(Pt 3) Nissan Dealer & Shop STUMPED for 6 MONTHS?! (Titan Knock Sensor P0328)

[@johnclamshellsp1969]

Thank you Ivan for posting all the great videos. They really help. I am currently down for an ankle surgery I had last Tueseday, and I am slowly getting better. Nothing like watching real, well made, videos by the true king of diagnosis and repairs.

[@craiggoodwin9704]

Best of luck on your recovery. If I were down like you I'd be doing the same thing. 🙃😉

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

@@johnclamshellsp1969 heal up fast, John! 🙏

[@raymondreiff8170]

Wow those Dam mice wanted to make sure another Ecm gets burned up, Nice Save and a perfect repair in my opinion, You should get Carbon Credits for saving Vehicle's.

[@GWKen]

Good luck with your recovery. You might want to ask your doctor if you should stay away from Advil and take lots of vitamin D.

[@johnclamshellsp1969]

@GWKen Already doing the vitamin D for a long time now. My ankle issue was from a misdiagnosis. I sprained it in 2005, only got an x-ray. Should have had an MRI to see all the loose chunks on the bottom and in my ankle joint. Yep! They cleaned it all out. While my ankle still hurts from surgery, ohhhhh it moves so smoothly now.

[@Nonodepannetout]

Hi Yvan ! I watch all your videos from France. I am an electronics technician, and I learn a lot, because in France there are almost no technicians with your abilities . Don't forget to wear your seat belt during testing . I also watch Jake's videos and Dan's diagnosis . Have a great week-end . Thanks for your videos . Hello from France.

[@robertsmith2956]

How would you test the window tint with it on?

[@55azguy]

The upgraded harness probably has mouse proof tape on it.

[@kennedysgarage3281]

This is real life car repair, it can sometimes be hard to stay upbeat when the problems just keep on coming. Fair play Ivan for pushing this one over the line, well done 💪💪💪

[@Nick-d6u5e]

For future reference, a 3/16th Whitworth socket fits over corroded 10mm bolt heads.

[@drewv1785]

3/8" is 9.525mm

[@erik_dk842]

​@@drewv1785The US socket size refers to the most common bolt's thread diameter. Like if the 10mm socket was called a 6mm socket, because most M6 bolts have 10mm heads

[@gonzgarr1592]

Never fear Ivan is here

[@Santiago-je5ki]

Thanks for all the knowledge you are feeding us!

[@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT]

Wow, that was some mouse's nest :-) And again, only wiring problems (the reverse light problem reminded me of what Eric O. got with an intermittent battery drain, caused by bad splicing of two wires of the same color). Amazing that all the corroded intake bolts came out! Great job, Ivan! Even the Sun came out to greet the Titan's return to the road :-)

[@adotintheshark4848]

the corrosion came from mouse urine

[@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT]

@@adotintheshark4848 Quite possibly. And it's pretty infectious - if you hurt your skin in the job, or have an exposed wound and touch the peed surfaces, you can get an infection (I had that experience).

[@htownblue11]

What a journey. Lots of different issues that were all solved with solid diagnostics.

[@stevenakn1]

Great work Ivan and great customer to. They saw you making progress and they stayed with it to the end❤💪

[@marcuswarren2235]

Flagship one sent me 5 ecm’s back to back for the same truck that were all bad in 5 different ways. Took almost 8 months to finally get them to stop sending me ecm’s and refund the money so I could get an ecm from a different company that finally worked and fixed the truck. What a nightmare!

[@raymondreiff8170]

All Nissan Computer's? I have only bought one from flagship for 2008 Silverado had no problems I guess I was just lucky.

[@marcuswarren2235]

No, those were for a ‘15 f250

[@wernerdanler2742]

I'd say you know enough that you could build a good truck or car, and it would last practically forever! 😊 Have a good weekend, Ivan!

