In reference to this, thank you. I have the low oil pressure at idle issue that comes up when the engine is hot. The oil pressure drops to nearly nothing. I took it to a Nissan dealership right after I bought it and they replaced the oil sending unit, which didn't fix it. They then told me they consulted with Nissan and I needed a new oil pressure gauge in the instrument cluster. It'd be $700 to repair because the entire instrument cluster would need to be replaced and took four days to do it. Not what I wanted to spend. After reading this I checked my gaskets. Low and behold, you can see where the gasket is blown. Since there is not a number for a replacement gasket and I'm not ready to spend $300 for gaskets, would RTV work OK for the repair?smj999smj wrote:Yes, both have to be removed. If you are replacing it because of low oil pressure, it may not be the oil pump. There have been issues on a number of VQ engines causing low oil pressure due to failure of the oil gallery cover gaskets on the back side of the rear timing cover. See link:
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