user 50225
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Hey all,
Ok a little intro about me. For the best part of 15 or so years, I was a Patrol owner and loved the ZD30s. Had to sell 6 years due to living in the middle of Melbourne (dump) and have been stuck in a little rice burner since. Got out of Melbourne after 5 years, best thing I ever did. Was just doing the usual online thing and jumped onto Grays Casino, er I mean Auctions and came across a 2010 ST-X with 230,000km. I figure if I can get it for a certain price I can still put 2 or 3k into and be well ahead. Pulled the trigger and got it. For about a week I was tossing up whether to drive it back or throw it on a truck and after a few quotes ($$$$) I drove.... well limped it home. I was more than surprised it made the 400km home.
After a proper inspection, there is a little bit of work that needs to be done. The compression and leak down test came back good which is a positive start. Got an airbag code which was a faulty control unit. The oil that was in it was sludge, the air filter was completely black. I will do a double oil flush to get what ever gunk I can out of it and then a UV dye test to see if any of the sludge or carbon was sealing up a leak There's an issue with the EGR according to the scanner, I'll pull that today and have a look. Maybe the previous owner installed blanks.
I love working on these things, part of the reason I bought it from the auctions was knowing there would have to be work done. I can get a used engine for pretty cheap so might be worth grabbing and rebuilding it for a future swap. I'm getting ahead of myself hahaha.
Ok a little intro about me. For the best part of 15 or so years, I was a Patrol owner and loved the ZD30s. Had to sell 6 years due to living in the middle of Melbourne (dump) and have been stuck in a little rice burner since. Got out of Melbourne after 5 years, best thing I ever did. Was just doing the usual online thing and jumped onto Grays Casino, er I mean Auctions and came across a 2010 ST-X with 230,000km. I figure if I can get it for a certain price I can still put 2 or 3k into and be well ahead. Pulled the trigger and got it. For about a week I was tossing up whether to drive it back or throw it on a truck and after a few quotes ($$$$) I drove.... well limped it home. I was more than surprised it made the 400km home.
After a proper inspection, there is a little bit of work that needs to be done. The compression and leak down test came back good which is a positive start. Got an airbag code which was a faulty control unit. The oil that was in it was sludge, the air filter was completely black. I will do a double oil flush to get what ever gunk I can out of it and then a UV dye test to see if any of the sludge or carbon was sealing up a leak There's an issue with the EGR according to the scanner, I'll pull that today and have a look. Maybe the previous owner installed blanks.
I love working on these things, part of the reason I bought it from the auctions was knowing there would have to be work done. I can get a used engine for pretty cheap so might be worth grabbing and rebuilding it for a future swap. I'm getting ahead of myself hahaha.