[@chiluco2000]

Very professional and 100% focused on helping the customer! If only this was taught in business school

[@danielborn1440]

I've used Z1 for several items on my daughters 09 extrra , everything I received from them fit with no problems, good quality, good company

[@flyinwalenda]

I'm amazed that starter /solenoid still works after living in mouse urine !

[@Vendemeer]

I'm amazed the starter is under the intake. WTH were they thinking?

[@WW-bt3tx]

Better than factory! That speed boost at the end made it the best ending ever.

[@kellygibson7299]

To replace starter: 1. Disconnect negative battery cable 2. Purchase new intake bolts 3. Remove intake 🤦‍♂️

[@samholdsworth420]

Like a Northstar or Toyota v8

[@cullenmiller8170]

Nice case study and repairs. You should get an award from Greenpeace for helping all those beached whales. 🤣🤣

[@rog8201]

You had me at Part 2, Ivan! And then just added a part 3 to leave me hanging. I thought for sure you were going to add the starter in on this one too. Just like the first gen tundras. 😊. I could be wrong but i think you have stock in those mice.

[@brianw8963]

Wow, what a mess under that intake manifold. I’ve surely seen them on the Toyotas, but didn’t know Nissan had starters under the intake too. Happy truck, happy owner once again! Nice work Ivan. 👍👍🇺🇸

[@moose3971]

Awesome content. We really appreciate the work you did on the truck. runs very well. As for the reverse light, that wasn’t us. lol. Although I am the one that pierced the other side. Say, where do you purchase the probes that you pierce the wires with? (Yellow ones) the ones I have are a bit on the large side!

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Pomona probes!

[@michaelbrown5601]

Love the content. These Nissans can be real pains to deal with

[@shannoncoffey4298]

Good you did the knock sensor diagnosis and repair. That forced the eviction of the mice and their nest and the customer got a better running engine. Cost a bit more but in the long run it was worth it.

[@ehsnils]

Maybe send a broken ECU to northridgefix to see if he can fix it. Better than to just throwing it away. At best it's bad soldering, at worst it's a main chip fault, but it can be anything in between and electrolytic capacitors are often a culprit, but I have seen underdimensioned power transistors as well (designed to fail).

[@petermccoll469]

Very impressive diagnoses and set of repairs. Driving in the salt belt will damage badly sealed electrical connections, but known bad computers, that's the real issue with these cars.

[@Sandmansa]

Thank you for addressing that knock sensor issue. Some blow it off as not a big deal. That is a mistake. Sure, the engine can run just fine without it. But the ECM will keep pulling ignition timing away to prevent detonation. In doing so, it cuts power down slightly. This makes you push in the accelerator harder to make up for the loss of power which in turn, consumes more fuel. With it fixed, the engine makes more power and has better fuel economy. A win, win in this case. Well done Ivan.

[@StevenDaugherty-uo5cs]

So far I've seen nothing but junk come from Flagship 1, I don't know why people keep buying from them. At least you got lucky with the used ECM from E-Bay.

[@inspector8572]

If you haven’t already tried them, Rocket Sockets are awesome for rounded or rusted head bolts.

[@ChristyDoyle-rx3pc]

Well done,👏 great diagnosis and super fix

[@MrTonyPiscatelle]

Ivan puts a tiger in your tank !

[@richardnilsen5]

Halloween 🦇 special sure is scary no mechanic in Michigan could do what you just did now that's scary 👹👹👹💩 Cool case study 👍🎓🅰️♦️

[@dealerauctionnightmare4689]

I had knock sensor code(s) on a Nissan Quest years ago and a master Nissan tech told me it wouldn't turn on the check engine light for a knock sensor(s). They may have stuck with the same strategy for all of them. 🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤷‍♂🤷‍♂

[@ATSNorthernMI]

