"CodyVella" (codyvella)
05/02/2015 at 21:55 • Filed to: None
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"CodyVella" (codyvella)
05/02/2015 at 21:55 • Filed to: None | 4
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So about four months ago !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! because of some things that happened with another Nissan I owned. But that’s in the past now. So far my little Xterra has been an absolute dream despite having 270,000kms and averaging fuel economy figures comparable to a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. The only real issue I had was an EVAP system issue, which was a result of some idiot wiring in trailer lights, then cutting them, and leaving the live wires to short out and burn through the EVAP system harness. Other than that, everything was peachy; until today that is.
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You see, I commute approximately 180km round trip every day, from just outside the GTA to Pearon Airport (YYZ). That’s plenty of time for things to go catastrophically wrong with a 13 year old Nissan that’s logged 270,000kms. Especially one with a whirly box bolted to the top of its ancient 3.3L V6. Over the last few days the truck had developed an odd, and random misfire. Today, that random misfire turned into a pronounced, and continuous misfire. To the point that it would buck, cough, sputter and die at red lights. My first thought? Every VG33-powered Nissan ever has the distributor fail. It’s like a right of passage. Simple fix, just swap out the distributor. But it wasn’t that, it was what greeted me when I opened up the old distributor. The entire thing was FILLED with metal shavings, packed full. But once I got to the bearing, that’s what surprised me; half of the ball bearings were MIA. turned into tiny metal filings, the whole bearing was bone dry. I could barely turn the distributor by hand.
She runs like a champ now, I’m just shocked it was able to cough and chug along with the distributor as mangled as it was. But hey, if there’s one thing I’ve learned about the Nissan VG V6, it’s this: It’ll run like an absolute bag of shit, but it won’t die. unless you snap the timing belt like everyone eventually does.
415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
> CodyVella
05/02/2015 at 22:03 |
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A Nimitz is nuclear and has a very good operational lifespan for its fuel, I’ll show myself out.
Viggen9er3
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/02/2015 at 22:33 |
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I enjoyed it, you can stay.
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Viggen9er3
> CodyVella
05/02/2015 at 22:38 |
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Build like a tank... Because well, it is one.
Vicente Esteve
> CodyVella
05/02/2015 at 22:59 |
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Does the supercharger whine??
norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/02/2015 at 23:05 |
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Like 26 years before a refuel. At least on the Subs. They usually only refuel once before they retire them.
CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
> CodyVella
05/03/2015 at 00:41 |
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I share your VQ33 sympathies, as I drive a QX4 with that very engine, but sans supercharger. What's the horsepower gain on it?
Blake Noble
> CodyVella
05/03/2015 at 00:44 |
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The old 3.3 is a pretty tough motor, I’ll give it that. I have a buddy who owns ‘96 Pathfinder with the 3.3 and just a shade under 200,000 miles. He ran it for a couple thousand miles and a few months with a leaky, poorly sealed oil filter and low on oil. The valve train was clacking its brains out, but that engine just kept on going, not giving one good shit about anything.
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CodyVella
> Vicente Esteve
05/05/2015 at 21:07 |
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Surprisingly it does whine, and a lot too.
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CodyVella
> CCC (formerly CyclistCarCoexist)
05/05/2015 at 21:11 |
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Not a lot. From what I understand, the standard 3.3L makes 170hp except in the 2002-2004 Xterra where it made 180hp. The supercharged 3.3L made 210hp, but was also aided by forged internals, and a better exhaust.
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Vicente Esteve
> CodyVella
05/05/2015 at 22:30 |
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This SUV now earns much more respect form me.