Recent content by Esotericnomad

Hey guys, realistically how difficult is it to change a head on a ZD30.. I have done a V6 petrol head gasket once before, using YouTube and a hanynes manual and it's still going 2 years later, but looking at YouTube a diesel looks a lot harder..I'm not a expert on cars, but have replaced shocks...

Good to know, saves a bit of money

Awesome, thanks for that..

Ya, I think it had a issue when I bought it, only cost me $5k, so not to worried about dropping some cash into and at least I know I am going to bring it back to almost new..

So after my overheat the other day, I'm going to put new head on, new water pump, new radiator, replace all piping ECT,. What else should I be looking at doing while engine is pulled apart, injectors maybe? Will be doing most of the work myself over a few weeks.. I want to do this once and not...

Around 270 ish.. but I've only had it a year and don't know what service history was before I got it..

Thanks for your help guys..

What's happened to yours?

Ya, s Ya, sounds good.. she starts and idles fine,. No smoke on start up, I got a code 0505, which means FK all .🤣🤣. Oil looks clean on dip stick, oil cap good.. have to wait till Monday to get coolant and start doing some tests..

Ya, I'm running a top sending water temp, it went from 80 to 120 in 3 min period ( from when I last looked at it ).. it then fluctuated up and down for a few mins. Going to get radiator checked and pull out thermostat ( if I can work out how to get to the damn thing ). Then work backwards..

Lol.. I don't mind, it's just a friggin pain, I want to find out why it overheated before I drop money into fixing it..still not convinced it's the head or gasket. Diff not reacting like a blown head gasket in my Toyota..

Zd30...2003

Ya, going to check the simple things first before the expensive stuff, I don't want to replace head, gasket unless I can find out why it over heated in the first place.

Driving home from Sydney to orange yesterday, ute overheated 15 KMs from home. On a dirt road in middle of bush . Pulled over let it cool down, and limped it home. Engine like came on 1km from home, overfill bottle was filled to the brim, coolant all over engine.. by the time I got home, all...

I've been running a CCT high flow for a year now, less lag, faster spool rate, I'm just about to put a intercooler in and do the remap.. for stage 2 remap you need a high flow turbo.. Done the 3 inch exhaust and snorkel..