2000 Trooper (Oz=Jackaroo) 3 L Turbo Diesel Driveability

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rmb60@westnet.com.au - 26 Nov 2005 06:28 GMT

Had this since new, now 110,000km and for the past 4 years I've had a
fault (MANY TIMES!)thats fixed for a short while but keeps coming
back..Its an AUTO...You drive at about 40mph(65km/h) and your in
overdrive with the torque convertor in lock mode doing about
1300rpm...ok so far.. then you accelerate gently..but not hard enough
to unlock the convertor or drop down a gear....and the acceleration is
midly rough, jerky, not smooth...it even shows up on a dyno graph. Now
I've driven other identical models and they dont do it so I know its my
car. What do you guys think? ps..The dealer has replaced a list of
items the length of your arm...would be good if someone out here has
come across this problem.....I half suspect that similar owners may
just put it down to being a Diesel....Thanks

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dude2 - 26 Nov 2005 09:51 GMT

> Had this since new, now 110,000km and for the past 4 years I've had a
> fault (MANY TIMES!)thats fixed for a short while but keeps coming
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> come across this problem.....I half suspect that similar owners may
> just put it down to being a Diesel....Thanks

Its due to the combination of a diesel w. auto shift.
Automatic gearing is for petrol-driven vehicles used by women,
geriatrics, queers, cripples, yanks and NOT for diesel vehicles.
If you're a healthy aussie male get a manual shift Bighorn/Jackaroo and
your problems are over. :-/

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GreenGas - 27 Nov 2005 03:42 GMT

>> Had this since new, now 110,000km and for the past 4 years I've had a
>> fault (MANY TIMES!)thats fixed for a short while but keeps coming
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> If you're a healthy aussie male get a manual shift Bighorn/Jackaroo and
> your problems are over. :-/

Horsefeathers. Absolute baloney. Not true, at all. Even if your truck had a
manual transmission, you'd still have this problem, and you're right, others
don't do it (my buddy's 1998 3.1 Diesel Bighorn didn't do it). You didn't
say what parts the dealer replaced - my guess is that it has something to do
with your injectors and timing - did he replace the injectors? Check the
fuel pressure?
R/
Steve

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