well it finally happend. I knew it would. MY max Finally died. engine has lil lesss then 239k. LOL i now I now. well guess ill start looking for a new max.

 

How did it die?

 

it died like they do in the movies

 

www.car-part.com look for a motor there

 

well im not sure yet the engine wont turn over, sooo something bad

 

Could be the starter, no biggie.

 

the way it happened is the water pump broke, didnt relize it and car over heated.
I was on my way home from san fran to LA and now its in my drive way. just sitting

 

Oh, then it's probably not the starter.

 

well ill have it looked at, man i love that car.

 

How do you know its the water pump? Could be a coolant leak...

 

sorry to hear, if its truely dead, whats next? another max or something else?

 

he said he was gonna look for a new max, i say swap the engine and let your max live on

 

Yeah, swap in a VQ35DE instead.

By the way, was that 239k on the original motor?

 

Yeah it was tranny was rebiult but the motor wasnt

 

Well, if your engine started running too hot (like from a dead pump or cracked radiator) then all kinds of horrible things could happen to your engine, but before any of them would really take effect your car should have been yelling at you that there was something very wrong.

The engine would have started hesitating badly, you would have heard knocking, your CEL would have come on and most obviously, your temp gauge would have soared up. Assuming you kept driving even after all of these signs, after your head gasket went you would have noticed a huge drop in power.

Did you make it back home with no secondary signs or did you break down somewhere between LA and SF?

 

NEW ENGINE !!

 

Those are some good miles you had on it. I would like to know a bit more about just what happened so we all can learn what to look out for. I haven't heard of many Maximas overheating.

 

Our engines are cheap (check the link above). I bet you could get one put in for <$1000. Alot cheaper than a new car.

 

Simple yet sophisticated humor!

 

Mine overheated a few weeks ago when our heatwave first started. I noticed it once the temp gauge needle had got up just before that 3/4 line and the car sounded weird. Was my fault though, I hadn't ever had the radiator flushed and it was 40% blocked. Got it flushed and we're now having even hotter temps then back then and it's running fine

 

canoga park, thats only 5 miles from me :P

 

man that is alot of miles. but check it first before you buy something lese.

 

Guess it shows how important it is to do your coolant changes. Thanks for the info!

 

Unless you threw a rod I bet you can fix if for less than another engine swap. Probably under 500 dollars. Just make sure the heads isn't warped (rarely).

 

lemme kno if you need an eFSM.
Jae

 

it died because in about 1.5 years you have only posted 7 times on.org

Nick

 

Post #26 by nick......now that's funny. I've got 230,000 miles, I want to make it too 300,000 before I retire the Max................

 

Yeah it gave warnings so i pulled over. it was getting late so i called for a tow. then next day i want to start it and it wouldnt.

well today im getting it towed to the shop, so we will see whats wrong

 

only posted 7 times becuase i havent had to much trouble, and i posted this mainly becuase i was pissed off and needed someone to feel for me (gf's like its just an old car). BUT ITS MY BABY DAMN IT!!!

 

And, most importantly, it's a MAXIMA.

SAVE THE MAXIMAS™

 

when u do retire it, i got dibs on your red/clears. lol