I bought a 1987 wagon recently with 219K. I want to replace the timing belt, oil pump, and water pump plus cam seals and engine seal. Is this a fairly straight forward job or should I have a mechanic do it. The oil pump I think is shot....no pressure reading on gauge and obviouis tapping noise. It started in my drive way so no internal damage.
It is in such good condition, always garaged and serviced at dealer by original owner.
Would I be better off with a rebuilt motor?
Curt in NC
Ignition system has been a problem on my 1999 GLE. Bought it new. Each cylinder has it's own coil. Each cost on the order of $200 to replace. Had to do it two or three times.
HI GUYS,im a possible new maxima owner.ive been looking for a 3rd generation one (95-99).i owned a 91 acura legend ls.and they were horribly expensive to mantain.lots of little pain in the butt things to keep up with.buig pain in the azz.im definitely looking for a nice 4 door luxury type,(leather and moonroof) car.most likely with over 100,000 miles,since my funds are limited and i dont want to finance,want to buy a car cash.i was looking at the maximas,cus i know their engines run forever.my question is are they good a car overall.any common problems that occur on those years??and are they expensive to mantain in good shape???cus i need myself a good car that will run and not give me alot of headaches.i can just jump in a take off wherever i need to go.please help fellasssss,any info is much appreciated
hey guys, i have a '96 infiniti I30 and i wanna hook it up.............intake, headers, full exhaust and possible turbo sometime down the line, and i'm gonna swap it from automatic to manual tranny. The only thing is it has 146,000 miles on it, it runs great, but i wanna know if it's worth it? And if it is, what are yall suggestions?
Ignition system has been a problem on my 1999 GLE. Bought it new. Each cylinder has it's own coil. Each cost on the order of $200 to replace. Had to do it two or three times.
Find a discount Nissan parts dealer as listed in some other posts in this forum, all 6 coils should be under $500.
Sounds like you're getting it up the butt for full retail.
If you check the problems with all the Nissan products in this forum you will never buy one. Lots and lots of problems and parts are very expensive.
My opinion is buy American.
I will be buying a 1996 Nissan Maxima GLE tomorrow. It has total miles of 114K. What are teh first things I should check? It has a timing chain. When does the timing chain need to be changed? Overall the car looks great will be test driving it tomorow.
Have a 96 nissan maxima, having problems with the charging system. Alternators are about $150 and they say it takes about 3 hours labor to install (Big $$$$$$$$$$) Knock sensors always show up on your codes. Slight hesistation sometimes. 143k miles If i had it to do again, I would buy a Toyota. Dont think there will be any more nissans for me.
HI GUYS,im a possible new maxima owner.ive been looking for a 3rd generation one (95-99).i owned a 91 acura legend ls.and they were horribly expensive to mantain.lots of little pain in the butt things to keep up with.buig pain in the azz.im definitely looking for a nice 4 door luxury type,(leather and moonroof) car.most likely with over 100,000 miles,since my funds are limited and i dont want to finance,want to buy a car cash.i was looking at the maximas,cus i know their engines run forever.my question is are they good a car overall.any common problems that occur on those years??and are they expensive to mantain in good shape???cus i need myself a good car that will run and not give me alot of headaches.i can just jump in a take off wherever i need to go.please help fellasssss,any info is much appreciated
I own 2 Maximas. A 1999 GLE and a 2001 GLE.
I like the 1999 with 175,000 miles much better than the 2001 with 55,000 miles. The only major problems I have had were shocks and struts (on both cars). The factory stuff did not last very long.
I would buy the 1999 again. It still runs great and has a much better ride than the 2001.
Rememer, these cars have timing chains rather than belts. That is what I think you should consider. Timing Belts need to be replaced every 60,000 miles. That's expensive.
I drive a 96 Gxe i have replaced the tranny, knock sensor, clutch slave, two O2 sensors, two coils, the battery, also i dont think that you can base buying a maxima on the fact that the speakers go out or the head unit sucks. I would be more interested in the mechanical side of things. Granted i have put a lot of money in my car, but i push it fairly hard. I have friends that have the same generation maxima that have not had any problems other than basic maintianance- oil, plugs, air filter, etc. Your best bet would be to find one with not to many miles that has been well kept and driven nicely. How can you tell if it has been driven nicely??? you cant really tell all you can do is take a good look at the seller if its a 17 year old kid trying to sell it, you better run fast. I have owned 3 honda accords, two civics, a talon, 3 del sols, and 1 Maxima over all the maxima has been my favorite car overall. Hope this info helps good luck!
i would be hesitant to put that kind of work into the motor. oil pumps create flow but not pressure. yes i know if there is no flow then no pressure but it very well could be that the motor is shot.
Youre going to have to change your o2 sensor when you get to about 80000 miles on your car.Ive done it on both my maximas cause your check engine light will come on. It will most likely be the rear o2 sensor,get the full harness, its around 40 bucks but will help you so you dont go threw all the hassle.
"BIGPETEROCK23",Youre going to have to change your o2 sensor when you get to about 80000 miles on your car.Ive done it on both my maximas cause your check engine light will come on. It will most likely be the rear o2 sensor,get the full harness, its around 40 bucks but will help you so you dont go threw all the hassle.
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