Recent content by Solanum1

Hey all. Just checking who here has changed oil injector tubes on their zd30 (not personally looking to do it myself). I changed mine around 40 or 50K ago, not a very expensive job as the tubes are only cheap but I've noticed the same type of oil leak under the ute. The oil is basically...

Little bit of feedback from the EGR mod... Have noticed a little bit more power down low. Car seems to be a bit more settled as well as the shutdowns are bit nicer. Turn the key off and the car doesnt seem to shutter as much. Fuel economy... probably a bit better, havnt run it on a complete...

Did the blank mod earlier this week. Have not noticed any real difference as of yet... I'll give it a few weeks. My only thought of concern though is I've put the blanking plate in the spot everyone else is putting it, however I've just replaced the injector pump to which I keep reading dies...

2002 model ZD30DDT Now @ 270,000. Just did injector pump. Injector seals done @ 210,000. Serviced every 5,000km on the dot.

Cheers mate. It certainly seems like its running much the same, but I've just got a hunch there's still something not quite right. I can't put my finger on it. I keep reading the same thing that the vp44 Bosch pump is known to fail for certain reasons, but for mind it can't give up the ghost...

Thought I'd report back with a few thoughts of mine. Have ended up putting a new recon'ed IP in... not cheap as I've stated (touch toes and close your eyes... without lube it hurts). Around 4 or 5 months ago I had a fault code come up... ute wouldn't have any power but it would idle in first...

From what I can gather rumpig I think your absolutely spot on. I think a lot have been misdiagnosed, hence why i did everything under the sun to suss mine out before taking it in and even then I hammered the diesel tech about checking everything again himself. It seems as though air entrapment...

Hey tweake 4K doesn't sound that bad??? You sound like your good for a loan LOL!!! I spent 3K on a brand new air con the other year for the missus 2007 Mazda 6 (weapon of a car... but Mazda aircons are hopeless and well known for it). That was a big hit but I can handle 3K for a part of the car...

Well to keep you all in the loop... Car got towed away to diesel service shop in Cairns today... pretty gruesome news. 3 error codes have reared up... rpm sensor, spill valve and the comm line code. The first scan only revealed 1 code however the test may not have been run correctly by the...

(feel as though/praying that the vehicle is displaying an error code that needs clearing as the vehicle is starving for fuel due to an airlock)

Well things arnt going toooo well. Managed to find a thread regarding this same error code on the Patrol forum and certainly tried everything under the sun today... cleaned out vp44 connector, checked every cm of wiring and fuses and earths... but if there's one thing that could save me it might...

Thanks guys for the replies. Few things I will check on tomorrow. Heres hoping for good news... As for recon pump... this doesnt sit well with me at all. The word recon scares the bajeesus out of me. Essentially its a pump which has buggered up, been tinkered with and made to work again. Thats...

Whats the vp44 and where is it located?

Hey all. Need some help on this one... jumped in the ute this morning and fired her up only for her to crank. Wouldnt turn over. Checked everything under the sun and came up with the theory that it was fuel hungry... fuel filter & plunger did feel a bit ordinary so bled lines and tried a few...

Thanks for your time tweake... appreciate it! I've got the blanking plate ready to bolt on tomorrow. I've also managed to find those very useful stock/modified plumbing pictures on the other Superthread for butterfly mod... I'll be sure to give it a go tomorrow and shall report back on any...