I just had a similar but different experience. I was called out of bed on an emergency service call to the store I work part time for. They had no water and had an hour or so taking stuff apart and checking when I arrived. The first thing I did was listen to the complaint and then looked at the wiring diagram inside the pump panel and learned how it worked. I found that an overload was tripped and couldn't reset it right away so I made a bypass and went to fire up the pump and one of the capacitors started sparking out. It was a high voltage, low current arc that I caught on camera. One of the employees saw the back room light up and had an epic funny response. I found out that you had to push on the overload harder to get it to reset. I had no capacitor meter like a fieldpiece meter and was going to replace both the start and run capacitor and the starting relay which switches between the caps and believed that either the run cap was out of spec or the relay was sticking. The other full time maintenance guy pointed out there was nicks in the wiring to the well pump but we both agreed that there were no arching marks. The boss said the "well guy" was on his way and to leave everything the way it was until he got there. He wanted me to stay by the phone in case he showed up and I was to explain my findings to him. He was supposed to be "right there" but instead took several hours to show up. He showed up with a woman and immediately started into me about taking stuff apart and that I wasn't a real electrician I shouldnt be working on these things in a commercial building. I told him the panel was "spicy" and be careful because the run cap was arching out. He completely ignored me and flipped the switch and when it arched out, he about sh*t his britches and ran off to shut off breakers until he found the well breaker. He then wanted me to move out of his way and he went to grab a used cap out of his van. He completely insulted my intelligence with me being in electrical for my entire life and being an electrician for 20+ years with college that I was just a dumb maintenance man. The woman further insulted me telling me that I know nothing about water quality and being it's a commercial establishment they would have shut the store down, get the health dept involved, take 2 water samples, bla bla bla bla, and then asked if I was responsible. They also completely ignored I was there and was taking pictures of everything. They had sold the boss on a completely new pump, control, tanks, wiring, and new plumbing in excess of 10 grand. They also smeared me saying they found bare wires that were touching and I was put on the hot plate also jeopardizing my continued employment with this company. I made note of the bare wires and also noted that they didn't have any carbon arcing common with shorted out wiring so it wasn't our problem. I concluded that they needed 2 capacitors and a new starting relay but the boss wanted it to be done right and that the equipment was 20+ years old, it was time to replace. In respect to the boss I had deleted most of the footage due to the fact of my bosses hardship dealing with a huge blow like this.

[@ragnarironspear1791]

Always great videos 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧

[@tommelomme6761]

Damn, You are sharp! Thanks

[@donpayton737]

I've had the same craftsman back out set for about 20 years. If you have a old enough one they were made in the US. I've used them many times and beat the crap out of them and they still don't have a blemish on the steel. I think they were made out of black box

[@robertpate8984]

Good to see a titan not going to the junkyard. Have an 07 and and love it.

[@kenwheeler6150]

Can’t believe you have so much trouble with rodent damage. Here in the UK I scatter used kitty litter in the farm vehicles especially under the bonnet (hood). Seems to work.

[@brianw8963]

@@kenwheeler6150 Used cat litter? I think I’d rather repair chewed wires! 😂😂

[@billziegmond4943]

Reminded me of a 96 corvette I worked on. Mice damage everywhere. Told the owner he needed to buy a cat. Great Work my friend.

[@dhc8guru]

That was fire waiting to happen under the intake manifold.

[@albutterfield5965]

Well this vehicle was almost on life support when it showed up.

[@kerrylewis2581]

Another happy customer rolls out of Pine Hollow

[@roman-kk4ug]

Thanks for sharing

[@DaveReynolds-y3v]

Another series of great vids Ivan. I'm wondering, although you use the Toyota rodent tape, have you seen anyone using any other rodent repellents? I thought I even saw something about a mint infused oil undercoating. Any ideas?

[@SubmarineSquid]

When are we going to see you fly? A power paraglider again?

[@robertjospeh1097]

Great fix Ivan!!

[@glenharper3136]

Thanks for the video Ivan.

