Scammed on a Infiniti q50 p0011 p0021

[@Caputosgarage]

UPDATE:::::: HEAD GASKET IS FINE , ITS FREEZE PLUGS , currently fixing now . Thank you everyone for the advice , you guys are awesome !

[@magictanftlauderdale5368]

Keep us informed if that actually was the problem. 👍🏼

[@sossteve66]

I would have reset everything and drove it straight to carmax

[@waitRidicule]

Yo facts

[@A_Floppy_Clock]

The fact that the seller obviously knew this car was fucked and still sold it to you over CarMax for only $100 would drive me to insanity.

[@Caputosgarage]

You’re right !! A real bummer , I didn’t even think of that for some reason

[@LadiesMan.217.]

$100 *MORE* than what Carmax offered. Cause me personally (and I’m assuming anyone else) a $100 q50 (let alone any car) is a win in my book. You don’t even get salvage cars that low

[@ashvazquez667]

Just got rid of 2019 sxt charger to carmax 125k miles. The work load was about to happen on that car….

[@Issa_G37VHR]

@@Caputosgarage Get a coolant pressure tester. Drain the oil, remove the oil cooler assembly leaving the coolant hoses connected to the cooler itself and put pressure in the cooling system. See if it leaks out the cooler or comes out the oil pan with the drain plug left out to eliminate the cooler being an issue water pumps normally fail and leak through a weep hole on the side of the block.

[@rico-outdoors970]

You can’t rely on Carfax. A vehicle can be damaged and repaired easily without going through insurance thus avoiding any record of damage. This is why you have your vehicle inspected

[@tomcole2041]

17 minutes to tell a 5 minute story. Might wanna speed things up a bit to keep people's attention.

[@ii5_3ggy_dummy28]

Ya lame. 😒 he went into detail you must got sum against em….. bc ain’t Noooo reason to be hatin at 2inna morning

[@andrewramlakhan598]

Holy, feels like a 6 year old is talking to me, 5 words and stop 5 words n stop. LOL

[@Kuro1kazuchi]

How about lay off tiktok and work on your attention span.

[@Caputosgarage]

Great advice , do you do this for your videos as well? Oh sorry I see you don’t have any videos posted ..

[@TheOhsemix]

It’s important when buying used cars to connect obd2 and check monitors if they arnt all completed demand to complete them or pass on it.

[@Caputosgarage]

Thank you I will keep this in mind !

[@MarketingCoachKen]

@@Caputosgarage watching this video we were all waiting for you to say that the monitors were ready when you checked it/scanned it. Either way someone can still pull off this scam with no codes and all monitors ready.

[@dbzownz12345]

Yeah I agree & on older cars, this works perfect to test the trans fluid. Drive the car for at least 15-20 minutes to warm up, enough for everything to mix up then check all fluids again.

[@justhere4721]

​@@MarketingCoachKenWith a live data scanner you can see how many miles were driven since the last codes were cleared.

[@bh5697]

Came here to say the exact same!

[@marshallcenobio1274]

I buy and sell cars for a living and I’ll say just stay away from the 3.0 turbos they are terrible engines. Stick with the 3.7 much more reliable.

[@2seep]

No the issue is that people absolutely beat on the 3.0t far more than the 3.7. Then they sell it and people blame the car. This is literally a prime example of that

[@justhere4721]

The 3.0 were known to have issues with the block and gasket mating surfaces. Nissan was replacing the engine blocks and turbos on q50s with this issue within warranty.

[@apthashooter860]

It’s the porus block issues. Coolant leaked through the block and evaporates. It’s not because of the gasket or surface. I know I’ve had it done to mines and the dealer I used to work for. But you are right mines was replaced under warranty turbos and long block.

