Pre-Cat

err blown engine soon

wow i like how everyone flamd me and said not to worry about it and this pile has 1600 miles on it

sw0ggd0gg wrote:

wow i like how everyone flamd me and said not to worry about it and this pile has 1600 miles on it

yeah we got onto you about it because apparently you weren't even having any symptoms to a failure whatsoever.  he is.  you were just worried that it's a slim possibility.  if you're still worried go drive like he did and check it like he did then bring it into the dealer.  I drive the PISS outta my car pretty often and just hit 20K miles yesterday and haven't had an issue like this.  I'll give you this, the general design for even having precats is flawed.

i suppose when i break down nissan doesnt tow like GM?

08 spec 6spd

wow this is just lovely...

nm i found out there is none.  so i have the pa's lemon law, if my motor tanks, i can try to tank it two more times in a year.  then voila, i have my moneis back.  But this is gay.  So really there is no other reason for my car to have a glowing header at 1.6k rather than it sux majorness

Maybe it needs the dog piss beat out of it, I know if i call my dealer they are going to be like "we cant do anything now, until something actually happens"

wow snowdoog yeah listen to these guys advise they know what there talkin about. cant we remove our prcats or will taht void warranty/ whats the point of em ahh

Has this problem only been reported on the Spec v's?

sw0ggd0gg wrote:

i suppose when i break down nissan doesnt tow like GM?

Only if the reason why you broke down was caused by an issue covered under warranty.

sporkhey wrote:

AH HA, another one bites the dust ah. Someday nissan will finally understand that they suck and stop with the precat bull shit. How many engines will  they have to replace before they fix this. I am waiting for my second engine to just throw a rod threw the block. GOOD LUCK MAN. Take it to the dealer now or wait till it blows. either way

The 07-08's have been better than the 02-03's, not half the board of B16's have had motors replaced like the B15's.

Don't take that for an answer. Go to another dealer if you have one close.

sw0ggd0gg wrote:

Well just to re-assert my self, i drove it pretty hard for a bout 30 seconds and yes my cats were ablaze orange, i would not care if i didnt use it to drive 100 miles out, i just dont want to be stranded this winter.  This is the first time ive tried nissan and will be the last.  They have no 24 hour breakdown assistance, i cannot et a hold of anyone, the service manager said "The header will glow orange during long distance driving" "Unless the check engine light comes on, then its okay"  ZOMGWTF  I just cant wait the leave a pile of rods and oil in there lot.  The other thing is too is im killing my motor slowly with all this heat

They are fucking with you. Call Nissan Corporate if they don't wanna work with you.  A glowing header is NOT normal.  Either EGT's are through the roof, or the cats are clogging.  Either way, NOT GOOD.

yea im sure if you take some pics or videos of the header glowing..or even drive the living piss out of it to the dealer...and its glowing and they see it..im sure enough bitchin at em will get them to do something

why the hell would you continue to drive the car if its glowing orange? u wanna cook steaks or something? nissan wont do shit. you have to get the number for the higher powers on this or there gunna keep screwing you. so far it has only affected the spec vs.

why dont you just take the header off and gut the precat. solve your problem right there

remove the header and bash the guts out. make sure theres absolutely no loose pieces and put it back on

se-rman6 wrote:

remove the header and bash the guts out. make sure theres absolutely no loose pieces and put it back on

+1. That's what I'm going to be working on.

Hahah go figure I was bashing you about it, and on my drive to PSU this weekend I noticed my car start to lag pretty bad and I could tell it was straining a little more cause I could hear the intake while cruise controlled.

I pulled over and low and behold my header is glowing bright orange, so I take a pic with my cell phone and I let it cool down for about 5 mins it was done glowing well before that and drove away and the car was just fine, didn't do it at all.

I figured it was due to using cruise control to much, I was getting 35mpg which was pretty badass, but I don't need my motor blowing over a few more mpg. I'll call Nissan about it this week.

I was 200+ miles away from home and I made it just fine, and on one tank of gas too (both ways )

WTB Header + exhaust

I should be taking care of it this week... I have two big interviews that I'm really excited about.

I'm off Thursday and Friday... Maybe I'll do it then. I'll be sure to take plenty of pictures.

ok so this is my first nissan and im a noob so maybe you guys can answer a few questions

1. do you feel that this problem is directly related to the cruise control and if so how would it affect the engine to do this.
2. would this only affect the specv
3. would removing the precats void my warranty, what is there purpose and why do they have so many problems.
4. and any b15 guys who had there engine replaced because of precat failure do they replace it even after your out of warranty with them.

i just find it sad that an engine can blow so new even for the past b15 guys

Why don't take some pictures or a video and get ahold of the district rep. They hate being bothered and usually give in. Usually when a customer complains and it reaches the district rep he tells our dealership to do whatever it takes to fix the problem and he'll sign off on it.

They rather get some one off of their back than drive from NJ to NH just to say fix it.

Well an update.  my header only glows at night, not during the day.   but i went to the dealer and drove with there master technicoian, he knew all about the problems of the past, told him of the cases here.  i took him for a ride, stomped the dog balls out of it, showed him the header, couldnt see it in daylight.  so we went back, he waqs very respectful and said he would od everyting he could, he would put it into a claim and see if there is anything to do.  if engineers cannot come up with anythnig then nothnig can be done.  So he agreed with me that the best resolve would be to blow it the fuck up.  PEACE.