 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / September 2005Was 2001/2002 a good year for Pathfinders?
Looking to buy a used vehicle. I'm leaning towards a 2001 or 2002 Pathfinder. That's just old enough to fall within my budget, and just new enough that they have the VQ series engine. (Don't feel like dealing with the VG's manifold woes anymore!) Were 2001/2002 considered "good" model years for the Pathy? Are there any common (expensive) problems that could come up that I should be aware of?(like the manifold/studs on the WD21 Pathy's?) Anything specific I should look at when checking these vehicles out? Thanks! they are the same car, but the 2002 is better. according to cars.com, the rating is higher for 2-5 years. > Looking to buy a used vehicle. I'm leaning towards a 2001 or 2002 > Pathfinder. That's just old enough to fall within my budget, and just new > enough that they have the VQ series engine. (Don't feel like dealing with > the VG's manifold woes anymore!) I traded a '99 QX4 on a new '01 QX4, and was (and still am) completely satisfied with the upgrade. I downloaded the users manual for the 91 Pathy and it says to use 91 octane gas for the VQ engine in these cars. Is that really required? Will it run ok on 87 octane? A sales guy at one of the dealerships claims it will, that 91 is not really required and they've found they run fine on 87 octane. Don't know if i should believe him... On 9/14/05 2:26 AM, in article 99c2b249cfad1d6bb0255ca6cfe005f1@localhost.talkaboutautos.com, "jdr01930" > I downloaded the users manual for the 91 Pathy and it says to use 91 octane > gas for the VQ engine in these cars. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > they've found they run fine on 87 octane. Don't know if i should believe > him... Are you talking about '91 or '01 as the title of your post suggests? For the '01-'02 Pathfinders with the 3.5 liter engine, my '02 owner's manual states that 87 is required, but you can use 91 for "improved performance". The implication here is that it really wants 91, but the knock sensor & engine computer should prevent it from self-destructing on 87. As the price of gas has jumped to the $3/gallon range, but (at least here in the Dallas area) the difference between 87 and 91 is still holding at 20 cents/gallon, the difference in price is becoming less significant, so it makes less and less sense to cheap out and use 87. Oops - yeah I meant 2001 for the OM download. Interesting perpective - makes sense!... as the price of gas increased, the difference between grades becomes less signifigant. Never thought of it that way! > Oops - yeah I meant 2001 for the OM download. > > Interesting perpective - makes sense!... as the price of gas increased, > the difference between grades becomes less signifigant. Never thought of > it that way! I can tell the difference in power when using different octane ratings ONLY when I pull a trailer through the mountains of KY or TN. Around town and with no trailer, I don't put my foot into it enough to notice. Thanks everyone! Well, we ended up getting a 2003 Xterra. We'll take our chances with manifolds for a few years (lol), then trade it for what we REALLY want - another 2005 X (that's our other vehicle). The 2001/2 Pathy's were really nice, but in the end my wife and I decided we just liked the X better, and for the same $$ we got a newer one. |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2009 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.