[@drrightwing4435]

Wrong. Head gaskets only give on these motors when overboosted. These motors are known for bad serpentines. There’s no such thing as a “porous block” on any internal combustion engine ever made

[@apthashooter860]

@ bruh how you gone tell me lmao. You can fucking Google it lmao. Nissan paid 26k to fix my car. Lmao. It means there small cracks in the block or holes. Means the casting wasn’t done right from the manufacturer. Which means coolant escapes/evaporation throughout the block. Be quite FN. You played ya self

[@samball1307]

I don’t know who came up with that idea, but a block couldn’t be made out of porcelain, but it doesn’t even hold any degree of common sense because porcelain is a water resistant material. But those motors are known for sucking, coolant into the block though🤷‍♂️

[@SnakeDoctor5104]

​100%. Went through it with my Q50 2018 RS. It is most likely a porus engine block. They checked the head gasket first.​@apthashooter860

[@thebrock12]

They fucked you over you thought you were getting one hell of a deal

[@genan]

A private seller that claims financial problems and does a new oil change is a no go. And $100 over CarMax

[@LuisC202]

I take these motors apart weekly. It is not easy just changing the head gaskets. You have to pull the engine out to even work on it as it is tight qiarters in rhe engine bay

[@drrightwing4435]

In bay head gasket change can be done on these vehicles. Anybody that wants to pull the motor for a head gasket wants to charge more labor. Pulling the motor on these cars isn’t difficult. It’s just an extra labor charge to the customer

[@zachkochan5395]

But it’s not overheating? Aren’t those turbos coolant and oil colded? Make sure coolant isn’t dumping into engine from turbo line could be clogged or something or just a bad turbo common with those

[@matrixx860]

Sold you a lemon. I would've never bought it just knowing that it was the turbo 3.0 engine The 3.7L naturally aspirated or V8's are much better.

[@vinny6_9]

p0011/p0021 was a very common N/A VQ issue lol The galley gaskets were made out of paper (not kidding) and would bleed oil pressure.

[@Phystininmalarghol]

@@vinny6_9do you think you’re smart or something? He never asked for your NEGATIVITY. WHY ARE YOY HARASSING HIM? I swear this is why trump won I’m so tired of alll the free tax and stuff

[@gazadon826]

@@vinny6_9different engine different code it’s not even his headgasket or his gallery gaskets it’s porous block.

[@daylaun]

​@vinny6_9 the paper gallery gasket was replaced in the 3.7 after 2013

[@vinny6_9]

@@gazadon826 did i say that it was? Reading comp is not your forte...

[@JoeKyser]

As soon as you started describing it I was thinking head gasket. Scammers........ Dam bro I'm sorry to hear this You know I've seen where they've put some sort of treatment and the antifreeze and then change the oil and it would make it seem like everything was good for a couple days. I mean hanging around garages as a kid you hear guys talking you hear all sorts of dirty tricks that people play. Even as to go far as put a little piece of leather in the rod bearing Main to quiet it up

[@youngroosevelt38]

Always gotta check obd before purchase. Years ago, I was checking out an old Maxima, ran fine for the most part, the seller was super chill. No CEL at all. So I ask if I can scan the car, dude gets nervous, but says go ahead. Hook up my lil $30 scanner and boom, a couple of codes popped up that were stored in the computer. He just had the light reset so the CEL wasn't illuminated, but the cpu still stored the faults.

[@berttyq50]

I got my 2015 Q50S with the 3.7 this year and it’s been an awesome daily!!

[@rashadvq]

Just got me a 3.7 too, it’s amazing

[@2seep]

To confirm it’s a head gasket take out the spark plugs first and inspect the inside of the engine cylinders and see if it’s clean. Another way coolant can leak into oil is removing the valve covers. There are small plugs, 3 per valve cover I believe. These can leak into the head. Considering how brown the oil was, the leak was minimal. Most likely it’s these screw plugs. If you respond to this comment I can find the video and give you the part number later.

