05 xterra timing chain issue.

[dale51]

i have a 2001 xterra, going down the road it lost power, then shut off and would not start, took the distributer cap off and it would not spin when cranked over. was told the timing chain was broken and the motor was a "0 clearance motor" and that the motor was shot because the piston heads hit the valves and bend them, need to know how true this is because there was no noise from the motor sounding like metal hitting metal

[omar12gauge]

unfortuantely my mechanic said it was true, if your engine cratered like yours it means you are in the deepest end of the pookie pit. LOTS of money. I had a timing belt replaced with tensioner at 100,000 miles. Costly but luckily I changed it before it broke. I do not have a chain. Mine is a 3.3L V6 (2002).

[omar12gauge]

It is one of those "pay me now or pay later" situations. The replacement belt an tensioner labor is high to replace as a precaution but I guess it could be worse. Sorry for ur problem, I feel your pain.

[thomasmcavoy]

I purchased my '05 X-Terra new back in 2005 and the whining noise from the timing chain started just about the time we had 60,000 miles on the vehicle. I paid $1,100 to have it fixed by a local garage. The dealership wanted $1,500. Since there is no recall on this issue (and after reading all the posts regarding the timing chain, it clearly is an issue), the dealership couldn't cover the costs of the repair. The dealership told me to call 800-NISSAN-1 in order to find out if someone higher up would address my grievance. I'm still working on that process. It's just frustrating to see that so many people have had this systemic problem, and yet Nissan still won't fix it.

[dale51]

I have a 2000 xterra also had to replace the timing belt I have talked to many garage's about this and them all recommend that you replace the timing belt and idler arm between 80,000 and 100,000 miles if it breaks will going down the road it may cause valve damage and piston damage. I got lucky and didnt have to replace valve,s or head's, We put the timing belt and replaced the idler pully and took a compression test and leak down test and it was with in the limits so We got away with about 400.00 total but We did most all of the work using a chilton's manuel.