[@sspnugen]

I think you will get more problem vehicles after this video, can’t wait to see Great series

[@Ben-says-you-are-AWESOME]

It all came good in the end! 😃

[@rickheckbert2423]

Nice set of videos Ivan. At the end only one warning light on! (cough, cough, Seat Belt, cough, cough)

[@streetfighters805]

The bolts looking angry was hilarious 🤣

[@thomasschaefer9312]

This truck owner is going to be happy.

[@TheTempest909]

this reminds me of the early tundras. mice love to hang out in the V under the manifold and chew the wires. the starter also lives in the same area... at least on the 4.7

[@robertsmith2956]

upgraded harness = Copper Clad Aluminum wires. LOL Check the old wire harness, and then follow the pin out on new one.

[@Garth2011]

Yessiree....good point. Always hang onto old parts.

[@robertsmith2956]

@@Garth2011 Although on this truck all the old wires fixed were wrong. LOL

[@roddietoney1963]

I did a 12 Impala with a flagship 1 computer. I missed diagnosed vehicle for injector shutting off while driving as computer. Never could get throttle learn to work and a 5 volt reference error. I did find bad wire to injector and still wouldn't do right. Flagship 1 wanted me to send it back and they would test and i would pay for shipping and if they stated good i would get same computer back. I put in original and kept flagship 1 to test .

[@lvsqcsl]

I didn't know Nissan V-8 engines had the starter under the intake manifold. I know Scotty Kilmer doesn't line Lexus/Toyota V-8 engines because of this. I learned something new today. GREAT VIDEO!

[@brianw8963]

@@lvsqcsl I didn’t know that either. Don’t know about the Nissans , but the 5.7 Toyota’s rarely fail under 200K , and I think the 4.7 V6 are in the same place.

[@ericknutson602]

Looks like Mighty mouse had a nice vacation motor home😅

[@donwilson4618]

Why didnt the backup wire repair fix the bed light. Something seems incomplete.

[@vladimirvladspecial2739]

Great Job! Thanks for the video!

[@baxrok2.]

Thanks Ivan!

[@ws2664]

good job on that one skippy.

[@gamesafterhomework8173]

The evap, and fuel temp sensor codes are probably bad connection in that SMJ connector on the frame rail. The 02 sensor, likely a sensor. They're notorious for rear sensors.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

I was thinking the top of the fuel pump was rotted out lol

[@richarddiaz591]

Great video as always, Ivan. One question, how did you resolve the IPDM malfunction, when trying to secure it in place? Thanks.

[@LesReeves]

If I owned that vehicle I would sell it now before any of the used parts fail especially the ecm as you said the Nissan ones seem to be a weak point.Cheers Ivan.

[@NoName-yr1jv]

Well done Ivan 👍

[@TheRealJerseyJoe]

Starter motor located under the intake manifold.... seems like a great idea...NOT !!!! Find that engineer and give him a slap.

[@mikefoehr235]

That is crazy

[@PeteD-jt5ir]

I think the Cadilac NorthStar is like that.

[@samholdsworth420]

​@@PeteD-jt5ircorrect. Gm did this first lol

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

At least it stays nice and dry in the valley... And manifold comes off easily... If the 10 bolt heads are still there 😂

[@TheMystikal82]

Still better then in transmission bell housing on my Audi 🤦

[@ovalteen4404]

So even when you CAN find the 10mm socket, the bolts won't work anyway.

[@truhntrz3408]

It looked like you had adapters on the piercing probes, to connect the test leads? Thx again!

[@knowone6214]

LOL....customer got a Royal FLAGSHIP Screwing....stay away from the bastards

[@TheBeardedScreenwriter]

explain?

[@jonnycando]

@@TheBeardedScreenwriterseems they often ship uninspected ecu’s, they know they are doing it so….draw your own conclusions

[@ischmidt]

@@jonnycando I'd guess they're doing some synthetic test on the repaired ECUs instead of having cars around to plug it into and see if it runs. Eric @ I Do Cars/ImportAPart keeps running cars around for popular ECUs specifically so he can sell used ECUs as tested good.