[@MarketingCoachKen]

The goal here is to NOT lose a lot of money on it. You can't drive that car in limp mode as is. You're better than that. You deserve to drive this car as it was intended to be driven. In perfect working order. Let us know if you find out how much it would be to fix it. And thanks for the warning. I'd rather buy a crashed Q50 from the auction than have this happen to me.

[@Caputosgarage]

Exactly ! I never have any problems buying things knowing what I’m getting in to ! This car I was originally buying for my wife . So I spent a little extra money to make sure she got a good car . Some people just suck

[@mechanicalintentions5431]

Just had this happen with a Lexus CT200h my man. Sucks, but I will be bringing a head gasket test will me for future car purchases

[@Caputosgarage]

Ughhhh I’m sorry man . I guess im just so used to head gasket problems being way more noticeable

[@mechanicalintentions5431]

@ me too! Unfortunately I had my parents go to buy the car for my sister and had them “look” but it too was covered up.

[@TheScottiem303]

Dude, I hate people. I always think i'm being scammed, because most times you are.

[@oscarcruz6599]

Usually those codes are for the gallery gaskets and need replacing, also if the oil is chocolaty it might not be the head gaskets and can be the water pump is bad, when they leak water runs down into the oil pan.

[@Caputosgarage]

Thank you I will actually look in to this tomorrow

[@BADMAN-SJ]

It's not gallery gasket this is a 3.0t , the 3.0t is absolute garbage

[@oscarcruz6599]

@@BADMAN-SJ you are right but the water pump still sits behind the timing cover and if it goes bad it can leak water into the oil pan which might cause the vvt solenoids to throw out the codes

[@BADMAN-SJ]

@@oscarcruz6599 vr30ddtt is not a VQ it has a external water pump it's a completely different engine from VQs your familiar with instead of gallery gaskets and water pumps failing it's literally every single engine room on these.

[@vinny6_9]

@@BADMAN-SJ true, but both of the codes to pop on and cause a limp mode, could still mean he's losing oil pressure somewhere (the original problem in G37/G35 VQs). he could also be correct that the viscosity of oil isn't good enough if it's mixed with coolant. i'd get a coolant pressure tester and confirm, as well as oil pressure gauge.

[@Dahvacman100]

Had the same issue on my g37x car only rev up to 3k rpms had to change my gallery gasket to metal and add torque screws so I ended up changing my water pump VVT solenoids, camshaft sensors and crankshaft sensor and timing chain and guide rods and tensioners also did my valve cover gasket too

[@junkmail9900]

The same exact thing happened to me. I’m pretty sure on the exact same day. I live in the area. My issue was over fill. Same symptoms no CEL. I ran a scan immediately and got the pending timing codes. 2016 - 2018s notorious for porous block.

[@matthewthedude146]

You have to be very cautious when buying Q50's they get beat to hell and owners rarely do maintenance on time.

[@dajerseyrat]

So you look to take advantage of people with financial woes, which in itself is a scam. Yet you're upset you didn't do your due diligence? Always bring a head gasket tester.

[@Ste4433]

How is that a scam😂😂

[@selfmadejay01]

@@Ste4433right wouldn’t see how that’s a scam at all

[@Kiaboys392]

Bro he’s actually doing the ppl he’s looking for a favor, sometimes ppl cant afford the car anymore and it’s u see contact… plus the issues with the car are commonly masked with additives and fresh oil change like bro mentioned… and it drives perfect for a couple days… whole time he got busted trans

[@powermoveschris9891]

Not always head gaskets in ford because they put the water pump inside the engine connecting to the timing chain. When it fails it’ll have the oil looking like that as well.

[@vinny6_9]

infiniti, at least the G37/5 VQ has the same WP design.

[@Lethal.G37]

@@vinny6_9yes but when the water pump fails on the vq37 or vr30 there’s a little weep hole so the coolant leaks out the bottom of the car and doesn’t mix in the oil

[@vinny6_9]

always check to see how many miles it drove after the last CEL was cleared. i bet you they reset it right as they changed the oil/before sale. p0011/p0021- was a very common issues with the G37/G35/Q50s VQs, but yours is a different engine. I'd still check the oil pressure if you can to rule this out. Get a coolant pressure tester and pump it up to see if it's losing it.

