My 2003 Maxima SE just died on me!!!!!!!! All of a sudden smoke started coming out of the muffler. It smelled oil burning!!!!! Is it my head gasket? please someone help!!!!! Damn and I only have 75k miles on it. Damn, should have traded it in for a newer Maxima when I had the chance!!!!!!! HELP HELP!!!!!!!

 

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Probably seized the motor. Will it start at all, any strange noises? Have you checked the actually oil level? Check your oil for antifreeze. A blown heda gasket will result most likely in having coolant in the oil.

 

wow sorry to hear that

 

Whoaa... Were you suffering from oil burning? When was the last time you checked your oil?

 

you need to check the SES codes - that will give the initial indication of what it could be....could be alot of thigns.

 

Probably lost a piston ring or something. How high were you revving your engine? Sorry but I had a little chuckle when I saw you're user name, I hope it not too bad.

 

what color was the smoke?

 

well this is freaking wierd. So while coming home from a job interview, my car started stalling. When I looked behind me I was like WTF is all that smoke? DAMN thats me lol!!! So I pulled into my favorite gas station and took a look. The engine was shaking like it was scared or something litterly. So I was like F it, my house is only a couple blocks away so hopefully I can make it back home. So I drove home with all that greyest blue smoke coming out of my muffler and I cant tell you guys how embarrassed I was driving a nice *** Maxima with all that freaking smoke coming out of it). So drove home and turned off the engine. Waited for like 10 seconds, then tried again and it didn't want to turn on. So I called my dealership about my warrenties and stuff and am I glad I brought a 7yr/100,000 warrenty for however much it was. The guy said bring it in.

When I got into the car, I turned on the car. THE FREAKIN ENGINE WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN NOT STALLING ANYMORE. NO SMOKE, NOTHING!!!! I was like WTF is wrong with my car. So I was like ok maybe I should take her for a spin and test it on the highway. So I did. Took it all the way up to 80mph. So funny. The car was back to NORMAL!!!! So I canceled my appointment with my dealership until the problem arises again. Thanks to this website, I was able to reset the ECU to get rid of the SES light. Drove the car all night and nothing is wrong with it anymore.

I dont know what it was but it's freaking wierd. Maybe my car choked on oil or something and needed to let it out lol. I dont know what the deal is but I am still thinking about bringing the car in just for the hell of it ( I porbably should) we'll see.

BTW thanks for all your comments. This is the reason why I came to this website as soon as my car was messing up. I knew you guys would give me the support and advices I needed. THANKS AGAIN.

 

did somebody sneak you some seafoam in your gastank while you weren't looking?

 

that's really weird i would defintly still get it checked out

 

I agree... GET IT CHECK OUT... Definitely something skewed.

 

Next time something like that happens, see what the code says before clearing it.

 

Doesn't cost a thing for the dealership to look it over. Those SES codes might have given some insight as too what your car was doing or trying to work through.

 

I agree with everybody else and its best to take advantage of that warranty while you still have it.

 

get it cheked dude, blue grey smoke is no good. check the anifreeze container and see if its dark, maybe oil mixing in, bad head gasket, burnt oil? who knows.