May be getting a new motor on my 03 M45...

[Chi-town M45]

If you remember I posted a few weeks back about infiniti doing a consumption test on my car. Well I took the car in this morning as I was about to hit the 1000 miles they asked me to go to check consumption. I lost just under 1 quart and they are now performing a leakdown and compression check on my car. Based on the results of those tests I will either recieve a whole new motor or just the head. The dealer described it as a short block or long block? They will be calling me tommorrow morning to tell me the results. In the meantime I am stuck in this G35 with no navi! The car is at infiniti of lisle in illinois btw which so far has been great to me. I'll keep everyone posted...

[szh]

Keep us posted!

If you get the new block, break in properly!

Z

[Jackhammer]

i did this to my M at goldcoast infiniti and after 2 visitation, they called infiniti hotline and said its "normal" for our car to have 1qt of oil consumption.

my car still got 2yr manufacturer warranty.....can i take this somewhere else too?

its scaring me that im losing about a quart every 1k miles

[auditech10]

Take it to another dealer. Where in Chicago are you located? There is Fields up north, MotorWorks northwest and I have no idea whats south of that.Cheers

[Jackhammer]

so if i have manufacturers warranty.....i can take it to any infiniti dealer and dont get charged?

coz i bought mine at luxury motors downtown... but still have 2years manufacturers warranty

edit: im in the northside...pretty close to fields

[auditech10]

Yes, with ANY warranty you may take your vehicle to ANY authorized Infiniti dealership for warranty work. UNLESS, you bought your car from used car place like CARMAX and buy their warranty. In that case you take it to them and they take it to the dealership if they cant fix it. This doesnt seem to affect you though.Where is the Luxury Motors downtown? I only knew of Gold Coast Infiniti. Cheers

[Chi-town M45]

Talk to the dealer this morning and they are saying the compression test came up outta spec and they will be requesting an ENTIRE new motor via infiniti. He told me it would be rebuilt which i'm not thrilled about...he also said they only have about half of the oil change history on my M which is going to be a factor in getting approved for a new motor.

At this point i'm already thinking about trading it in....

[szh]

Talk to the dealer this morning and they are saying the compression test came up outta spec and they will be requesting an ENTIRE new motor via infiniti. He told me it would be rebuilt which i'm not thrilled about...he also said they only have about half of the oil change history on my M which is going to be a factor in getting approved for a new motor.

Did you keep the records from the other oil changes? This is a must do, unfortunately. I get my every other oil change done at non-Infiniti places (and this still meets their 7500 mile change spec), and keep all those other records - just in case!

At this point i'm already thinking about trading it in....

Hmmm ... you should be okay with a rebuilt engine, even though new would be better. But, trading it in is an option regardless.

Z

[auditech10]

I dont see why a rebuilt engine would bother you that much. You will get the same warranty from the dealer with a new one or a reuilt one.

[Chi-town M45]

I dont see why a rebuilt engine would bother you that much. You will get the same warranty from the dealer with a new one or a reuilt one.

Yes, but what does rebuilt mean? why not just an all new one?

[Q45tech]

Probably will be an all new engine because that all they usually have in warehouse, however your car is not new almost 5 years old so why would you deserve a betterment.

[Chi-town M45]

Probably will be an all new engine because that all they usually have in warehouse, however your car is not new almost 5 years old so why would you deserve a betterment.

I was just wondering what rebuilt means on these motors. Internal parts are all new? etc. etc.

[ClutchKick]

if its a warranty repair, then it will be a new motor... weither it is a short block or a long block, that depends on what the service advisor was able to get out of infiniti...

When its all said and done, go ahead and post up the repair order or the part numbers used and I can give you a full explination of what they did... (then again, if you are getting warranty work done at an infiniti dealer they should be specific with you on everything they did!)

[Chi-town M45]

if its a warranty repair, then it will be a new motor... weither it is a short block or a long block, that depends on what the service advisor was able to get out of infiniti...

When its all said and done, go ahead and post up the repair order or the part numbers used and I can give you a full explination of what they did... (then again, if you are getting warranty work done at an infiniti dealer they should be specific with you on everything they did!)

they are recommending a long block and apparently infiniti is deciding on that as we speak. the dealer said i should expect an answer by the end of the day today....he told me it is between 9-12 grand in warranty work! if thats the case they should just put the LS7 from the Z06 in the M!

[ClutchKick]

MSRP on the new Long Block is: $7448.66

Warranty allows for around 8-10 hours of labor...

Warranty pricing on parts and labor is a bit different... (less)

[Chi-town M45]

MSRP on the new Long Block is: $7448.66

Warranty allows for around 8-10 hours of labor...

Warranty pricing on parts and labor is a bit different... (less)

good to go. my biggest concern at this point is when I get it back making sure everything works. there is alot of electrical stuff on this beast and i dont know how much of it they have to disconnect to pull the motor.

[auditech10]

LOL, basically everything in the engine compartment. You'll be fine. You'll also get all new fluids, too. Make sure you dont drive the car too hard for a thousand miles or so.cheers

[Chi-town M45]

Should they reset my odometer?

[ClutchKick]

nope

[auditech10]

Hell no, lol. There are other ways to do that, although very illegal, haha

[Chi-town M45]

Good chance the M with the new motor will be done tommorrow. I plan on telling the dealer that I am going to drive it around for 20-30 minutes first and check everything out (electrics and whatnot) before driving her back home...