[@Caputosgarage]

Thank you man , that’s really informative and I will take this info and run with it !

[@vinny6_9]

@@Caputosgarage for sure. Definitely keep us posted on the outcome.

[@davntelisha19]

Block test and oil cooler check

[@speedyworld8878]

It’s not the head gasket is the head plugs pull off the valve cover you will see them just reseal them

[@iiMunchie]

Deadass? Bc i was about to do my head gasket tomorrow

[@saucyvr3031]

Or you can do a cylinder leak down test to verify if the heads are ok . If they are I’d start looking at the seals under your valve cover . Worth a shot!

[@LiveN4Life]

Still baffles me that people are ok doing this to others. Knowing the problem, the least they could have done was be honest with you and sell to Carmax. Personally I could never screw someone over like this, so it bothers me to see/hear stories like this. Imagine if someone without your knowledge had ended up with it, Woulda been worse for them, especially if they didn't have the extra money or ability to fix it themselves.

[@alexstealth27]

Its very common to change oil before a sale. An oil change is cheap and shows you take care of a car. Thats a common thing to do before you sell the car. Not like you are rebuilding the engine or anything 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@kyoakland]

The 3.7 would never 😂

[@BADMAN-SJ]

9:49 on this platform you are going to wish coolant is on the floor and or leaking externally if not it's bad knees

[@HectorMartinez-gy8kp]

It happens to the best of us

[@UsualVenus]

The Fact That You Bought A Car & Not Used A Scan Tool Just Says A lot About How You Conduct Purchases!! Me? if The Catalytic Converters Are NOT ready Or The Evap System is NOT Ready I’m Not Buying it!! 🤷‍♂️ it’s Obvious They Deleted The Codes & They Sold it To You So WompWomp!! Joke On You Man i Hope You Learn Your Lesson!!

[@Caputosgarage]

I definitly scanned the code originally and it was just previously deleted , car ran flawlessly so I didn’t worry about it . Can’t afford a fancy scan tool at the moment so I just used a basic obd to read current codes and there were none . You kind of seem like an asshole though

[@UsualVenus]

@@Caputosgarage The Best Thing You Can Do Now is Put insurance On it & Wait For Someone To Rear End You Total The Car Honestly i Wouldn’t Waste Time Or Money Fixing it That Would Be a Loss On Top Of A Loss, A Hole? Not At All Just Being Straight Up

[@user-vj3wd3ge4l]

Few things, you suck at telling a story. You didn’t get scammed. You paid under market value and expected no issues? You didn’t scan for codes and see if all monitors were set?

[@panchogomez4238]

When you went to go meet up with the person you prolly didn’t drive the car too long or you didn’t scan it before you bought it

[@jalopy2472]

Never buy a Q50 period. These cars are only owned by one type of owner. Zero maintenance, cutting through traffic, tinted windows, and no insurance. Every single time. They do zero maintenance, and beat the hell out of the cars.

[@godzela80]

I got a 2011 loaded Subaru legacy in mint condition 1 week later the trans started to kick hard due to a valve solenoid and who knows it could be the transmission it self , the car had a lot of new parts so as soon as the problem happened I knew why he sold it to me cheep so I sold it with 400 dollars loss but I put the photo of the code on the facebook ad as am not a scammer

[@VictorLopez-no4mh]

Bro your ranting wtf haha

[@Caputosgarage]

Yes I love a good rant

[@devinswanson1752]

Pure buyer's ignorance and proves it when he sits here talking with the oil mix with coolant and having the car running the whole time 😅😅😅 let's just wait for the motor to blow up and then say Wow I wonder how that happened. Just admit to yourself you don't know as much as you think about car's and spend the couple of hundred dollars and have the next car you buy looked at by a real mechanic and this won't happen in the future.

