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Old 10-12-2010, 11:48 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Pharmacist View Post
so basically all cars overheat the oil, but nissan is the only one that bothered to protect the engine and put the limp mode there? that definitely doesn't reflect too good on the other car companies
Nissan changed the way it made bearings (dropped lead out of the formulation) and as a result saw a rise bearing failures at sustained temps over 300. 280 was the point they decided was a good place to limit to give themselves a bit of a buffer. I have no idea oif other car companies have done the same thing with their bearings.
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