Well, two days ago my car overheated. Infiniti Roadside service came to my house to pic up the car to bring it back to the dealership. They called me today and told me the engine needs replacement. That means I will have a complete new motor. What components are included with the motor? I.e. Exhaust Manifold, New Cats. Etc.?

 

Usually, nothing. They'll remove all of your components and bolt them on to the new engine.
WTF... do they have any idea what exactly caused the overheating?
Did they find a leak or anything?

 

Okay I found it.

https://www.infinitipartsusa.com/par...layCatalogid=0

Engine
Air intake
Camshaft & timing
Crankshaft & bearings
Cylinder block
Cylinder head & valves
Engine and trans mounting
Engine appearance cover
Engine parts
Lubrication
Mounts
Overhaul gasket set
Pistons, rings & bearings
Short block

By the way, the car is still under warranty.

 

Okay, so 2 questions now...

1) What was the cause?
2) What does the new motor go for?

 

wow. how many miles were on it? did they try and blame the bully dog??

 

The Service manager indicated that I may have been a relay for the fan not working. Before the car started to overheat, the temperature gauge started to fluctuate up and down. Like the car was coming from a cold start and then maxing out and then settling to the normal temperature range.

 

Description Year.....................MSRP Price Core Price..................Your Price
07-08
ENGINE ASSY-BAR - 3.5L...................$8,295.86.................. ......$7,258.88

 

I am soooo jealous, I'd love to have FREE new engine!!!

 

Wow... 7K
I had to buy a new V8 engine for my POS Jeep Grand Cherokee and that was only $4,500

 

havent done a v36 engine, but on the v35's with oil consumption, we install long block assemblies. this includes: block, pistons, rods, crank, cams... you basically have a big piece of bare aluminum.

cylinder head - new spark plugs (sweet!) and valve covers. does not include variable intake solenoids.

the front cover is sealed. new water pump, timing chain and tensioners. harmonic balancer (crank pulley) not included.

oil pan is torqued. block is dry, no oil or coolant. new oil filter included.

basically everything on the old engine that can be unbolted will be reused. this means all accessories, pulleys, belts, manifolds, plenums, injectors, wiring harness, sensors, actuators, etc will be original. when you think of engine "internals" they will all be new.

 

Considering it's a full longblock and the technology the motor has, it's not that bad. Then again, the engine in my 3 costs like 15k to replace

 

Nothing was said about the BullyDog. I don't think the BullyDog could've caused the engine to overheat. I called BullyDog to confirm and also find out what is managed under the BullyDog Maps and the tech said it was only managing air/fuel ratios, timings, Idle, and custom settings that we can tweak.

 

The car had a little over 50K on it.

 

I would definately drive it into the ground (dont sell it for a long time) after you get the new engine, im not sure if that shows up on carfax but i remember hearing that it devalues your car signifigantly.

 

It does not show up on a carfax report unless this is a new facet Carfax has just added. I could see if the potential buyer asked for a maintenance records, but other than that I don't see how they would know the engine was replace. After replacing the tranny on my TL-S multiple times, I was still able to sell for its value so I don't see why a new engine would devalue a car. I guess mileage on the ticker versus actual mileage on the motor would not match up...