110,000 miles. carruns great it just ticks like crazy . mechanic told me it would cost around 1500 to 2000 to replace. anyone know where i can get it done for cheaper? i will upload video tomorrow

 

rebuild motor, burn money or live with it

 

Get a new hood.

 

This made me lol

 

What's he gonna replace for around 1500 to 2000?

 

It's a ticking time bomb... Handle with care.

 

 

no brainer....rebuild time, and do it right so you can boost her

 

time for me to post ***** a little but unlike others I will contribute instead of posting 2 words to increase my post count.

OP....just drop a new motor in if you can easily find one. The $1500-$2000 will only fix the noise and who knows what else is around the corner with that motor. So sad to say that VQ motors are not BULLETPROOF like nissan wants you to belief. Get a low mileage used motor with like 50k on it and just drop it in. It will cost you like $1500-$2000 and it is much easier to swap out a long block than tear a block down to rebuild and hope that everyone who touched your motor did not slack or of half as$ it.

Here is some info for you that I helped a G35 / 350z member with on pricing motors. In my opinion a crappy crapola VQ motor is only worth $700-$1200 in working condition and $300-$500 for parts only.

car-part.com

2006
Engine
Infiniti G35 51K $1050 Carguts USA-SC(Blacksburg) 1-866-839-2708


2007
Engine
Infiniti M35 30k A $1200
Butler Auto Parts - PRP-MA USA-NC(Forest-City) Request_Quote 1-800-835-4645 ext 200

2006
Engine
Infiniti G35 47K $1200 Bishops Auto Parts USA-SC(Chesnee) 800-248-0391

Craigslist but out of state and can be pricey with freight plus risk of scam

Philly 70k miles for $800

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/pts/2531073366.html


Miami $1,000 OBO with 35k miles

http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/pts/2490659386.html

Indianapolis $850 low miles

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/pts/2512881959.html

 

What causes this and is it a precursor to something else or just annoying? The last car I owned had sticky valve lifters which ticked like crazy - it was a reasonably priced fix - def not even close to $1500 . It seems a little major to junk the engine for a ticking noise...??