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Originally posted by FlyFishingX:


Yeah, they invited me to come look at the defective part yesterday. It's a couple cam chain guides that probably cost 75 cents to produce. They are plastic and had significant bubbling and pock marking, making for a rough surface. It was more than a little disconcerting to see the entire front end of my engine strewn out on the floor and the tech's workbench. The thing looks complicated as hell compared to the accessible inline 6 in the Cherokee. The VQ40DE is a zero clearance engine, so if they make any mistakes reassembling it, they'll have to give me a new motor. I am just hoping that there aren't any leaks. You never like to break a seal on an engine—especially a new one.
As difficult as it is to find humor in my situation, you have to admit that it's fricking pathetic that this job is costing Nissan over $2,000 for defective parts that couldn't cost much more than a buck to produce. I just wish it wasn't my engine!!
Wow, how'd they zero in on that? Hope it ends up as good as new. The heater core broke on my Jeep after 10,000 miles and the dash was never the same after that. I gotta get my X in to check out the electrical problem, I hope I don't have too much problems getting it fixed, I've just been driving the Cherokee the last couple of days.