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Originally Posted by Cinnamint
I also hate VG injectors. The idea "pay to play" is true, but doesn't apply to these terrible fuel injectors. Are we really supposed to drop $780 (for six injectors) every 120k miles for peace of mind? I replaced 3 injectors the beginning on the year with used ones off a parts car i had. I am pretty sure 1 or 2 more of them have died since. I have NEVER heard of any other cars eating injectors.
I am really confused/surprised/annoyed that all of you have that just pass off thousands on dollars spent on maintenance as "normal".
Don't get my wrong, I really like the car. It's quiet, smooth, comfortable and decently fast. But I only paid $1000 for it. There is no way I am paying that kind of money for something that should not have be a problem in the first place.
I will probably never buy a Nissan again
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well injectors like anything else needs maintenance.
i ran my injectors past 140K with out any issues. I would use a cleaner in the rail and sprayed that through the injectors every 30-40K. i often change the gas filter every 10-15K.
so yeah if you never changed your filter or even serviced your injectors they are going to go on you.
you just paid $1000 for your maxima. i paid $23,000 back in 1990. so yes i've spent thousands and thousands of dollars on the car.
the car is old...so yeah a set of tires for the car might cost more than the car itself. people tend to cheap on parts and stuff just to get by. by doing that you run the risk of your car breaking down on you. you can't have it both ways. what happens when you need a timing belt? are you going to just get another maxima? the T-belt/wp/seals/etc job is around 500 bucks...so in your case that's half the price of the car.
it's not just nissans...ANY old car you're going to run into their problems.