I bought D22 STR ZD30 new from Glosters NISSAN in march 2006, and had it for just under five years, 2 payments before i had paid it off it went for a swim, water came up to the dash.
Needless to say it didnt handle that very well and was written off.
When i said good bye to the best ute i had owned it had
373'000km on the clock, and was stock as a rock. Clutch, brakes, shocks(although f$#4ed) the lot
In that time the only thing i had to do to it was,( other then service every 10k with mostly nissan oil, filters ect)
* disconnect the NPS
* put small 8mm bolts back into the turbo that had fallen out
* replace silicone turbo hoses
Believe it or not that was it!!
unbelievable i know but true.
Admittedly i do a hell of allot of freeway km, but either way that is AWESOME in anybodies language.
The thing still had original brakes, clutch, injectors everything.
I did have a moment at 210'000km with no snorkel (i put one on after but it was a bit late) where it did get a very small amount of water into the engine.
It did start to use a little water after that due to what im sure was a crack in the head. Totally 100% my fault!! not a manufacture prob at all.
With stuff all cash at the time to fix it, i put a bottle of "SEAL UP" in it hoping it would get me out of trouble.
Well that crap worked so well i never touched it again, it never ran any worse and never used a drop of water again. Untill i forced it to drink half of a small lake at Tomora NSW.