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[Hemi395]

Those Nissan 2.5 Liter 4-cylinder engines are 200 dollars all day long at a salvage yard. I just replaced one in a 2015 Sentra in May. The consensus I got form the various connections of mine is that these engines seldom fail, even with less than stellar maintenance. My connections all told me that the CVT transaxles were/are where the money is due to their early demise.

Yeah i got lucky with the cvt in mine, it had actually been serviced before I got it and It runs smooth as silk.

After I got it I did a pan drop/filter change/cleaned the magnets, fluid looked great. Slightly dark but translucent.

Then I ran it for a week, dropped the pan again and checked/cleaned the magnets again which had very little on them.

Going to do an annual drain/fill to keep fresh fluid in it. I've seen posts on FB groups with Rogues with 250k miles on them when the cvt is serviced regularly. I really think half of the bad rep Nissans cvt get is because there is no service interval for them. You're supposed to look at a PID with a scan tool to see if the TCM has deemed the fluid "in need of being changed". Most people don't change their trans fluid when there IS a schedule nevermind when there isn't one...

 

[HEMIMANN]

Yeah, the Old Man never changed ATF oil or engine coolant, besides being cheap he never kept cars long or drove far.

 

[Treburkulosis]

Yeah, the Old Man never changed ATF oil or engine coolant, besides being cheap he never kept cars long or drove far.

Mine didn’t either. I did my Camaro over the summer even though it was a new engine I went through all of the fluids and put fresh everything. I need to swap out the coolant in my Flex. It is almost 5 years old but doesn’t have very miles on it. I am right at 27k now.

 

[knightjp]

says pao/ester for 40 smokes a gallon, unless your name is rick and you live in Canada, then it's probably 200?

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I came across this.. translating the comments, it doesn't look at great. It is the SM formula though and might have been updated.

 

[Sherman Bird]

Yeah i got lucky with the cvt in mine, it had actually been serviced before I got it and It runs smooth as silk.

After I got it I did a pan drop/filter change/cleaned the magnets, fluid looked great. Slightly dark but translucent.

Then I ran it for a week, dropped the pan again and checked/cleaned the magnets again which had very little on them.

Going to do an annual drain/fill to keep fresh fluid in it. I've seen posts on FB groups with Rogues with 250k miles on them when the cvt is serviced regularly. I really think half of the bad rep Nissans cvt get is because there is no service interval for them. You're supposed to look at a PID with a scan tool to see if the TCM has deemed the fluid "in need of being changed". Most people don't change their trans fluid when there IS a schedule nevermind when there isn't one...

No... the bad rap for CVT's has nothing to do with it being a "Nissan". The design is inherently effete and that began way back when Subaru introduced them in the Justy. The one plus about a CVT (and why they were brought back to be used in current cars) is that a CVT reduces/ eliminates LSPI in modern engines.

Changing the fluid is but one step to keeping the transmission alive. Driving the car like a blue-haired grandmother and never hauling/towing loads are 2 other major enhancements to a long life, specifically germane to the CVT!

2 different salvage operations were emphatic when they told told me that they buy the salvage Nissans and other models is the CVT transmission.
I take those statements with a certain amount of skepticism. It's like the 3 blind men and the elephant fable. Come to think of it, so are a lot of "Seemslike" and other impressionistic concepts! Peace!

 

[Hemi395]

No... the bad rap for CVT's has nothing to do with it being a "Nissan". The design is inherently effete and that began way back when Subaru introduced them in the Justy. The one plus about a CVT (and why they were brought back to be used in current cars) is that a CVT reduces/ eliminates LSPI in modern engines.

Changing the fluid is but one step to keeping the transmission alive. Driving the car like a blue-haired grandmother and never hauling/towing loads are 2 other major enhancements to a long life, specifically germane to the CVT!

2 different salvage operations were emphatic when they told told me that they buy the salvage Nissans and other models is the CVT transmission.
I take those statements with a certain amount of skepticism. It's like the 3 blind men and the elephant fable. Come to think of it, so are a lot of "Seemslike" and other impressionistic concepts! Peace!

Well that's good to know, I drive it like a grandpa to and from work so that combined with frequent fluid changes should give me a good service life out of it. Just hit 99k this morning

 

[knightjp]

I drive it like a grandpa to and from work

I've heard this phrase all my life. Don't quite know what it really means because my grandpa is 94 years old and still rides his motorcycle at 80 mph.

 

[grizzstang]

I've heard this phrase all my life. Don't quite know what it really means because my grandpa is 94 years old and still rides his motorcycle at 80 mph.

He is the exception and not the norm.

Mine was in his early 80's when driving wasn't exciting enough for him and fell asleep driving up the road to his own house. He hit two parked cars.

Luckily he wasn't moving very fast but still managed to do a lot of damage. There were a lot of kids in the neighborhood so it could have been a lot worse.

That was the last time he drove. We had to tell him the cops took his license away.

 

[Burla]

Well that's good to know, I drive it like a grandpa to and from work so that combined with frequent fluid changes should give me a good service life out of it. Just hit 99k this morning

my name at work = milk man. Good habits comer from driving a truck and getting paid hourly. I asked the youngsters why you speeding? You get paid less and risk tickets.

 

[HEMIMANN]

my name at work = milk man. Good habits comer from driving a truck and getting paid hourly. I asked the youngsters why you speeding? You get paid less and risk tickets.

Wait, what? You had a civilized job? Wtf

 

[HEMIMANN]

He is the exception and not the norm.

Mine was in his early 80's when driving wasn't exciting enough for him and fell asleep driving up the road to his own house. He hit two parked cars.

Luckily he wasn't moving very fast but still managed to do a lot of damage. There were a lot of kids in the neighborhood so it could have been a lot worse.

That was the last time he drove. We had to tell him the cops took his license away.

Same with my mom. She wouldn't listen to me, of course, and her doctor wouldn't do it.
Again, lucky she didn't injure or kill someone or become an invalid.
The property damage was bad enough.

 

[Treburkulosis]

Wait, what? You had a civilized job? Wtf

Ditto lol

 

[Treburkulosis]

He is the exception and not the norm.

Mine was in his early 80's when driving wasn't exciting enough for him and fell asleep driving up the road to his own house. He hit two parked cars.

Luckily he wasn't moving very fast but still managed to do a lot of damage. There were a lot of kids in the neighborhood so it could have been a lot worse.

That was the last time he drove. We had to tell him the cops took his license away.

My wife’s grandmother is 87 and had a stroke earlier this year. We had to do the same thing. She lost vision in her left eye. Enough it throws her off. She is also almost wheel chair bond as well. I think she attempted once against doctors orders and that was enough for her. It is always sad to see them get to that point. My grand parents are about to be 84 and they are still both driving. They don’t go as much as they used to. He sold the motor home. They will come up to my house sometimes and visit. We usually go there.

 

[Travis8352]

Ditto lol

Boomer!

 

[Dan Topp]

Just got 4 gallons of 0w30 and I’m done for 24.

 

[Dan Topp]

And I got this and $5 dollar coupon

 

[Treburkulosis]

Boomer!

Bro…

 

[Travis8352]

Bro…

Love it lol. Favorite band

 

[Treburkulosis]

Love it lol. Favorite band

Ditto I have been to so many of their shows over the years. I did feel like this last show I didn’t like it because the kids showing up only knew the latest album and I was like bro do you even Dude Ranch?