obviously if they were in working condition there wouldn't be a problem..just because you work for a nissan dealership dsnt mean anything to me..i sold cars for 6 years half the techs in the garages think there is a such thing as a muffler bearing they just cant find any other job..all shops are rip offs neway id never bring my car to a garage..if its broke i fix it
im sorry you feel that way. and you know what this altima so happens to have an exhaust bearing. its not your traditional bearing that rolls, but it is a gasket. it sits between the bottom of the cat and the front tube. anyways, the reason why it works part of the time, is because the oil leaks into the sensor. when you have 5w-30, when the engine is cool and not run so much the engine oil is closer to 5w and you have a slighly lower oil pressure. (sensor works no oil) when you run your car for longer periods of time or run your car harder your oil is closer to 30w. higher oil pressure means it gets inside the sensor easier cause this to be an internitant problem. one day it works and the next it doesnt.
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with out being there its so hard to tell..but some things you can check for is the fuel pump priming..you need 2 ppl 4 this you to turn the key to the on position while sum1 is laying on the ground in front of the rear tire to see if you can hear it hum..dnt run them over either lol..if it was a sensor you would usually have a cel accompanied with the problems..it truly sounds tho that its being starved for fuel..do you let your car run on empty a lot or let the low fuel light come on? that can kill a pump prematurely..id start there..any questions feel free to ask ill try and keep checking back
also your suggesting a $300 part. if im trying to take his money i would say this is the problem, or worse. im suggessting a part that i am going to give him a discount on if it is the problem. (the part is only $33) but im trying to take his money right?
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That is what's wrong, you sold cars... I fix them. Yes there is alot of hacks in the repair business, but that don't matter to the real ones who fix it right the first time. If you don't understand how they work you can't repair them.
I ran across four today that were no start's, the two altima's were crank sensors, the armada was a battery and the 350Z was a starter....
On a second thought wait till you have a bad TPMS sensor or a NATS problem, I gurantee you will go to the dealer.
That is what's wrong, you sold cars... I fix them. Yes there is alot of hacks in the repair business, but that don't matter to the real ones who fix it right the first time. If you don't understand how they work you can't repair them.
I ran across four today that were no start's, the two altima's were crank sensors, the armada was a battery and the 350Z was a starter....
On a second thought wait till you have a bad TPMS sensor or a NATS problem, I gurantee you will go to the dealer.
who said i sold cars!!! i said i can get good prices on parts because i sell them. i also have the nissan assist thats why i want the odb codes. if i was in sales i wouldnt be here. im here to help. not to rip somebody off. im on the back counter and see all the things that happen to all the altimas. not to mention my mother in law has one and i have fixed all her problems.
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Which is why Nissan also has a KIT for the cam and crank sensor's, because they are junk and when the crank sensor dies it will kill the cam sensor if not taken care of promptly, much like it was in this situation.
Is this related to the plastic sensor vs the metal sensor thing I hear about once in awhile? (don't own an Altima or a Maxima, just 2 B14's, but I keep info like this in the back of my head)...
Jd, Yes it is.Some say there is no difference and some preffer the plastic type. I want something that won't come back in before 12K miles and force me to do it again for free.
On a side note I read a post where nick paid someone to put headers on his car. Sure does sound like someone who works on their own stuff to me......
I know what you mean man, I'm here to help as well, it's when @$$hats that don't know when their wrong aggrevates me.
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Jd, Yes it is.Some say there is no difference and some preffer the plastic type. I want something that won't come back in before 12K miles and force me to do it again for free.
On a side note I read a post where nick paid someone to put headers on his car. Sure does sound like someone who works on their own stuff to me......
I know what you mean man, I'm here to help as well, it's when @$ that don't know when their wrong aggrevates me.
i paid them to change the back manifold..i took the down pipe off and the front manifold and re-located the O2's and put both poly inserts in the motor mounts that day 2 mr.world tech over there ..i WILL NEVER take it to a dealership b/c off ppl like you..everrrrrrrrrrr you guys dont know shittttttt about fixing cars your there to rip ppl off end of story never in my lifeeeeeeee have i met an honest tech never! id scrap the car b4 i ever took it to a stealership
How am I a "bad tech"? I told the woman what was more then likely her problem which was a $30 dollar parts, then you throw in a $300 part which didn't need to be replaced. If "us guys" don't know about fixing cars how can you say you do all the work on your car when you paid someone?
If I was about ripping people off I would be a salesman.
Once again I gurantee you if you have a NATS problem you'd take it to the dealer. On most re-programming a nissan can only be done at the dealer.......Do yourself a favor and try to start the car with another altima key.
what the hell are you talking about 300 dollar parts??? when did i say she was going to need a 300 part..better re-read the posts chief and get your facts srtaight...and reprogramming what? a key? a ecu? what??? i have a technosquare ecu reflash if thats what your saying..and if its about a key..i have 2 other ones that came with the car plus the valet key so you can sleep soundly now..and as far as the salesman comment..ive heard you techs whine about that for years..just because we could make more off of 2 cars than you can in a month..if anything the owner of the store is the thief..him and management set the prices at what we can sell at i have no power over that so good try tho
That goes to show you, you can con people into buying cars, NOT fixing them... STFU.
Not so sure about that one...
