I have the p0011 and the car has ****ty accelaration, i have read this could be cuz of oil, ecu, connectors, ocv and circuit... I read that alot people just added oil and it fixed the light but i want to know if the bad acceleration is caused by the failure

 

Take off the IVT solenoid, separate it, clean the **** out of it and test it with 12v to make sure it actuates.

 

Just spoke to my mechanic on the phone and that is exactly what he said!

 

Gee, someone on the org here knows what he's talking about! Shocking

 

This forum has helped me alot to learn about my car i bought a maxima in january and i dont know what i would do with out this forum

 

when you remove the ivt solenoid do you have to put gasket sealer on the gasket once you reinstall ?

 

No.

If the gasket breaks get another one.

 

It didnt break, but just noticed a little oil running down near the alternator, but im thinking its when i removed the ivt the first time.

 

The only type of gasket maker I would ever attempt to use is a spray type. You wouldn't want RTV to squeeze out and block the passages/potentially break off only to get stuck in the solenoid. Those passages are so small, it would be hard to spread regular RTV thin enough.

I've never had a problem with it sealing even when removing the solenoid multiple times.

 

gotcha, yeah im not even gonna mess with it far as the rtv goes.

 

What type of spray gasket sealer do they have? Mine has continued to seep oil onto the alternator, have to find a way to seal it so it doesnt kill it. Just gonna get another gasket from the dealer in the morning.

 

Permatex makes spray on stuff. http://www.amazon.com/Permatex-80697-Spray-A-Gasket-Hi-Temp-Adhesive/dp/B000HBNUDQ

A very thin coating on each side should take care of it.

 

Great thanks

 

just went to nissan to get a new gasket, it was $12.80, the black coating had came off of my original, guess that was causing it to leak out.

 

Yeah, that'll do it.

 

Replaced knock sensor with oem and oem subharness, haven't gutted precats yet, waiting for warmer weather, but i replaced both cam sensors with oem, was still pulling KS code, so decided to do this...

I took my IVT solenoid out and it was oily and one of the plastic orings around the actuator was separated, but not broke, so I just simply pushed it back together and it snapped into place....? Cleaned housing with carb cleaner and checked connection was good, reinstalled and cleared codes...

So far haven't had another code...but it seems like once u fix I've thing another pops up, I guess u can't expect much less from a 15 year old car with 216k on the clock...