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Not likely....I'll probably go into anaphylaxis if not from the marque then definitely from the asking price :haha:

You've lost me - I simply don't understand why you would do what you did or the need for ever having to do so. Radiator systems have been closed systems on all vehicles for more than 20 years that I can recall and even in the old days when the vented via a overflow hose to the ground they were...

Tony - seems that some folks improve fuel consumption in an automatic by drivig it in manual mode. Would be interesting to see if this approach works with the D40 http://www.fuelly.com/tip/571/Shifting-Automatic-Transmissions-manually

Just wondering if anyone else on this forum uses fuely.com to keep track of their fuel consumption. I've been doing this for quite a while now and if anyone is interested they can have a look at my diesel guzzling D40 at the link below...

Just in case you want to do tyre size comparisons there is a useful tool here: http://www.exploroz.com/Vehicle/Tyres/SizeCalc.aspx

I got 5 years out of the OEM battery and most of that time the vehicle was parked outside and I lived in Queanbeyan which gets pretty bloody cold during the winter months and therefore tough on a battery. I decided to replace with the same battery and am hoping to get at least 5 years again but...

Like others have pointed out tyre pressure is just one of the many inputs to getting the best fuel economy out of your vehicle.....but it is an important one nonetheless. The "4psi Rule" is one that works for me but rather than me trying to explain it you could go to either of these links for a...

Thanks that's only a couple of hours drive for me so I might give them a call and see if it is OK to come up for a look.

Thanks Tony will check that out in the morning. Much appreciated. UPDATE: Fuses all OK so I guess it is back to Nissan next week.

Keen to see the car period. Would love to have a first hand look if it's not too far from me.....any idea where it is located?

Sorry to bring this up again....but as many would know I've been having a few electrical problems that has had the car back to Nissan a couple of times. They fitted a new timing chain and in the process somehow shorted the wiring to the starter motor. Anyway they finally found and fixed that...

Update Well got the car back late this afternoon and all was good.....or so it seemed. Had power and donk etc going well and then I tried to get some heat in the cabin on the drive back to Ulladulla from Nowra....oooops no heat even with the dial at the max heat position. Haven't checked...

Thanks Tony I'll put those matters to Nissan tomorrow morning.

Now that would really piss me off.

I don't think it is possible to fit FWH to the D40 due to the drive line configuration.

Mine failed recently and were replaced under the extended factory warranty. But I'm thinking that there is still a small amount of oil seeping past the seals and will be highlighting the issue again.

Update After waiting a couple of days for a new fusible link block it was fitted and promptly blew again. Now going through a full check to try and find where the short might be.....I'm thinking that something was disturbed during the replacement of the timing chain last week and they are now...

Just thought that this publication by Repco might be useful to others. http://www.repcotrade.com.au/files/dmfile/NissanHiddenPartsAAEmAugSep10.pdf

The holes are in the chassis so I don't understand what you meant by "close to the chassis as possible" ????

Here's a pic of my recovery points. There are made by Outback Ideas - fit directly into the OEM pre-threaded holes in the chassis.