Engine Dramas

yogi351 · May 24, 2015

I have a 2008 D40 2.5l.... A couple of weeks ago the Mrs was driving the car, called me saying it had stopped, making a sound like a popped tyre. After getting the car towed home, found it had broken the bottom timing chain. Thinking it might have bent valves, I started dismantling the rest of the engine to check. While trying to undo the cam bolts, I found another problem- it has snapped both cams on number 4 cylinder!
Has anybody else had these dramas, I'm now at a loss as to which direction to go next.....

tweak'e · May 24, 2015

check the valves on no4, i suspect piston hit them hard.

camo.b · May 24, 2015

Thats not cool mate...im forever reading about snapped timing chains laitly...if its not here its seems one every few days on one of the many d40 facebook groups.a lot of people say they had no warning signs or unusual noises..

yogi351 · May 24, 2015

Mine was the same, no noises, sounded as good as the day I bought it...

camo.b · May 24, 2015

Thats f__ked mate.it really is...
How many kms you got?

yogi351 · May 24, 2015

Just ticked over 194,000km.... Car is looked after like a baby...

NAV012 · May 24, 2015

Sucks to hear buddy, alot of this happening lately makes me want to sell mine

hope it all works out champ

mike1303 · May 25, 2015

That is really bad hey have you spoken to Nissan about it? They might cover some of the cost.

Bad Juju · May 25, 2015

I doubt is, its 94000 out of warranty.

It sux none the less. Is the timing chain a scheduled service item?

kernels · May 25, 2015

Bad Juju said:
I doubt is, its 94000 out of warranty.

It sux none the less. Is the timing chain a scheduled service item?

Not for Nissan, but it is for most of us. Ill certainly be going the dual row way around 120ks

Jased22 · May 25, 2015

Bad Juju said:
I doubt is, its 94000 out of warranty.

It sux none the less. Is the timing chain a scheduled service item?

Timing chains are meant to last the life of the engine..

Vigilante · May 25, 2015

Jased22 said:
Timing chains are meant to last the life of the engine..

Correct. This issue however is very well documented and to be honest, makes me regret purchasing the D40. I am very happy with every other aspect except this one issue with the motor.

If I choose to keep this car past 120,000 km, I will be upgrading to a dual-row kit from www.yd25.com.au

Bad Juju · May 25, 2015

That goes without saying... broken timing chain is the end of the engines life... until repaired or replaced.

I guess if nissan offer 6y/100k waranty then ASAP after this expires change it..

Jased22 · May 25, 2015

Yeah i would never buy one thats for sure. Nissan admitted there were issues. But never mad an effort to fix it

benchrisfennell · May 25, 2015

kernels said:
Not for Nissan, but it is for most of us. Ill certainly be going the dual row way around 120ks

X2 on that note mate. :tazzy:

I plan to keel mine forever even when i take it off the rd and buy a new car Ill store it at the olds.... So yea ill invest in the yd2.5com.au chain kit too

kernels · May 25, 2015

It certainly seems that the YD engine is pretty bullet proof apart from the chain. Apart from 'simple' things like the SCV and some sensors, we almost never hear about any other problems from the YD25. It seems it is good for many hundred thousand k's if you do a dual row chain around the 100k mark.

yogi351 · May 25, 2015

I wonder if we put a list together of people's cars that have failed, and approach Nissan with a class action, if something will be done about it?

camo.b · May 25, 2015

You would have some large numbers

yogi351 · May 27, 2015

How about if we get everyone to put down year of car, Km done and drama and approach them... If there's enough numbers then maybe something will happen

Bad Juju · May 27, 2015

This was tried with all the ZD30 grenades fitted to Patrols, about 150 people put their name down. Nothing came of it.

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