Bruce Nunnally Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 after less than a month driving my GTR after my perfect gearbox rebuilt, i was cruising today on 3rd gear, then i decided to shift to second gear to overtake a car, i down shifted , car accelerates like a missile, then 1 k before cutoff i hear a uninterupted sound like trrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr coming from the engine, and some smoke going out of the engine, i look at the oil pressure and oil light in dash they are ok , i look in my rear view mirror and i see oil , i shift to neutral shut down the car and go to the side of the road to stop. i get down of the car open the engine from where smoke is going out, and i see all the oil under the car... at that point i was CONVINCED its an oil pipe that is broken, i called road service to get towed, go to the workshop, and... guess what............ broken cylinder block...... something seems to have broken on the crank, or piston or pushrods and made a big mess..the block is broken on both sides, i guess the broken part blew off left then right.. i was running on AP stage 2 97 version 2.0the bad news: - i got AP , Y pipe and 5zigen, car is already blacklisted and out of warranty :( -new engine is 55,000 us$$$$!!!!!!!!!!! -i'm really really pissed -i hate nissan management! -we don't know yet the extent of the damage inside the engine Read More: http://www.nagtroc.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=36946&st=0 Bruce 2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Jim Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 I would hate to be the owner of THAT one. WOW...55 grand to replace an engine. Unbelievable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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