[@drrightwing4435]

If you’re gonna keep it for a little while, try that head gasket sealant, you put into your coolant. It’s an inexpensive bandaid fix, but should last a few months, up to a yr. Just so you can at least use the car as your daily for a bit. Used it before on a small head gasket leak, it works for a while. Remember though, it’s not a permanent repair

[@mudshotit]

good ole porous block 😪 be ready to pony up some cash for a new motor 😭

[@benjamincollins6553]

I have loved all my Infinit cars 35 coup 2009 over 200k no problem 2015 q50 3.7 awd over 250k all original but shocks no problems now I have a 2011 m37x 3.7 167k done rad and thermostat no problem preventive maintenance and quality wise interior and just build quality my favorite moral of the story stick with the 3.7 in these

[@yankees29]

I randomly saw your channel. I have the same last name.😂

[@akaWilln54]

These people say you are preying on people down on their luck confuse me, this isn’t scam like behavior nor is it immoral. They don’t need to agree to sell anything it’s not like you’re putting them under any pressure. 🤷‍♂️ sorry abt the car

[@1MrVQ]

Since you invested so much money on the buy. I would just swap the motor vs changing or getting the head gasket fixed. Just swap motor. It could have porus block. You’ll think its head gasket but if coolant mix with oil. I think it’s porus block. Look into porus block. You’re clearly loosing coolant bro. And it’s leaking internally in the engine. Which makes the oil so milky. Nissan/infiniti don’t even have a solution to the fix. Coolant will leak into the block and your heat won’t work and mixes with oil.

[@gazadon826]

Prous block my friend a head gasket alone isn’t going to fix it. Engine rebuild or replacement

[@2seep]

🤦🏽‍♂️. You people say porous block all the time. Now tell me why this platform has never had a blow head gasket? It’s because the dealers say porous block to get an engine replacement to get many labor hours from Nissan. Almost 90% of “porous block” issues are head gaskets. If you have proof it’s porous block show me a block with a crack. Do you have any proof of that? No because it never happens.

[@justintoth5440]

Damn…get to the point

[@Drew-P-Bllz]

Nissan hasn’t built a quality vehicle since the mid 2000s. I would stay away from it

[@tspulliza]

Stop trying to be Carmax and realize that your $100 will cost your $1000

[@ymmij1973]

Most of those Infinitys are destroyed and ran hard into the ground by the nicely tanned urban folk. Never buy a car from carmax. They get most of the shitty cars the other used car lots and dealerships didn't want.

[@toddsmith5552]

At this point you mind as well try Blue Devil

[@Caputosgarage]

Next video is 100% blue devil video haha !

[@terrellchas]

Porus block or head gasket

[@therealanthony4978]

Bro praying on someone’s downfall and the roles flipped on em 😂 this sucks man

[@Caputosgarage]

Not praying on anyone’s down fall, just there to help when people need money to get out of a bind . Like most business men

[@kyoakland]

It happens 😂

[@Tony-c5h5h]

You might want to slow down and check the oil cooler

[@BoltsNBalls]

If I had a penny for every 3.0T I’ve dealt with I’d probably retire already. It’s not looking to good for you.

[@possession3929]

You said the q50 had no mechanical issues other than cosmetics. Have you researched the 3.0 q50's. They have horrible turbo failure still not fixed.

[@juanibarra9846]

Infiniti fixed the turbo issue for the 2018 and up q50. They had bad turbos on the 2016s and 17s. The only issue they have right now is the serpentine belt jumps out of place, but that's only when you're pushing the car by racing the shit of it. These cars are not race cars. I have a 2019 q50 and it's running great.. I do my oil changes every 3k miles and installed a oil catch can.

