Looks like 2013's arent immune from rear timing gasket failure
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Saw it today. Sludge was a factor. Looks like my regular changes with synthetic started to break it up and it threw a clot, which caused the gallery gasket to get pushed out. New assembly, new timing chain and guides, pan dropped and cleaned out.
Dealership was awesome, didn't report the earlier neglect to infiniti.
Dealership was awesome, didn't report the earlier neglect to infiniti.
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Well that's good and bad news. Good that it might be caused by owner neglect and not a systemic failure due to design. Bad that you even had to deal with all of this on such a low mileage car. Glad it's gotten sorted.
Did they say anything about possibly flushing the rest of the oil passages so this doesn't happen again?
Did they say anything about possibly flushing the rest of the oil passages so this doesn't happen again?
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Well that's good and bad news. Good that it might be caused by owner neglect and not a systemic failure due to design. Bad that you even had to deal with all of this on such a low mileage car. Glad it's gotten sorted.
Did they say anything about possibly flushing the rest of the oil passages so this doesn't happen again?
Did they say anything about possibly flushing the rest of the oil passages so this doesn't happen again?
Last edited by Victory; 11-09-2016 at 01:42 PM.
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If I were to do this, I'd probably just idle the engine with Sea Foam in the oil. I'm not keen on putting a load on the engine with diluted oil in the crank case.
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Using strong solvents to dissolve sludge is a dangerous game and usually a last ditch effort. If you break loose a chunk and it causes a blockage, you can destroy the engine. A good oil with a strong detergent package will slowly dissolve the deposits, which is safer. As you can see in the pictures, using predominantly mobil 1 the last 25-30k miles has already started to clean things up, but this didn't happen overnight and wont be fixed overnight.
The car still runs great, so I'm not inclined to rush things. There are some slower-acting additives that are supposed to add to the oil's detergency, but, in the end, oil additives are like health supplements. Most are of dubious value.
The car still runs great, so I'm not inclined to rush things. There are some slower-acting additives that are supposed to add to the oil's detergency, but, in the end, oil additives are like health supplements. Most are of dubious value.
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Well, with a new timing chain cover, cam sprockets, cleaned up oil pan and pickup, the most important and smallest passages in this engine are either clear or brand new. Just gonna let the detergents in the oil do their work and keep oil change intervals short.
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Where you able to get a look at the gaskets in the old cover?