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This engine is now in the back of my van. I am leaving on a trip to the mid-west. When I get back I will pull the oil pan and take some pics and post them here.

No this engine was never apart. I have worked on this type of motor before and if the head had been taken off the timing chain cover bolts and nuts would have clear marking on them. I wiped them down and they were untouched. Also no one I know of installs new cams, timing chains and sprockets...

I will call the salvage yard tomorrow and see if this engine has been removed and is ready for pick up. When I get it home I will put it on my engine stand, remove the oil pan and take some pics to post here. I hope the bottom end s as good as the top. I cannot believe how much I have learned in...

This looks like the original engine, I have owned Sentras since 1995 and that was the first thing I thought off but the outside engine crud indicates no overhaul. Also there were no tool marks on any of the bolts. I have always worked on every car and bike I have ever owned and ever with regular...

Thanks I am new to all this internet stuff.

No I drove about 650 mile with the full dose. before I change first oil and filter.

I took the plugs out.

Well I put the sentra in my garage today and then took off the oil filter and now there is oil in the filter. Because it is so much work to remove the oil pump on this car I decided to instead change the oil and filter, this would be my second oil change since I put in the RX and it did look...

The oil filter was bone dry like no oil ever entered it.

My saga continues, I had posted here about my 1999 sentra that I discovered had a ton of sludge when I removed the valve cover to check the timing chain. Well afer reading the cements posted here I went to my local salvage yard and found an engine from a 1995 sentra with 130000 miles on it and...

I posted here earlier in the mechanical section about a knock my car a 1999 sentra is making and the sludge buildup I found in the engine. I asked my local machine shop for a price on machining my head and crank. He said it would range from $800 to $1500 dollars, which I thought was way high. I...

After reading the responses, “thanks”, here is some more information. When I got the car I took the oil pan off to fix the pan gasket. I noticed a slimy type of oil in the bottom of the pan but did not think much about it. The oil pick up was clean. I am not sure if the noise is getting worse or...

I bought a 1999 Nissan sentra with 120,000 miles. After owning the car for a while a noticed an engine knock on start up and when I am on the highway stepping and letting off the gas. I thought it was the timing chain so I took the valve cover off to look at it. What I found was that all non...

I only buy fram because it is local. The one I have on the van now is a PH-5. But that is not the one listed in the fram book. It seems the only filters sold around here are fram. I am open for suggestions.

Why do the fram oil filter books list the oil filter 3980 for my 1997 chevy 2500 van. I have the R engine 350 FI. It is not the right filter, it is way too small. I check and double check but that is the filter listed. Why is this? What is the right filter. I know I have gotten the right filter...

I ordered auto rx, will give it a try. If not fram, what filter is considered good. I have always used fram only because that is what is sold here.

I have a 1997 Chevy van c2500 with a 350 v-8. On cold mornings I can hear the lifters on start up. I takes a while for the sound to go away 3-5 min. I use Castrol semi synthetic 5-30 and the best fram filter. I was thinking I should use an additive. Any opinion?

When I say purge the air I mean that I was checking to make sure that there is proper coolant flow through the engine. The oil was Castrol semi synthetic 5-30. After a half hour no part of the engine other than the exhaust manifold was anything other than warm. You would only notice this is you...

After fixing a water pump on a 1995 Nissan Sentra, I changed the oil to a semi-synthetic I ran the engine to purge the air out of the cooing system. I used one of the new oil filters from Fram. The problem was that the engine would not get hot enough to open the t-stat and circulate the water...