard to make sense of. Bummer. I thought about taking a video of the noise, like others have done, but i hadn't envisaged towing the nav home in pieces, so hadn't. Its here at home with the rocker cover and timing chain...

Hey guys - I am after some know how and advice! So far the forum has offered up some good info but I feel I have now exhausted the search button. My navara hadn't been running that well since I first brought it. I have researched the forum over the last month since buying it and have tried the...

Thanks nakedape! I have just got the Navara home from the workshop. They didn't paint a pretty picture! Fortunately a good mate has lent me his truck to use while hes overseas for 3 months. I towed the navara home as I have the three months to save up or try fix her myself. I would like to do as...

Hey guys! New to the forum and I am keen to get involved. I recently brought an 06 Navara D22 with the ZD30 and have spent hours trolling threads over the last few months learning about how she works and trying to get her running A1. About my garage - My first truck was a Nissan mistral which...