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Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:07 pm
by KurtG
Lekker man CATS, awesome news!!!
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Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 7:08 pm
by KurtG
Lekker man CATS, awesome news!!!
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Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2014 10:36 pm
by Gemaskerde Tuinvurk
Great news! Think you should organise an overlanding trip to celebrate
Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:53 am
by Nick Gibson
Great news cats, good to hear you are up and running again! Forum would be the same without Snoopy!
Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 3:08 pm
by andrew.ashton
Nick Gibson wrote:Great news cats, good to hear you are up and running again! Forum would NOT be the same without Snoopy!
+1 corrected
Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:13 pm
by Nick Gibson
andrew.ashton wrote:Nick Gibson wrote:Great news cats, good to hear you are up and running again! Forum would NOT be the same without Snoopy!
+1 corrected
Oops, yup that's what I meant!
Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 5:53 am
by CATS
He he.
I assumed as much and that you werent just mean to old Snoopy.
Cheers guys. Its good to be back.
CATS
Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:55 pm
by CATS
Just an update. It has now done 2800kms since rebuilt. I am not completely happy at this stage. The engine seem more noisy/rattly than what I would like. It also puffs white smoke on start up and acceleration. On the recent Tie in the Dots owners event I also experienced a temp gauge that gradually climb when doing a long uphill at speed. Crawling on the mountain it never got hot though which to me indicates that the viscose fan is not at fault. I will take it back to Alan Black soon as it definately does not feel and sound like a 'new' engine.
CATS
Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:10 am
by 4ePikanini
sounds to me like the timing is out. I can send you the manual on how to set the timing which you can pass on to AB or a competent Diesel shop.
Re: Snoopy (Pajero 3.2Did) died on me today!
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:15 pm
by CATS
Feedback
Rattly sound was traced to broken timing chain tensioner which makes sense but is a bit worrying but OK and replaced.
More worrying is the fact that it is loosing water due to pressure introduced which means stuffed head gasket(best scenario) or crack in cylinder head!!
When will this nightmare be over? With the pump rebuild, injectors replaced, pistons replaced, radiator replaced, oil pump replaced, water pump replaced, turbo serviced etc I have spent R77000 so far. Add the cost of the flatbed (Upington to Pta)that I had to use once, I am standing at close to R90 000! The car is maybe worth R90000!
Yet it is still not reliable! When the pistons was done 5000kms ago the head was apparently tested and found to be good. Now what?
I should have sold it and bought a newer model when the first trouble started!
They are taking off the head and sending it in for tests.
The joys of driving old cars and getting somehow emotionally attached to the piece of metal
This was not a good 20000kms of ownership thus far. It can only get better from here on right?
CATS
PS - My outlook on the 4m41 engine reliability over 300000kms have diminished to round about NIL