Dicky Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Tha gaskets have now been replaced along with some additional oil seals and O rings. Falcon Performance, ran by Steve and brother Dane, appear to have made a Proffessional job, which I am well pleased with. The job cost a little more than quoted but I had given instructions to replace anything that looked iffy, which they did. They kept all the parts removed and replaced the oil, filter, coolant etc.The job took a bit longer than expected due mainly to the timeline chain cover which was well stuck on. However they absorbed the majority of the additional labour. The most satisfying bit was that they fully believe that my decision to have the gaskets replaced was a good call (lucky I suppose) because they found that all of the gasket cover screws were just finger tight ! and would have given seriousness problems not much further down the road. They have taken pics of the whole job and will send them on to me. I will post them as soon as I can figure out photobucket. I have been told it's the case of those screws being finger tight in a lot of cases Thanks for that! I'm glad you told me. Falcon guys weren't sure how it's happened nor me. I recently bought the car for my daughter and got the service history with it, nothing in the paperwork at all to indicate any work requiring the time chain cover to be removed. In any case I'd have thought a seller would want to promote something he'd had fixed prior to selling. It would be a selling point to me (saves me having it done!) Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggerman Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I want this done on my hr and spoke to my local nismo centre more because I was intrigued by what crazy price they would quote and my God I was shocked! only 5 hours labour @100ph +vat! and if I book it into them for the formal diagnosis I'd get it for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissanman312 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I'm doing mine myself at the moment I did get a quote but I just can't afford to add it on to my build right now so with the help of friends and some great advice of people on here I've took the plunge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 The Nissan dealers around me had a range of hourly rates, £120/hr, £59/hr (but labour quoted at around £1000 + parts), £79/hr. None of them had done the work before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggerman Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 my local nismo centre has two highly regarded gtr techs and they've quoted me 5hours labour (timing cover replacement) they put it as @100ph + vat +78 for gaskets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 I'm doing mine myself at the moment I did get a quote but I just can't afford to add it on to my build right now so with the help of friends and some great advice of people on here I've took the plunge Haven't received any pics as yet but looks like your tearing along. Falcon told me the crank pulley was horsed up really tight and had a lot of trouble getting the timing chain cover off. They had to use heat at one point and blamed excessive liquid gasket material around it. Once that's off though the hard works done. Good luck you'll save a bunch of dosh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissanman312 Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 I'm doing mine myself at the moment I did get a quote but I just can't afford to add it on to my build right now so with the help of friends and some great advice of people on here I've took the plunge Haven't received any pics as yet but looks like your tearing along. Falcon told me the crank pulley was horsed up really tight and had a lot of trouble getting the timing chain cover off. They had to use heat at one point and blamed excessive liquid gasket material around it. Once that's off though the hard works done. Good luck you'll save a bunch of dosh! yes i am expecting that to be a cow to get off i had prior warning cant wait to crack on and get it done and built back up so i can do what i set out to do and get the supercharger on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Use this and the crank pulley bolt will fly off: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JurassicZ Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Is there an engine number, that after, all engines were fitted with the revised gaskets or VIN which would let you know if your 2011 or 2012 car is vunerable or if it would have had the revised gaskets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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