At this point they are fairly general ... I have owned a few 4x4s in the past, 81 Bronco, with lots of off road upgrades; stock 94 +/- Blazer. Explorer somewhere around 2000 +/- and stock. The years are just a blur right now, but they were good vehicles for what they were, another S10 ... piece of junk. I've also owned a 78 Nova, 81 Malibu and 84 Cutlass (huge mistake). All sixes except the Bronco with the 302 ... anyway I have an opportunity to buy an 02 Xterra (I've also owned 2 mini vans a Venture and Freestar - the freestar has around 450 on it, tho all lights burned out and who really knows for sure THAT is why I am looking at the xterra ... it just has to go ...All but one of these vehicles I got 450 to 500+ out of as I am a high, high highway km driver ...
So, questions. I took the xterra in for a safety ' right exhaust manifold leaking' - gasket, correct? Can I test for a cracked manifold? I've replaced a manifold, ugly job ,,, but it was rotted ... Not one other thing needed for safety ... I am in Ontario Canada and thus we need safety certs and etests ... etest is clear so I am good on that one ... no codes and old test still valid ...
There are however quite a few other things I see needing to be done, see below list - I can have the vehicle on the road with the single thing done BUT I do see other things needing to be done ... this is a second owner vehicle who did no maintenance in 8 months, previous owner did ,,, the prices are likely terrible from USA prices however it's the order I was looking mostly at and if I missed anything if someone could have a look? I know I missed the oil pan gasket when I costed the stuff out ... not one vehicle I've ever owned needed a timing chain or belt ... seems to be a stock thing on this one ... what I like about it is it is more like my 81 Bronco for 4x stuff, tho I did have some mods ... I get 3 foot near ice banks from plows in winter and going over them rather than plowing them would make me happy ... I was think a suspension and body lift for that but DO NOT want to get into over size tires ... any help, insight appreciated. Below list is only what I noticed ... I am not a mechanic tho use to really like working on my carb'd vehicles ... once they went all FI and computerized not so much fun .. even tho I work in comps for a living
Numbers only indicate order in which I would do the work, afford the price, that is all ... strikes me as a good deal if what I see is right ...
thanks for any help
tanya
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1 Manifold gasket $ 40.00
1 Oil Pan $200.00
Oil $ 35.00
Oil Filter $ 10.00
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1 Rear Dif fluid $ 15.00
Rear Dif gasket $ 15.00
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1 Inside air filter $ 20.00
Hood air filter $ 5.75
PCV $ 12.00
Fuel Filter $ 8.50
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2 Thermostat $ 42.00
Fan Belt $ 21.00
Alt Belt $ 26.00
Water Pump Belt $ 42.00
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3 Coolant Lines to trans?
Timing belt / H20 Pump $630.00
incl Tensioner, Spring, Stud
Coolant $ 30.00
1 x HOSE-h20 $ 15.00
1 x HOSE-h20 $ 15.00
1 x HOSE-RAD, upper $ 15.00
1 x HOSE-RAD, lower $ 15.00
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4 Spark Plugs $ 30.00
Rotor $ 15.00
Distributor cap $ 48.00
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So, questions. I took the xterra in for a safety ' right exhaust manifold leaking' - gasket, correct? Can I test for a cracked manifold? I've replaced a manifold, ugly job ,,, but it was rotted ... Not one other thing needed for safety ... I am in Ontario Canada and thus we need safety certs and etests ... etest is clear so I am good on that one ... no codes and old test still valid ...
There are however quite a few other things I see needing to be done, see below list - I can have the vehicle on the road with the single thing done BUT I do see other things needing to be done ... this is a second owner vehicle who did no maintenance in 8 months, previous owner did ,,, the prices are likely terrible from USA prices however it's the order I was looking mostly at and if I missed anything if someone could have a look? I know I missed the oil pan gasket when I costed the stuff out ... not one vehicle I've ever owned needed a timing chain or belt ... seems to be a stock thing on this one ... what I like about it is it is more like my 81 Bronco for 4x stuff, tho I did have some mods ... I get 3 foot near ice banks from plows in winter and going over them rather than plowing them would make me happy ... I was think a suspension and body lift for that but DO NOT want to get into over size tires ... any help, insight appreciated. Below list is only what I noticed ... I am not a mechanic tho use to really like working on my carb'd vehicles ... once they went all FI and computerized not so much fun .. even tho I work in comps for a living
Numbers only indicate order in which I would do the work, afford the price, that is all ... strikes me as a good deal if what I see is right ...
thanks for any help
tanya
=======================================
1 Manifold gasket $ 40.00
1 Oil Pan $200.00
Oil $ 35.00
Oil Filter $ 10.00
=======================================
1 Rear Dif fluid $ 15.00
Rear Dif gasket $ 15.00
=======================================
1 Inside air filter $ 20.00
Hood air filter $ 5.75
PCV $ 12.00
Fuel Filter $ 8.50
=======================================
2 Thermostat $ 42.00
Fan Belt $ 21.00
Alt Belt $ 26.00
Water Pump Belt $ 42.00
=======================================
3 Coolant Lines to trans?
Timing belt / H20 Pump $630.00
incl Tensioner, Spring, Stud
Coolant $ 30.00
1 x HOSE-h20 $ 15.00
1 x HOSE-h20 $ 15.00
1 x HOSE-RAD, upper $ 15.00
1 x HOSE-RAD, lower $ 15.00
=======================================
4 Spark Plugs $ 30.00
Rotor $ 15.00
Distributor cap $ 48.00
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