Are ZD30 reliable?
The ZD30 engine has suffered a poor reputation for premature failures including melting/cracking pistons and overboosting, largely due to some common issues.
What is the fuel consumption of a Nissan Patrol 3.0 diesel?
Fuel economy in city is 14.3 lt/100km, Fuel economy in highway is 10.3 lt/100km and combined fuel economy is 11.8 lt/100km according to officially published data by manufacturers. Patrol 3.0 Di Automatic real World MPG/consumption is 18,5 lt/100km.
How reliable is a Nissan Patrol?
Warranty Direct has no figures specific to the Patrol, but its engineers tell us that reliability is basically good up to about 60,000 miles when there is a risk that the head gasket can go and the gearbox can fail. Both will take a four-figure sum to put right.
What year did they fix the ZD30 engine?
And there goes another piston. The ZD30 engine was used right up until the end of Y61 production in 2016.
Why is the Nissan Patrol so expensive?
Nissan’s Patrol is now more expensive than it was last year, but equipment levels remain unchanged. Nissan Australia has confirmed there are no specification changes in line with the price increases, but instead the change is due to the economic factors of “doing business”.
Does the new Nissan Patrol come in diesel?
It’s official: there will be no diesel version of the new Nissan Patrol. It’s the reason the latest Patrol comes only with a petrol-powered V8, even though diesel engines account for 90 per cent of the heavy-duty 4WD market.
What does ZD30 mean?
The Nissan ZD30 engine family is a 3.0 litres (2,953 cc) inline four cylinder diesel engine with a bore and stroke of 96 mm × 102 mm (3.78 in × 4.02 in), that replaced the Nissan QD, BD and TD engines.
Which is better Nissan Patrol 4.2 or 3.0?
Pros are its a Nissan patrol despite whatever motor it has. That should be enough to make your decision. They are two very different cars. I own a couple of both and the 4.2s are in a different league. Only reason to choose a 3.0 is if you need auto or the budget won’t stretch.
Are there any forums for the Nissan Patrol?
There are two web site forums (Australian), ‘patrol4x4’ and ‘nissanpatrol’ with a vast amount of information on the various models of the Patrol. There were earlier issues with the 3L common rail with both the engineering of the engine and the service, or lack thereof.
Are there any issues with the Nissan Patrol 3L common rail?
There were earlier issues with the 3L common rail with both the engineering of the engine and the service, or lack thereof. There are fixes for those early models to prevent issues, the major one which I understand to be is that one cylinder would over heat, seize and the ‘grenade’ would go off.
What’s the towing limit on a Nissan Patrol?
In your post in the Techies Corner you say that the Patrol is an automatic. If so it will have a towing limit of 2,500 kgs whereas the manual version can tow 3,200 kgs. ok thank you neil as you can see I know not much about the technical stuff that’s why I,m reaching for help