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Good deal on a used Xterra
Oct 9, 2019, 8:39 AM
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My son's Xterra broke a timing belt yesterday. Getting it checked today, but there is a decent chance that the motor is shot (interference motor).
Anyone want to buy an Xterra that needs a motor?
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Lot o points [155761]
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Assuming your son is high school age.....
Oct 9, 2019, 8:42 AM
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Would enjoy you relaying the backstory. Knowing my son, I'm guessing it's something like "Well, it's been making a ticking noise for a couple weeks now, but I just assumed that was the clock in the dashboard getting louder with age, and then I heard a pop from under the hood like a belt breaking, but I only had 7 more miles to my destination and figured I would keep driving and check it out when I got there."
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Hall of Famer [20571]
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He's 16
Oct 9, 2019, 8:45 AM
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I've driven it a little lately as well. No warning. I "thought" the belt had been changed about 60K miles ago, but couldn't confirm that. We just bought this in August. It was a nice truck... for 2 months.
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Lot o points [155761]
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That's your first problem, buying a Japanese car.
Oct 9, 2019, 8:47 AM
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You should do what we did and get him a Land Rover with 200k+ miles on it. It's been a paragon of reliability for over a year now. Yes indeed, if you want to be able to just weld the hood shut and not even worry about it, buy British.
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Why are Land Rovers made so poorly?
Oct 9, 2019, 8:54 AM
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I've known 2 friends who have had them and it's just one thing after another.
They're really cool looking vehicles. Just makes no sense why they can't figure out how to make a reliable car.
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Lot o points [155761]
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One truism I heard years ago.......
Oct 9, 2019, 8:55 AM
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The British have the world's greatest engineering and the world's worst manufacturing.
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If Lucas made refrigerators, they'd be heaters.
Oct 10, 2019, 2:01 PM
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They didn't call Lucas electric the "Prince of darkness" for nothing.
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Oculus Spirit [81019]
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lolutz..standard Lucas replacement part
Oct 10, 2019, 2:04 PM
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Re: Good deal on a used Xterra
Oct 9, 2019, 8:46 AM
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Oculus Spirit [75711]
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It seems like a conspiracy that not all cars have
Oct 9, 2019, 8:53 AM
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timing chains.
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Hall of Famer [20571]
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Agreed.***
Oct 9, 2019, 8:56 AM
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Those fail too.
Oct 9, 2019, 8:58 AM
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Just helped a friend's son with his Honda....the timing chain tensioner weakened and the chain slipped a couple teeth. Not enough to crash pistons into valves, but enough to make it run like crap.
$800 later they had it fixed. The mileage on the car was enough that it would have needed it's second timing belt replacement, for $250 each.
All kinds of car manufacturers are pooping the bed now with timing chain issues.....bad tensioners, plastic guide rails that break and circulate plastic throughout the engine---Audi, Jaguar, etc.
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Oculus Spirit [75711]
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For some reason I thought these belts were far more
Oct 9, 2019, 9:04 AM
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expensive to replace.
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Re: For some reason I thought these belts were far more
Oct 9, 2019, 9:18 AM
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It depends on how compact that space is. Some cars require a lot of disassembly to get access to the belt and pulleys.
I had a high-mileage van with a V6 that needed new spark plugs. Simple replacement, right?. To access the rear 3 spark plugs, the entire lower windshield assembly (wipers, etc) had to be removed. Total PITA!
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Oculus Spirit [81019]
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Different part, but similar issue
Oct 10, 2019, 1:56 PM
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The old 6.4 liter diesel in the Ford F250/F350 would pretty regularly go through injectors. And head gaskets. Not a big deal, right?
Except the body had to be removed to get to both of them.
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Most timing belt replacement jobs are a lot more than
Oct 9, 2019, 9:04 AM
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$250 each. More like $700-$1000.
They are testing his motor now, and IF it appears to not be damaged, the timing belt job (includes new water pump) will be $680. And that is lower than most estimates I've seen for this vehicle.
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They're probably doing the cam seals too.
Oct 9, 2019, 9:21 AM
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Take off the water pump and those seals, and the cost of the belt alone should be about $300-350 of that total.
Like someone else said, unless your car has a super tight engine bay (which an Xterra doesn't), a timing belt change is 1-2 hours labor and a $30-50 belt.
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Oculus Spirit [81019]
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On my 4runner v8, it was $900 in Anderson.
Oct 10, 2019, 1:58 PM
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$1500 in CHS.
That included the timing belt, water pump, tensioners, cam seals, oil and antifreeze change.
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Used.......Nissan Xtera.....HS driver......?
Oct 9, 2019, 8:58 AM
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Speaking of the Office
Oct 9, 2019, 9:36 AM
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Andy: You meet a lot of ladies driving an Xterra, because you pull up to a stoplight, and look over and there's an Xterra next to you. They're always driven by chicks, so there's your icebreaker.
Andy Bernard: I saw your dork-mobile in the parking lot. What's it get? Like four miles to the gallon?
Dwight Schrute: Uh, try double that. Classic Trans Am Vintage American muscle.
Andy Bernard: Uh huh yeah my Xterra's pretty sweet. Luxurious yet rugged. Leave it to the Japanese.
Dwight Schrute: Xterra's not even a real word.
Andy Bernard: Actually it is. It's Latin for Earth.
Dwight Schrute: Oh, so you drive an ex-Earth?
Andy Bernard: Yeah.
Dwight Schrute: That makes sense. I'd rather drive a classic Trans Am than an ex-Earth.
Andy Bernard: Yeah. I bet you would.
Dwight Schrute: This car is crap. I will buy it for next to nothing.
Andy: How next to?
Dwight Schrute: Well, here are your options: You can sell it for parts, drive it off a cliff, you can donate it to a person who you'd like to see die in a car crash, or you can sell it to me and I'll use it as I would a wagon on my farm. It will be towed by a donkey.
Andy: I have to pick one of those?
Dwight Schrute: Yes.
Andy: Can you go over those options again?
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#5 piston partially went through the cylinder wall
Oct 10, 2019, 1:27 PM
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Discounted to $500
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Little JBWeld and duct tape will fix that right up***
Oct 10, 2019, 1:28 PM
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