[@craiggoodwin9704]

Ivan, a lot of effort but that truck sure sounds great. Nice job. Thanks for Sharing! 🙃🙂

[@edjacobs8876]

Had you given any thought to replacing the starter?

[@mike-s8n8y]

Have to read the Flagship 1 warranty /returns, terms and conditions ,

[@NVRAMboi]

Why does this feel like more of an owner response problem rather than a Nissan problem? The ECM is bad, which to me shouldn't happen. But if it does, do I have a green light to start hacking wiring harnesses all over the vehicle? Well done once again Ivan.

[@haroldhawkins9370]

Nice video Ivan.

[@mikechiodetti4482]

Good fix Ivan. Bad place for that starter motor! Hope the customer's luck holds out with that ebay computer.

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

Hopefully that starter lasts at least another year ! Before a few other components take a dump ! 🎃

[@fredsalter1915]

That pesky seat-belt warning light simply won't go away....

[@AB-fs4gm]

Why doesn’t the seatbelt light on show up on your scanner ?

[@bugsforlife6]

Great work Ivan😊

[@sixtyfiveford]

Way to go!

[@fieldsofomagh]

The customer is happy with a job well done ✅. What's not to like ?

[@minilathe5271]

So Flagship One is not dependable for ECM/PCM repair. Ivan, have any recommendations for a good ECM/PCM repair shop?

[@JeremyAnthony-w2r]

Was that intake hard to remove and replace?

[@TheMamonti1]

retired old school mechanic here..... I own a titan and an xterra..... which is the best (Low cost) bi di scanner that can program PCM and keys in your opinion? I watched the scanner video you did but not sure what or what not they will do?.... point in case.... I did a complete brake lines on both..... I don't have a bi di scanner and it took me 7 times to bleed out air from the abs.... the only way I got it working is to drive it on a dirt road and lock up the brakes.... bring it back and get more air out of it... the xterra's brakes were never as good as they are now... but I did the titan and even after several lock ups and bleeding it still seams to have air in the system. Can you do a bi di to bleed the abs module on Nissan's? Thanks for all your videos... I stop being a mechanic when everything went computers and have learned so much watching your videos!!!

[@JeremyAnthony-w2r]

I have that same extractor set Ivan.

[@JBreakstuff]

Excellent set of videos!

[@ericknutson602]

Ivan you should have honor badges for every brand of vehicles you've worked on.. a total journeyman.😊

[@paulmuff9883]

A brilliant job well done 👍

[@1964Mooney]

No bolts left over? I can always reassemble anything with less parts than the engineer put in it 🙂

[@anonymuswere]

South Main just deal with one of those miswired lights...because of the same kid of problem...Identical wiring colors. I bet half of the DIY's and Mechanics groaned and shot the nearest "design engineer" a dirty look when you revealed the starter in the engine valley after cleaning out that nest :P first one I've seen done more with leaves than anything else, though.

[@daverson1508]

Take it back to the other shops and show them it's working.

[@dontderockmerizz3211]

Nissans are finicky with sensors being oem. Hitachi makes their sensors & you could usually find them cheaper than the dealer.

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

Nice job Ivan

[@Eric-t3u]

After sitting all that time I’m surprised the gas is still good. Oh and are you aloud to ship rodents across state lines. Great job as always

[@Eastendhunter9]

love my nissan's have 2 frontiers n a titan

[@k3ggaming926]

For 6 months the rats has a home, what a poor family😂😂😂. Great job sir Ivan, been following you for a while…

[@gordonwedman3179]

Does anyone try to repair those ECMs? Might be something simple. Would hate to scrap one of those trucks just because an ECM cannot be found.

[@ischmidt]

Flagship1 allegedly does, but their track record is pretty poor. However they test their repairs it's not sufficient.

[@jerryking2418]

Another job well done.

[@boogerhead0]

Hate to say this, but you should just replace the starter motor while that intake is off.

[@throttlewatch4614]

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