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Date Registered: 12-2005
Location: Wingham, NSW, Australia.
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Welded oxygen sensor boss.


Well I have just had the oxy sensor welded back in to 3 way cat, as advised by nissan, I never knew of the recall and they dont want to know about it. after this the engine light came on, my local mechanic ran it through his scanner and everything came up fine, I thought the oxy sensor would be the prob, but it is switching from lean to rich etc an all other functions come up ok, so now I have it booked in to nissan this arvo to get it scanned again.
What I want to know if anyone has fitted the Hurricane mild steel header with the separate cat, I believe it can be done for about $1000, and does this then work ok with the xxy engine management system.

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Date Registered: 02-2004
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Kevin,

There was indeed a recall by Nissan for O2 sensor boss breakage and it is mentioned HERE

Check your VIN with the affected range and if it falls within the affected range, Nissan must service your car under that recall free of charge and don't accept any other arguments.

Fitting extractors made of mild steel will bring many disadvantages, one of those is engine bay heat which will impact negatively on the fuel consumption as well as air-con performance and the performance of the car itself.

Even with stainless steel extractors if they're not ceramic coated, the heat dispensation is far too high in the engine bay as I have experienced first hand with the the very first design of the Hi-Tech extractors which I was testing.

You could use thermal wrap around the extractors and that is an option you should consider if you want to get the mild steel extractors to solve the problem at hand.

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Date Registered: 12-2005
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Thanks for the info Jalal, I took the car to nissan at 2pm. they scanned it and cancelled the motor light on dash, for free.
 after what you said re headers I now think as car seems to be going pretty good I will just soldier on and maybe think of trading it in in the not to distant future, But what to buy!!! another xtrail, we love this car, but it gets a bit scary reading all the probs on this forum.
 Do you think you could put up a Poll on the forum to see how many owners would buy Xtrails again !!
This Forum is great.

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Hi Kevin,

clearing the ECU codes won't achieve much if there is indeed a crack in the O2 sensor boss. Have they at least checked the exhaust manifold for any leaks coming from the base of the O2 sensor?

This fault is not that scary anyway and shouldn't cause you to loose faith in the exy at all. The number of xtrail owners who had major problems with their xtrail is not that huge compared to other car makes and we have more than one member who have bought their 2nd and 3rd xtrail because they love it so much and couldn't find anything out there that can match it.

I believe we do have a poll in place like the one you asked about. Check the general section of the forum.

P.S. You can buy mine if you want, as soon as a T31 with hyper roof rails comes to Australia emoticon

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Date Registered: 12-2005
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 Jalal, its not so much this problem that is making me think twice about the car, but I have read the list of various problems on this site and it is not that flash, as you say I am not aware of problems that other makes may be having, after the welding was done I checked for any leaks and am happy that it is ok. I might add that the car ran faultlessly for a couple of mths with a gaping gap at the base of the boss before I got onto it, I know by the amount of exhaust burn on the back of the cat shield when I finally removed it...I had been away for three mths towing my caravan 9000 kms tripping part way round oz...
 I probally will buy another as it is a gret allrounder...

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Date Registered: 07-2008
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I have read the list of various problems on this site and it is not that flash



Thats the thing about Forums mate, people tend to publicise problems and the best ways to fix em or minimise em. The Xtrail, as you said, isnt the only car with faults. Its not the best, but its definately not the worst. There are tens of thousands of xtrails in Oz and the Forum represents a minority who are willing to share their experiences, good and bad.

There are other manufacturers and models with more recalls and mechanical issues than the Xtrail.
Try reading some Holden and Ford forums emoticon or dare I say it, Patrol forums emoticon
Its just a car, and has faults. Hope it doesnt turn you off emoticon

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Exactly Dave, it wouldn't be a productive or interesting forum if everything in it was praise for the exy and how good we feel driving it. emoticon

Every vehicle would have its share of problems and we try and discuss all of them in regards to the xtrail in an open manner. This doesn't mean at all that it's unreliable.

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