Not entirely sure what happened I check my dipstick regularly and add oil if needed, oil changes every 4500 miles with synthetic, couple of high revs every now and then and BOOM rod through the bottom of the block
I'm curious as to what my options are I've come up with 4 possible solutions. My G is an 08 6mt with only 34k on it.

First option beg the dealer and hope that they want to be generous and repair under warranty! Unfortunately my G is out of warranty by about a year however I am 26k miles below the mileage limit I know it's a long shot but it's worth a shot.

Second option replace the whole engine with new from infiniti. So far from what I see the whole engine is about 7400 new and then price of install on top of that

Third option buying a used engine. I've been seeing engines with around 50k going in the 3500k range and then price of install...however putting in a motor with higher mileage than my car has isn't that appealing.

4th option rebuilding the lower end. I've been doing some research on short blocks and found a few stage 1 short block kits for around 3k plus the price of install however It would probobly be a good idea at that point to have the shop teardown the engine and make sure there is no damage to the cylinder walls. Pro would be that with a rebuild I know the mileage and condition. Con would be that it could cost more than just putting in a used one and the cylinder walls could be damaged anyway.

I want some opinions obviously I'm gonna try and see if I can get one of the local dealers to cover it (fingers crossed) but being that I am out of warranty I want to have a backup plan option 4 is kind of what I'm leaning towards but Idk how likely it is that the cylinder walls are damaged or not =/

 

#5-New car.

 

Haha I have a daily so it doesn't matter how long it's down for I don't want a new car lol

 

Damn. As far as hoping to get warranty service out of warrant, I wouldn't count on that one. An 08 has been out of warranty for some time. If you tear into the engine, check the infamous rear timing gaskets to see if they're intact. If not, then at least you'll know what caused your issue. If they are blown out you know that your engine has been operating without proper lubrication and it would be best to get another one, preferably from a 2010+ model that doesn't suffer from this manufacturing defect.

Good luck.

 

Appeal to the regional rep or go straight to Nashville. In my past I have seen Mercedes and BMW want these back and outright replace these, for free. Nissan???

 

Yea I don't have high hopes for warranty work but it's not gonna hurt to try it. But thanks for the info I was unaware of those pre 2010 issues. I do know the 08s had a smaller ecu than the other years does anyone know if I would need the updated ecu also?

 

I'm not sure what you mean by smaller ECU. Please elaborate.

A good used low mileage engine is likely your best option for the least cost IMO. Your cost sounds high for that mileage. Here's a couple from '11 370Z with much lower miles that what you're talking about.
Used Engines for Sale

 

Details on your engine - is it stock? FI? Was it a clean tune? What kind of fuel? Any det? Significant change in ambient temp?

 

I spoke with someone from visconti tuning a little while ago about the ecutek race rom and they said it can't be done on an 08 because the ecu's can't hold as much data unless I understood wrong

 

Stock engine no forced induction has intake & exhaust, strictly used 93 octane only, no aftermarket tune, there was a drop in temp. Here in NY but nothing that dramatic. This car isn't even my daily car it's a weekend/summer car averaged only about 5k miles a year

 

I heard the same thing, The ECU's "rom" is smaller or something like that

 

Oh man, sorry to hear that. What oil did you use? It sounds like it *would* be covered under warranty if the warranty was still valid. If it were me, I'd just throw a cheap engine in there, sell it, and get something else.

 

rebuild a used motor with better internals...use the existing motor to troubleshoot what happened..

 

Yea I'm gonna see what infiniti says I used to work at a nissan dealer and they liked to do warranty work on cars slightly out of warranty so they would still get paid for the job. But unfortunately I still owe money on the car about 15.5k between putting the money into fixing it and then trying to sell I won't make back what i even owe on the car at that point who knows maybe I'll get lucky and Infiniti will be in a good mood when I go down there. If not I was thinking about supercharging it maybe getting the built long block from importpartspro for added safety

 

Did you make sure that you don't have mechanical breakdown on your car insurance? some companies sell it with policies. my Geico insurance has it. if you do, you may be in luck.