it cracked them an wouldnt start i dont know which ones it was as only got the invoice from previous owner i have seen transit with cracked piston weird thing to happen but melting due to injector probs ive seen in isuzus 3.0l

Dave,


Its not that i dont trust thier skills, and i am no numpty when it comes to engineering, but its a new truck to me i dont want oversized pistons skimmed head, oil leaks , damaged turbo, swarf in the oil cooler... etc etc etc.


But the nissan dealer is (i hope) complete bottom end, new block crank pistons etc, bare head new, and all gaskets bolts tentioners chain etc . i am going to ask the turbo is checked, oil cooler, and i will also ask about the warranty....i would prefer it if it had not broken and i didnt have to deal with all of this .....

thing im saying is if nissan doing work on cheap itll be whip sump off head off push fecked piston up and out insert new one visualy inspect others jobs good un bung back together!

Yes my toyota mate said the same...


but the dealer is playing the game, they dont want this to bounce back on them.


We will see i am going to ask to inspect block head etc and copies of the delivery sheets fo the parts for my service history.

its the correct way to deal with warranty claim nissan will foot bill what to us be 8k engine costs nissan couple thousand fitted not worth hastle if it goes again

Early ZD30DDTI's cracked or melted piston's.

All motors have there faults.

it says on invoice replace 4 pistons and rings due to non starting from cracked pistons,head gasket,sump gasket £2200 but it wasnt warranty claim aas it was imported from n zealand warranty it wouldnt have been worth hastle weirdly enough it was around 43k when it did it hope the pistons are revised pt numbers lol

Can't believe it, hope we are not going down the same road with engine probs again as with the d22. Nissan said there wasn't a prob then, then later admitted it, you would think that they would learn from experience but its not sounding too good. Has anyone who owns a D40 done more than the 40 to 45K mark, as it would be interesting to see how the D40 is fairing after this point.

Im looking to be towing with mine shortly so need it to be reliable, getting slightly worried now.

Rich.......

If it's under warantee tell them to replace the motor PERIOD

If the scheduled servicing was done according to the log books, then no issue !

if u need to be reliable just dump your nissan and grab a toyota or defender.