oil black and runny
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oil black and runny
My 02 max I bought a few months back, died on me on my way to work the other morning. it had no acceleration, idled really rough and sputtered. short story, got it towed to a Nissan dealer I used to work at, Tech I know worked on it, bank 1 and bank 2 cats failed. honey comb stuffed my resonator (view pic). The Tech I know at Nissan cleaned it out and made it straight pipe, it idles a little rough when you first start it up and SES light will flash, but once you start driving it smooths out and SES light just goes solid. I didn't wanna pay $2,000 for new oem cats, Plan on getting headers and exhaust so what better time then now. I've driven the car maybe 50 miles or so since the incident. But now I noticed something really odd this morning. I haven't driven the car since last night (about 10 hours or so) I popped the hood and checked the oil (cold engine, hadn't started it yet) I noticed the level was good but it seamed very black. I just changed the oil about week ago (300 miles or so ago), I started it up and checked it again and the dip stick is almost full of oil now and its black and sooty and runny, it dripped off the dip stick like water. Is this because of the cat issue? or do I have bigger probelms? I'm second guessing buying the headers and exhaust now. Worried something has gone seriously wrong.
2002 Maxima 6MT 135k miles
2002 Maxima 6MT 135k miles
Last edited by 02maxi86; 02-24-2018 at 07:51 PM.
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My 02 max I bought a few months back, died on me on my way to work the other morning. it had no acceleration, idled really rough and sputtered. short story, got it towed to a Nissan dealer I used to work at, Tech I know worked on it, bank 1 and bank 2 cats failed. honey comb stuffed my resonator (view pic). The Tech I know at Nissan cleaned it out and made it straight pipe, it idles a little rough when you first start it up and SES light will flash, but once you start driving it smooths out and SES light just goes solid. I didn't wanna pay $2,000 for new oem cats, Plan on getting headers and exhaust so what better time then now. I've driven the car maybe 50 miles or so since the incident. But now I noticed something really odd this morning. I haven't driven the car since last night (about 10 hours or so) I popped the hood and checked the oil (cold engine, hadn't started it yet) I noticed the level was good but it seamed very black. I just changed the oil about week ago (300 miles or so ago), I started it up and checked it again and the dip stick is almost full of oil now and its black and sooty and runny, it dripped off the dip stick like water. Is this because of the cat issue? or do I have bigger probelms? I'm second guessing buying the headers and exhaust now. Worried something has gone seriously wrong.
2002 Maxima 6MT 135k miles
2002 Maxima 6MT 135k miles
It should have been super black when you changed it and almost no oil left.
HR swap time.
Last edited by Child_uv_KoRn; 02-24-2018 at 08:29 PM.
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Yeah I think I'll just do some aftermarket cats for cheap and do a compression test, see what's what, if it's all bad I'll probably just sell the car or maybe keep it around for a HR swap one day but by that time a HR swap probably won't even be doable anymore thanks for the replies all. I really like the 02 03 Maximas, but they're dying out this late in the game it seems
#6
Yeah I think I'll just do some aftermarket cats for cheap and do a compression test, see what's what, if it's all bad I'll probably just sell the car or maybe keep it around for a HR swap one day but by that time a HR swap probably won't even be doable anymore thanks for the replies all. I really like the 02 03 Maximas, but they're dying out this late in the game it seems
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