Thanks. Thats what I'm worried about. Nissan is involved now. And the rep knows his stuff. He was surprised by the short block.

So another motor, this time a long block. And all new injectors. Since they can't test them. And the car has 14k miles. At the rate I drive thats three months. Lol.

But Im still shooting for a buy back.

In all fairness, no one is being dishonest. Just incompetent.

nissan cant test their injectors?

the rep will have a nice session with the service manager and hammer it home in his head that they can be tested.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

If you were driving a w124 or w140 you wouldn't be in this mess in the first place :-) just an observation.

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1990 190E 3.0L

^Im in this mess because my MB diesel blew its motor. Then the axles, diff, brakes, on and on. Then the throw out fork busted. And I got tired of working on it. And didn't want to rely on it after pulling the tranny twice. But thanks for your support. Its a simple problem I could diagnose. But won't out of principle. I would still consider this new car more reliable than my old one. Plus, with the miles I put down, its hard to drive anything under 100k miles. Sometimes I'm out in the middle of nowhere with no service, and no one around to help. And this new car has not broken down. Have had a few walks when driving my benz. Once at night. That sucked.

^^That seems weird to me too. I will raise that point. Dealership called today. But its a long day. And I never got a chance to call back. Will call tomorrow. Fingers crossed. If they say they can't fix it I will contact nissan customer service. And not pick it up. Keeping my rental (another sentra). And seeing what we can do.

Edit: I shouldnt be rude. Its been a long day.

My point is that you would be hard pressed to find ANY car made today that can withstand the endurance of an older Benz. Yes, mine has broken down too, several times, but fix it and be on your way for another 20 years.

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1990 190E 3.0L

Totally agree. But, at 1000-1500 miles a week, I need one that just walked off the lot. Don't have the time or energy yet to put one back to that shape currently. I'm getting there. Running 450 lbs compression. Worried about my lift pump. And where the input shaft bearing on the tranny rides. Want to sleeve. My case is aluminum. But have zero time for this. May dump this one for another project. Not sure. But need a driver, tomorrow.

Edit: whatever.

I would be very cautious about what car you take when you go to pick up your "fixed" car.

I've heard horror stories about dealers seizing their car and simply handing you the keys to your car, probably still broken, and walking away. If you can go with a friend (witness) in friend's car, so they don't try any funny business, and make sure you are completely satisfied with their repair to your car before you bring their car back into any location where they can take control.

Also, as soon as your car is fixed, I would sell it, even at a loss, and get something else. Most new cars and even 5-year old cars are far far more reliable and safer than the 20-30 year old MB's that we drive. If you need reliable, there are many cars that are, so I wouldn't settle until you find one.

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M. Dillon
'87 124.193 (300TD) "White Whale", ~392k miles, 3.5l IP fitted
'95 124.131 (E300) "Sapphire", 380k miles
'73 Balboa 20 "Sanctification"
Charleston SC

Why would I sell it exactly? (Serious question)

They are good guys. Just not the greatest at diagnosing stuff.

Evidence in the short block. When they could have started with an injector.