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Old Mar 6, 2015 | 09:55 AM
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I just took my 07 350z (base, stock with (art test pipes) to get a routine oil change. My car was fine until now except for a blown cat at 85k or so. That was remedied by the test pipes. I have about 113k miles on it.

So my car past the last 27point inspection about 7k ago but now the service guys at the dealer are saying I got "seeping"(not sipping) in the head gaskets, transmission and rear seal.

He says it's not a problem until it start leaking.

My question is how long until it leaks? This is my daily driver, I'm the orginal owner and I drive very conservatively to save gas and never push it hard.

I heard this is a common problem with this car after 100k.

Any way to save money on labor costs by going to a local mechanic.

How much will everything cost? I think they said that everything had to "resealed". What is that exactly?

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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 01:00 AM
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Is the service guy full of ****? How can everything start sipping?
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 10:06 AM
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Dealer wants one thing, money. Either to take your car cheap on a trade in. And sell you another car or a big payday for actually doing little or no work.
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 02:29 PM
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Seeping???
Sorry, LOL. That's what he wrote on the paper. I knew something was off.
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Old Mar 7, 2015 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
Dealer wants one thing, money. Either to take your car cheap on a trade in. And sell you another car or a big payday for actually doing little or no work.
YEAH, they told me to swap my tranny flywheel when I was getting a recall done on my tranny to save costs. It was at around 60k. mf'ers.

I don't even want to take it to them for the 3/$45 oil changes. Honestly, they might just start messing things up on purpose and make me pay to fix more "problems".

My car had no big issues this whole time.

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YEAH, they told me to swap my tranny flywheel when I was getting a recall done on my tranny to save costs. It was at around 60k. mf'ers.

I don't even want to take it to them for the 3/$45 oil changes. Honestly, they might just start messing things up on purpose and make me pay to fix more "problems".

My car had no big issues this whole time.
LA area, find a new shop like Corner 3 garage, or do it yourself.
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Old Mar 8, 2015 | 08:36 PM
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LA area, find a new shop like Corner 3 garage, or do it yourself.
I'll look them up. Thanks for the info, man.
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