Hustler0ne

So i got off the phone with the dealership that sold me my car. They told me oil leaks on nissan engines are common and that even if it were to be fixed it would come back in 3 months how true is this ?
(He said it was a leaky valve cover)

ZLover4Life

lol You need to take that car to someone who knows what they're doing... because if it's done right, it'll be years before it leaks again.

Quit using their crappy service, and seriously take it to an *expert.*

Hustler0ne

Only took it back to them as a result of them saying they would perform all labor free looks like they are just throwing words out. Called multiple people so far all are saying different then the dealership

ZLover4Life

Yeah, because dealerships are ****ing retarded. I'd NEVER take my Z to a dealership for work, even if it were free, because I know I'd be spending more later on to correct the things they ****ed up.

Hustler0ne

Yea i called a couple of places. One of them being Z fever in tampa and they wanted 900 dollars to fix a leaky valve cover... wow called another they said 225 for everything two waaaay dif prices...

ZLover4Life

I don't think the other (cheaper) place is familiar with the Z32. They don't realize that valve cover work requires removing the upper plenum, which is a bitch of a job if it hasn't been simplified (EGR delete, PCV re-route, water bypass, etc). A $200 quote tells me they think the job will take two hours... and on a Z without such simplification, it will take two hours for an inexperienced shop just to get to the valve covers.

Things like that aren't uncommon... I was once quoted $160 to replace my power steering pump... they then popped the hood, looked around, and promptly called me to tell me there was NO way they could do the power steering pump for $160.

I've heard bad reviews of Z Fever, though...
http://www.twinturbo.net/net/viewmsg...&forum=general
http://www.twinturbo.net/nissan/300z...R-go-back.html
http://www.twinturbo.net/nissan/300z...ead-He-is.html
http://www.twinturbo.net/nissan/300z...y-Z-Fever.html
... so don't take it there either.

Take it to Harry at ZTuner
http://ztuner.com/

or Ash
http://ashspecz.com/

I'd go with ZTuner, of the two.

And welcome to Z ownership - get used to those kinds of prices. There's a reason we all end up Z32 experts - we start doing the work ourselves, because it's too expensive to pay people.

Hustler0ne

yea im noticing it real fast but i think the car is worth it i love driving it. Now i gotta figure out wth this dealership is doing so i can get my car back

ZLover4Life

Come to think of it, if they were gonna do the service for free and only charge for parts, I'll bet they were trying to purposely deter you from having them do the work. They'll make less than $10 on a gasket or RTV (two valve covers have gaskets, the other two use liquid gaskets i.e. RTV), and it'll take them a day to complete.

Hustler0ne

Okay so turns out after all the phone calls im getting my Z back tomorrow. They are replacing the gaskets and doing the job costing me 110.... I accepted but i dont think im going to take them up on their offer ever ever ever again.