The mother-in-laws car ('94 Intrepid) tranny just dumped on her yesterday. Her regular 'mechanic' (who I'm sure could tune the hell out of a '75 Chevy pickup) told her that she needed a brand new transmission, same thing with AAMCO and the local Dodge dealership/shop. Turns out the connector fell off the tranny's input speed sensor causing it to drop into 'limp home mode'. And of course a new tranny would've fixed the problem 'cause you gotta pull the connector off to swap out tranny's in the first place.
I reached down, plugged in the input sensor connector, fixed it right there in front of the head service guy (who is probably more of a manager than a mechanic anyways) at the Dodge dealership. Went in and found Mr. X (don't want to mention names...just in case) that owned the dealership, told and showed him what I did. Mr. X was leading the head service guy into a back office on my way out of there. Wife went back later after we had cooled down a bit to get some names so we could file a complaint at the state B.B.B. office on Monday. She saw the same service guy with a box full of stuff going out the door...office type stuff. I think he got canned on the spot!!!
Anywhos...I'm thinking the good guys, at dealerships, at off-brand shops, wherever, are really actually GOOD, damn good. They know their stuff...and if they don't know about a particular problem, they either tell you up front they don't know or at least they know where to go to find answers.
The rest are money-grubbing lazy chumps.
And I listen to Car Talk on Saturdays... I think those guys are pretty good...
Not so sure about that one...
The mother-in-laws car ('94 Intrepid) tranny just dumped on her yesterday. Her regular 'mechanic' (who I'm sure could tune the hell out of a '75 Chevy pickup) told her that she needed a brand new transmission, same thing with AAMCO and the local Dodge dealership/shop. Turns out the connector fell off the tranny's input speed sensor causing it to drop into 'limp home mode'. And of course a new tranny would've fixed the problem 'cause you gotta pull the connector off to swap out tranny's in the first place.
I reached down, plugged in the input sensor connector, fixed it right there in front of the head service guy (who is probably more of a manager than a mechanic anyways) at the Dodge dealership. Went in and found Mr. X (don't want to mention names...just in case) that owned the dealership, told and showed him what I did. Mr. X was leading the head service guy into a back office on my way out of there. Wife went back later after we had cooled down a bit to get some names so we could file a complaint at the state B.B.B. office on Monday. She saw the same service guy with a box full of stuff going out the door...office type stuff. I think he got canned on the spot!!!
Anywhos...I'm thinking the good guys, at dealerships, at off-brand shops, wherever, are really actually GOOD, damn good. They know their stuff...and if they don't know about a particular problem, they either tell you up front they don't know or at least they know where to go to find answers.
The rest are money-grubbing lazy chumps.
And I listen to Car Talk on Saturdays... I think those guys are pretty good...
ONE OF MANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY YYYY CON STORIES FROM A DEALERSHIP...SO NALTECH...GO PRACTICE SAFE SEX AND GO FFUUCCKKK YOURSELF HAHAHA THANKS FOR STEPPING IN JD...like i said b4 techs are mad that there poor..i never saw a tech drive a nice car either NAL you prolly drive a mid 80's rusted out piece of shit and its prolly american to hahahaha
I make enough money, so don't worry about me. Actually i drive a 03 s-10 show truck, so hows that for you? Dumbshit. My truck will still be running when your hunk of junk is in the scrapyard because you tried fixing it.
Since most idiots don't know how a dealer works I'll explain. The service advisor's write you up, they don't know crap about anything. Then it goes to the tech, which can be a hack or a good one, and he makes the calls. He tells the service writer which tells you. The service manager don't even look at cars. He is his title he deals with customer's and the service guys.
The reason why you don't see most tech's driving nice cars is because they KNOW how to fix them. Unlike some people......
I make enough money, so don't worry about me. Actually i drive a 03 s-10 show truck, so hows that for you? Dumbshit. My truck will still be running when your hunk of junk is in the scrapyard because you tried fixing it.
Since most idiots don't know how a dealer works I'll explain. The service advisor's write you up, they don't know crap about anything. Then it goes to the tech, which can be a hack or a good one, and he makes the calls. He tells the service writer which tells you. The service manager don't even look at cars. He is his title he deals with customer's and the service guys.
The reason why you don't see most tech's driving nice cars is because they KNOW how to fix them. Unlike some people......
how that for me? it proved my point you drive a american pos car like i said..as for it being a s-10 show truck....REAL ORIGINAL!!!!!!! pffffff like the world dsnt have a million s10s with air ride..ill run you for titles how bout that my car would smoke you and looks better than anything you could ever do to an s10..vortec motors suck ass it cdnt be because of the retarded spider injector system they have or the stupid oil cooler setup ive ever seen in my life orrrrrrrr the 4L60E transmission thats broken longer than its fixed...dnt come at me you little fuck about fixing cars ILL RUN FUCKING CIRCLES AROUND YOU..the only thing ive ever paid someone to do anything on my car was that back manifold this guy did it WITHOUT dropping the cradle or anything for that matter id like to see YOU do that wellllllllllll worth 300 bucks to me..my car will be running for a longgggg time rest assured while you wont even be able to get parts for your car because GM is 100 BILLION+ DOLLARS in debt and wont even be around that much longer..now take a seat little boy
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I think those guys are pretty good...
HAHAHA THANKS FOR STEPPING IN JD...like i said b4 techs are mad that there poor..i never saw a tech drive a nice car either NAL you prolly drive a mid 80's rusted out piece of shit and its prolly american to hahahaha
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