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ben.kathy · 03-31-2014, 07:05 PM

Sorry for the delayed reply, but I was the original poster to ask the question. I DO indeed have an update. The car has been sold. Reason is, Nissan refused to take any responsibility for the car. I was told by Nissan Consumer Affairs that since my car had no service history with the dealer (we bought the car used from another county) they had no interest in helping me.

The odd thing about this is, when I originally spoke to NCA, they knew well the problem. In fact, they alluded that based on past experience with other owners with the same problem had had the entire engine replaced at Nissan's expense. As mentioned in prior posts, they suspected the camshaft timing sprockets. for $2200, they would replace the sprockets but not guarantee that would fix the problem. From what I understand, the ultimate problem is with the oil sump pick-up being too short on the early '09 370's. this in turn causes the engine to run hot and the cam sprockets to warp or come out of alignment. The oil sump pick up had been lengthened in later models of the '09 I was really bummed with the way the whole thing turned out. This was my second Z, but I doubt if I will ever buy another, or even another Nissan for that matter..
I hope this helps, but unless you have a complete service history from a dealer I suspect you will get the same treatment from NCA.

Best of luck..

03-31-2014, 07:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
ben.kathy Base Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: South OC Posts: 6 Drives: 09 370Z Touring Rep Power: 14	P0011 update Sorry for the delayed reply, but I was the original poster to ask the question. I DO indeed have an update. The car has been sold. Reason is, Nissan refused to take any responsibility for the car. I was told by Nissan Consumer Affairs that since my car had no service history with the dealer (we bought the car used from another county) they had no interest in helping me. The odd thing about this is, when I originally spoke to NCA, they knew well the problem. In fact, they alluded that based on past experience with other owners with the same problem had had the entire engine replaced at Nissan's expense. As mentioned in prior posts, they suspected the camshaft timing sprockets. for $2200, they would replace the sprockets but not guarantee that would fix the problem. From what I understand, the ultimate problem is with the oil sump pick-up being too short on the early '09 370's. this in turn causes the engine to run hot and the cam sprockets to warp or come out of alignment. The oil sump pick up had been lengthened in later models of the '09 I was really bummed with the way the whole thing turned out. This was my second Z, but I doubt if I will ever buy another, or even another Nissan for that matter.. I hope this helps, but unless you have a complete service history from a dealer I suspect you will get the same treatment from NCA. Best of luck..