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[MMIX]

Originally Posted by Cmike2780

CSC failure. Likely had nothing to do with the clutch line. Also, I think this is the first instance where I've heard of the Cats failing on a 370. What year is your Z.

with the lines was that the problem only happened when at high speeds but on daily light to light street driving no problem....

My car is a 2009 right cat failed around 52,000 miles(aka wasnt heating up to the correct temp) i was told hopefully the left one fails within 80,000 miles because its only free before then..

[MMIX]

yesterday i brought my car is for a check engine light and some extremely loud noise coming from under the hood at one point....

Sooooo.. today i get a call.. and i hear from Nissan asking if ive messed with the ecu(due to my car being seen at Z1 and Topspeed..) and if ive gotten a tune... well i dont have the money for a tune at the moment.. and i was pretty much getting the serious talk from nissan asking multiple times if ive messed with the ecu.. well i havent..

ECU: random cylinder misfire... car is actually misfiring bad over at Nissan as soon as they started it up... I was told the loud noise was probably due to the (i might be wrong i believe he said) intake valve being stuck open.. Supposedly my ecu is shooting codes left and right



Im getting a new ecu under federal emmisions.. for free but nobody seems to be happy with me..

I just want to get my car back..
screw wanting parts i just want to enjoy the Z i am paying for

[tower74]

Originally Posted by MMIX

yesterday i brought my car is for a check engine light and some extremely loud noise coming from under the hood at one point....

Sooooo.. today i get a call.. and i hear from Nissan asking if ive messed with the ecu(due to my car being seen at Z1 and Topspeed..) and if ive gotten a tune... well i dont have the money for a tune at the moment.. and i was pretty much getting the serious talk from nissan asking multiple times if ive messed with the ecu.. well i havent..

ECU: random cylinder misfire... car is actually misfiring bad over at Nissan as soon as they started it up... I was told the loud noise was probably due to the (i might be wrong i believe he said) intake valve being stuck open.. Supposedly my ecu is shooting codes left and right



Im getting a new ecu under federal emmisions.. for free but nobody seems to be happy with me..

I just want to get my car back..
screw wanting parts i just want to enjoy the Z i am paying for

The intake timing control timing valve gets stuck open due to old dirty oil. I know mine was stuck open and the car ran like sh*t. I was close to can oil change and drove a bit longer and then BAM the car went into limp mode and a few days later after searching we found it by accident. It's easy to fix, without taking it to Nissan. This will throw a ton of codes but it's as simple as pulling the timing valve and popping it back closed. Problem solved.

And yes it does sound like someone ran the hell out of your car. I hope you bought the extended warranty.

[Rui Z]

Originally Posted by MMIX

with the lines was that the problem only happened when at high speeds but on daily light to light street driving no problem....

My car is a 2009 right cat failed around 52,000 miles(aka wasnt heating up to the correct temp) i was told hopefully the left one fails within 80,000 miles because its only free before then..

You bought used. That's why alot of things are failing. It's not the cars fault most likely. It's the previous owner who beat the hell out of the car. He probably modded it and never tuned it. Also probably abused the clutch and tranny. This is why people need to be careful when buying a used high mileage sports car. Chalk it up to Live and Learn. Hopefully there isn't too much damage beyond what you have already repaired.