[@Caputosgarage]

I meant this particular q50 didn’t have any known mechanicals issues when I bought it , my apologies

[@Dimeji2x]

@@juanibarra9846”so they say” my 2019 q60 turbos went out at 44,369 miles.

[@BADMAN-SJ]

@@juanibarra9846they never fixed the turbo issue , 5 new Nissan z owners already had turbos replaced under warranty

[@davidkrawi1650]

@@juanibarra9846 trash cars with too maany issues

[@davntelisha19]

Do a block test

[@allenrachal]

Porous block... Most the time ita not fixable on your own. It might need a whole new engine

[@lobssangmarrero4781]

Bro u know u don’t have to have a check engine light illuminated to scan the car? You should always still scan the car. You may pull a history code and or a pending code

[@AlejandroTorres-bl2kb]

Take it back to the seller and and get a lawyer he sold it to you with a bad head gasket thats considered a scam. the gasket is not going to blow in 3 days after you bought it, he knew it was bad.

[@Paul-oh4fe]

Used cars are sold as is. Buyer beware. This is the risk you take when buying used cars.

[@dayroyal7740]

Even at a dealer got scammed on a srt jeep with bad head gaskets under warranty to

[@BryanRutkowski-n4w]

Not how it works bud. Stop giving bad advice on youtube.....

[@33rdworldwide]

He got it from a private seller. Cheaper to just fix it

[@jermainetaylor653]

Well, you did say you search for people who have problems, so you shouldn't be surprised 😮.

[@Caputosgarage]

Haha definitly true

[@Phystininmalarghol]

What puzzles me is why you didn’t do research. You should’ve never eaten. Tried to purchase one of these dude. That 3.0 TT engine is garbage. You’re lucky the transmission wasn’t crap but they are horribly unreliable. They only kept the 3.7 until 2015. Then they abandoned it forthat engine and the hybrid. The eight cylinder ones are very very hard to find and they are upwards of 20 grand so people can’t flip that. But these are garbage. Sad for you and I hope you can sell it for parts, but that engine is toast.

[@peterock9682]

3.0tt vr30s the worst infiniti you can buy! stay away from them m, bad engines bad turbos sluggish trans in traffic!

[@VictorLopez-no4mh]

Gallery gasket

[@ericberry5134]

Oil cooler?

[@BoltsNBalls]

Oil coolers usually vice versa. You’ll get oil into the coolant reservoir. And you’d be overheating since the oil isn’t good at being coolant

[@vinmarz]

Xterras had that same issue

[@aaron.z1207]

Trying to come up off peoples problems will never get you blessed

[@Avicz140]

Run to carmax fast

[@felixdacatwitdamac1084]

Ppi ppi ppi ppi!

[@godzela80]

You got greedy and got scammed , don't get into this game if you don't know how to fix cars , a head gasket shouldn't be that hard , you can do it on your own in under 8 hrs

[@Caputosgarage]

1 how did I get greedy ? And 2 I know how to fix cars that’s why I said I was going to do the head gasket job . Video purpose was to warn others that this is something to look out for

[@godzela80]

Like me we look for ppl who need money and use them , but hey some time they use us and our greed

[@Caputosgarage]

@@godzela80​​⁠well I mean I wouldn’t call it greedy, I would just call it normal business . As a business owner you should be looking for good deals

[@BADMAN-SJ]

@@Caputosgaragemost of the time the problem with these cars is a cracked block / porous block if there is a internal coolant issue you need a new motor

[@klo7499]

How is that greedy??😂

[@quieropoder]

1st mistake, was to buy infinity, it’s a Nissan garbage car🤷🏿‍♂️ stick with older Toyotas and you’ll never lose money

[@NudaMan]

Even more boring car brand lol

[@queensjay]

So you prey on people who are in a bind and you take advantage of them!! Now that you got what you deserved it’s “I was scam” listen bud that’s the universe and that karma. No sympathy here. You got what you deserve for taking advantage of people. You literally said it in the beginning of this overly long video.