I get my Z serviced at Nissan so they already know i have bolt ons! No sense of trying to hide it cuz it would look suspicious imo.

Thanks guys my stress level is down a bit lol but still stressed out...

ill know tomorrow for sure.

I hope everything works out for you

dealers do not rebuild short blocks, or install used ones. they just install new engines and thats about it. there is too much room for error with anything else for them to bother.

that car will get covered under warranty. at least here in the us, i wouldnt even be losing sleep over it.

So your telling me that the oil temperature change in my car when I switched to RP "indicative" of the way my oil is performing? Color is no longer a factor on oil? So when I get back to the US I may just do that, send my oil off to a lab so they can tell me if it's a good buy then I'll write up the report for you. I'll look into the MT fluid as well I have been thinking about switching. I will say I have heard good things about Redline so I won't knock it.

I think new motor to. Nice to know route cause though.....

On oil topic, I have used RP for a 3K period, no probs, also used M1 (fine) ENEOS (great) and now Redline (this is very nice to, but much better due to addition of oil cooler so 6 quarts)

No sh*t cuz she was running fine Friday night and never had problems, weird engine noises nothing.

I came from a car with serious warranty costs and dealers were under pressure from the manufacturer to challenge all. So I am very wary of any mod....

I hate to be a jerk, but you have to pay to play. Any, and I mean ANY, mod that boosts power can jeopardize the chance of a hassle-free warranty claim.
The dealer can easily blame any mod that increases power....be it intakes, HFC, pulleys, etc. The motor is warrantied at the power level it left the factory. Anything you do to alter it can be grounds enough for the dealer to hold up your car. In the US, the law states that the dealer has to prove the mod did the damage. Any mechanical failure can easily be pointed to extra power. But all the dealer needs to do to ruin you day is hold up your car and wait for you to fight it in court. Do you have the time and money to fight it? You might be right in the end, but you could be out the repair cost while the courts sort it out (and the dealer can drag it out for years...).
Remember, the law is what is eventually enforced, but the dealer may choose to not follow it until the courts make them. Look at speed limits...they don't stop me from speeding, they just cost me money if I am found guilty by a court.

Good luck. I hope the dealer finds a smoking gun and it is clearly not related to power......

No need to do anything for me. If you want to share your findings after the oil is analyzed, I would recommend doing it on the BITOG forum, or one of the threads here that discuss such results. I am not trying to give you a hard time (I think you may be taking it that way), but just sharing my experience. Most RP users with VQ engines that have had their oil analyzed by Blackstone have not reported great results, or mixed results at best. I don't think I would say it is a bad oil, but the general consensus is that for the price, you can do better.

Just search "Blackstone" in this forum, and you will find several threads that discuss UOA results (including some for RP and Redline). The Bob is the oil guy (BITOG) forum is probably the best overall place to find good information on oil.

if you broke anything under the car because u hit something on the road the warranty will not cover it because your dropped...

nah i didn't hit or run over anything! im sure its a rod cuz just before i heard the metal snap my lifters started to click really bad and weird thing my oil temp was normal.

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from what I've heard if its just the block you can get a 3.5HR block for cheap if u have to pay out of pocket. you'll just be out .2L.

That is a flat out insult right there. You can get a built short block for under 4K.

I would be worried about the pulley as well. I've seen some other posts about problems - not caused by the pulley, but by a bad install of the pulley. I would like the increase from an NST set, but I don't think I'd trust anyone to install it properly.

My pulley was installed in a specialized speed shop (not like its a big deal to install) including all my mods! no cheap work done on my baby im not the type to cut corners to save a few dollars. My Nissan dealer knows me and i dont think ill have any probs but you never know maybe the general manager who ever is in charge of looking,inspecting might want to test me.