cletus Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Public service announcement RUC price goes up 1st July. Stock up now! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Urgh. Arseholes. It's already like $700 for 10,000km Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.H. Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Who pays for rucs anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 https://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/licensing-rego/road-user-charges/ruc-rates-and-transaction-fees/ Another $4 per 1000k for cars/vans etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Still cheaper than a petrol equivalent.. $145 To drive to golden bay in a 5vz surf vs $105 in a 1kz.. Including ruc's 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Does diesel still work out less expensive if servicing costs are included in the calculations? Serious question. I've never owned anything with a diesel engine apart from one dodgy old tractor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfashark Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Yes. The Fabia, in 180,000km and 12 years of ownership has cost about $1500 for the 12 routine oil+ filter services required by the manual in that time. Maybe another $200 for the cam belt and water pump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Servicing costs aren't really any different. Some fuel filters are a bit pricey, but everything else is on par with petrol 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 What about some diesels that take nearly 10ltrs of oil,2 oil filters and a lift pump filter,air filter and pre filter as safaris do? Mine was about $100 or a little more each service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Lol. Modern engines easily run over $100 in oil alone. I think some of the stuff we carry is about $35/L, for both petrol and diesel. Edit: $100 for a service? Are you missing a digit there? The TD42 is a bit of an exception as it's essentially a small truck engine as opposed to a car engine 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 There's not a large difference in oil capacity on modern engines, they're often around 5-6 Litres despite fuel choice, even for small engines like 2L petrols. The bigger diesel utes would be in the 7-8L range, and they do need the pricier DPF safe oils etc, but even the petrols are running stupid expensive stuff in them too. A lot of vehicles also run a 20,000km or more service interval, although at work we still recommend 10k coz no one ever checks their oil and they end up running out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 On 21/05/2019 at 10:21, Casper said: In Nissan diesel circles the zd30 is known as a grenade I like this topic.. I replaced a shit load in ozz when I worked their at a 4x4 shop We tried all sorts of stuff to make them hold together. dawes valve to take the boost control away from the ECU add more oil shorten the dip stick to increase sump capacity Block the god awful EGR off Replace MAF to stop the over fuel issue. nice big turbo back exhaust If you drove one with a boost gauge and pyro you might go ok and have no issues. but they still went bang. Small motor big truck... boy sent to do a mans job kinda deal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 25 minutes ago, Yowzer said: Lol. Modern engines easily run over $100 in oil alone. I think some of the stuff we carry is about $35/L, for both petrol and diesel. Edit: $100 for a service? Are you missing a digit there? The TD42 is a bit of an exception as it's essentially a small truck engine as opposed to a car engine Oh sorry,I didn't see the car engine and modern engine part of the question. Apologies I always serviced mine at 5k intervals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Had one in an Atlas(?) that had somehow blown the ends off the injectors. In fact it had managed to gas-axe it's way right through an injector and was pumping cylinder compression back into the fuel rail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 13 minutes ago, Yowzer said: A lot of vehicles also run a 20,000km or more service interval, although at work we still recommend 10k coz no one ever checks their oil and they end up running out. Diesel RAV we have at work does this. We almost invariably have to top it up between services. The check engine light often starts to flick on with about 2000 km to go till the next scheduled service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 yeah but them new oils are so flash you don't need to change it..... or something.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Nah, ya just gotta replace it coz it gets burnt first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooters Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 yea it's a good one. My grandad had 44 gallon drums on the orchard. Old used oil went in and if it was left long enough the heavy stuff falls out of suspension In a old tractor just after WW2 scooping the good oil in the top of the drum and putting it back in the tractor was the only thing to do. Driven by money of lack there of. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Tis true. dip the oil on a car that's been sitting for a very long time, and it'll be clean as. probably less likely with a fancy pants modern synthetic. Theyre designed to trap the impurities in the oil and lock them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 It'll be clean, but it will still have lost a lot of its properties that makes it useful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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