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i had the same horrible experience and its very very very expensive compared to what the vehicle is worth...i got a remanufactured block with everything else new..ended up costing me around $4,500 to fix it.....
everyone i talked to (no offense chopper) told me that without modification to electrical, motor mounts, transmission adapters the only motor was the 3.5 vx motor...
basically they did their research for me and most of the problem was all the connections with TOD, tranny and motor...nothing was a direct swap....
they ended up finding a motor out of california that sold the remanned block for around 2500 i believe with me giving them my *#$*$ed up block...
granted, i replaced basically everything else in the motor that even had a chance of going bad so that i wouldnt have to worry about this for a long time...
if your interested in going this route ill be happy to give you the name of the company in california that has remanned VX blocks..
thats my 2 cents...
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There are connector issues, but the engine is the same....even the Jap/Euro 3.2 is essentially the same.
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Wow, that sucks. Do you know what caused it? Did you burn outta oil? Please be honest and let us know if you think it was no oil.
Bart
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No wasn't out of oil. Had just had oil changed about 1 month prior. Was coming off the interstate and it started knocking. Thank goodness I only live about a mile off interstate so I drove it home. Never lost power or anything. Just the terrible knocking. It has been sitting and hasn't been started since other than when the mechanic looked at it.
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Did you ever check the oil after the oil change? Sometimes those places don't get it right!Originally Posted by kelledee
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Actually Scott has a good point.
I had a friend who had his oil changed at a shop and they either forgot to install a new filter, or didn't tighten it down enough, and when his engine siezed he somehow proved that it was due to the shops negligence and they ended up buying his new engine.
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Well, 1 month is a long time to not check your oil level if you had the oil burning problem that a lot of VXes have. After you blew the engine, did a bunch of oil spew out from the bottom (did the rod blow a hole underneath) or can you still check the oil now and see what registers on the dip stick?
I only ask these questions because I find it hard to believe that a blown engine will occur without some sort of preexisting condition, such as burning oil.
I blew the engine on my 2000 Xterra. It was 100% due to my neglect. I literally didn't check the oil for way to long and had the exact experience you mentioned, rod knock, then break down (except I was like 600 miles from home).
Bart
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Or perhaps a brief over-rev to 7500 rpm?
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