The Woz wrote:2011 Triton MN GLX-R Build_Year: 08/2011 Automatic
7,500km when first overheating breakdown occurred during FIRST highway drive over 100km.
Taken to 6 dealerships. No one could find the problem.
Final result: replaced 3 thermostats, water pump, Fan, radiator, and Cracked head.
I think there is a design flaw or defect in my engine that can't be diagnosed.
Took 2.5 months to fix at the dealership!!
The problem was only when the Triton was driven over 200-300km. Local driving was fine. However I did experience poor acceleration when at traffic lights and vehicle was lacking power when driving around town. Automatic set to be in 5th gear at 50km with no power. This was the first automatic I have owned (so my wife could drive) and it was like driving a manual in 5th gear going 40km/hr. Transmission was checked and they said all good.
Here are some videos:
21km from the 6th dealership, they had the vehicle for 4 days. They also did the 15,000km service at the time. New sounds are now heard and problems now spread to other areas.
Problems Reported to Various Dealerships
arternune wrote:The other thing that The dealer has said that I have also seen on this forum is that my ARB bullbar needs to come off as it restricts airflow even though this was supplied and fitted by the dealer pre delivery. I am told that mmal no longer approves of aftermarket bullbars on MN tritons.
arternune wrote:The dealer says that there is no exhaust gas in the coolant therefore the head gasket is fine.
Tony wrote:On diesel engines there is not enough carbon monoxide in the exhaust to detect with the gas analyzer! They should know that. That's why we rarely hear of people using an oiler to gas themselves FFS.
There are combustion leak kits out that use a chemical reaction with the diesels. I use one of these http://www.etoolcart.com/images/view.as ... uctId=8195 http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-LIS75730-Co ... B000I16L90
If test positive I then get a particulate test done as will 100% determine if any combustion gasses have been leaking into the coolant.
arternune wrote:The other thing that The dealer has said that I have also seen on this forum is that my ARB bullbar needs to come off as it restricts airflow even though this was supplied and fitted by the dealer pre delivery. I am told that mmal no longer approves of aftermarket bullbars on MN tritons.
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