jpawela

hmmm...this might be a reason for my recent ticket (77 in 70). I never connected it to the speedo because I assumed it couldn't be that far off.

Do you get any heat soak from the cone style intake? I had a similar setup on my Acura until I couldn't stand it anymore and put the stock setup back in.

Damn! I consider that fast! (80-90mph) In our Pathy's.

Super nice! I'm jealous because I can't do any fancy liftin' on mine until I pay off some bills. I gotta live with the droopy butt like you had before your transformation.

Why, oh why didn't they just slam the Maxima's engine in as it was (170hp) and all.

Yeah, I know it's a dumb question and I've search and found nothing. I believe that my XE cloth seats are ridiculously firm and my butt gets really sore after an hour or so of driving. Makes me avoid long trips in my Pathy. I know the SE seats have different cloth but I haven't able to test them. Do they have different stuffing and offer more support? If so, I might get some to replace my rock hard XE one's. Either that or butt implants Any input appreciated!

How do they ride for you? That is, do they wobble or moan a lot?

Update: well, since the oil change, the tick is gone and everything is running great. I have no idea what happened there. I didn't let the oil go that long since its last change. I think however, I'll just suck it up and have the timing belt done as well as fixing an oil pressure switch. I thank all of you for your input and comments!

31 BFG All-Terrain because it's my daily beater.

UPDATE: Well, I changed my oil today and the sound amazingly vanished! Nothing! The engine is totally silent. BTW: I used the same oil I always use. Go figure. I'll see if it stays that way.

The impact on mine seems very sensitive. The alarm sounded just when I had my other car idling next to my pathy. seems unusual to me but I just turned it off anyway and never use it. (I don't tell that to my insurance co. though)

:lol: Unfortunately, my mechanic skill level is quite low. Also I don't have a good collection of tools yet. I'm hoping to bribe a friend into helping me out. If not, it's off to my mechanic and $$$$. BTW, I'd like to see your vid if you can post it. My camera really didn't do a great job on the sound (lots of other white noise distracting). Also I didn't have the A/C on. Thanks for the help!

Actually, I now have 101K. I'm currently saving for a timing belt service and don't drive it much. Sucks since I can't put that money on other repairs I want to get done. On that other vid, it was just cold. When warm, it idles normally. Thanks for all the comments guys!

My boss has a 95 pathy with 187K on an original auto. He's had a few issues that were fixed by a flush, might want to give 'er a try. He also has an external cooler which probably helps a lot.

That's what I was thinking at first. However, it goes away if the motor is reved past 25-3K rpms or if I accelerate rather briskly.

Please advise: It's been doing this little by little until now...it's constant at idle. It doesn't matter if it's warm or cold. Lifters, valves?

I would like to know as well.

I tried that. I get very slight movement laterally. I mean very little. Is that normal? Nissan said that they're fine (I had them check it while I had my last tranny flush). However, I'm starting to doubt their work ethics.

Hi, I searched a bit, nothing similar came up to my problem. I was doing my own tire rotation the other day and I noticed that when my front end is just barely off the ground, and I can spin the wheels, half the tire rubs on the ground and the other half doesn't. I get this symptom on both sides. If I try to spin them somewhat fast, it looks as though the wheel wobbles (in an up and down motion). Is this normal or do I have issues, such as a bent axle? BTW, ever since I bought this truck, I've always had a vibration on the highway, even with new tires!

Depends always how frugal you want to be. Two options here: option one: Drive smoothly, steady, easy, keep 'er tuned and well maintained keep tires up to the recommended pressure keep the speed down as much as you can stand use A/C as little as possible and don't drive with the window open on the highway. option two: shed weight and help out aerodynamics as much as possible: remove roof rack and spoiler (if equipped) remove rear spare tire and carrier get rid of any junk on board slightly over inflate the tires leave all extra passengers on the side of the road get some free running hubs use smallest possible tires let me just say, if you bother going for option two, then maybe you should reconsider owning a thirsty SUV

I'm scared to drive mine at 80

Really? Didn't know that. My buddy always swears by manual. My auto spins at about 2700 rpm at 70 mph. However, THERE'S NO FREAKIN HP/TQ FOR THOSE HILLS! EVEN THE GENTLE ONES!

Just my .02 here: I believe that the autos are PAINFULLY slow in terms of acceleration and maintaining speed on hills. I would get a 5-speed if you could. Gas mileage would be better and there's a good chance they will be more reliable. I've read that autos start to wear out at around 130K. Oh, and that reply should be of more significance since I have an auto.

Nothing like gettin' red dirt on your tires! There's a few good places in Flagstaff as well.

Hey, you found us! Welcome, hope your time here is fruitful. Now, let's see those pix!