NISSAN SOUTH AFRICA, JOHN DU TOIT MOTORS & MAHIKENG AUTO WANT ME TO BELIEVE THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR’S ENGINE IS DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE WHEN IN FACT IT IS DUT TO THE LOW IQ OF THE NISSAN TECHNICIANS

<p>The purpose of this summary is to provide the reader with information that will prove beyond doubt that the 4Wheels Motor Group’s Nissan Dealerships in Mahikeng and Lichtenburg, namely Mahikeng Auto and John du Toit Motors, employ staff, Managers, Foremen and Technicians, who are totally ******** and *********** with no sense of pride in their workmanship. But I suppose when you are totally ******** and *********** you do not have any sense to be proud of anything.</p> <p>However, this ignorance and incompetence by the Nissan Dealer’s foremen and technicians who worked on my car over the past two years have caused me so much aggravation and wasted money. By the trial and error method the foremen and technicians tried to resolve the problems. This of course resulted in unnecessary expenses for me as I had to pay for parts (and fitting) which after all did not require repair or replacement. What the trial and error method did eventually achieve was to cause irreparable damage to the engine for which the Nissan Dealer accepts no responsibility. Instead I was provided with a further astronomical quote to have the engine overhauled by the same incompetence technicians who are responsible for the damage to the engine.</p> <p>For some time before the radiator top failed engine oil consumption was slightly higher than normal and the engine was constantly covered in oil. It was not possible to see where the oil was leaking through as the air travelling through the engine bay would blow the oil all over the engine which made tracing the leak impossible. No oil burnt or otherwise, was passing through the exhaust system. No oil was d*********** the engine either as there were no visible oil stains under the car where I park. The oil was leaking onto the hot engine and burning off. During scheduled services the technicians were unable to trace the leak.</p> <p>Please note that I am not a mechanic, but after some research on the internet and speaking to various people in the motor industry, I gained some understanding of the operation of a combustion engine that by going back to the beginning and observing in retrospect the events as they transpired, I am able to conclude the following;</p> <p>For some time before December 2014 the car’s engine was leaking oil which the Nissan Dealer’s “technicians” were unable to locate (at 240000km & 270000km services). It seems now that back pressure due to worn piston rings forced oil back to the sump and probably past exhausting pistons and then through the spark plug seals in the rocker cover. Because the wind blew the oil everywhere it was not evident where the oil came from. The car had never overheated.</p> <p>In December 2014 (odometer reading 291613km) the oil pressure in the engine reached a peak where it blew an internal gasket somewhere pressurising the water cooling system. The radiator top, probably being the path of least resistance, blew open. The temperature gauge was normal and I was able to remove the radiator cap with my bare hands without burning myself.</p> <p>In December 2014 Mahikeng Auto attempted to “repair” the car. But the technicians did not check the sump pressure. I would have presumed that this test is stated as compulsory in Mechanics 101. So the oil leak continued but this time accompanied by a ratchet sounding noise emanating from the engine bay.</p> <p>In January 2015 Mahikeng Auto again “repaired” the car, this time removing almost all the parts in the engine. But again, the technicians did not check the sump pressure. So the oil leak continued as did the ratchet sounding noise emanating from the engine bay. It seems nobody learnt anything from the previous attempt at repairing the engine.</p> <p>And so again I was in and out of the workshop watching managers, foremen and technicians come and go.</p> <p>In January 2016 I took the car in so that it could be repaired once and for all. Everything the technicians thought was the problem was replaced, starter, timing chain, tensioners, rocker cover, gaskets seals, etc. But again, the technicians did not check the sump pressure. So the oil leak continued as did the ratchet sounding noise from the engine bay.</p> <p>And so again I was in and out of the workshop watching managers, foremen and technicians come and go.</p> <p>Eventually in November 2016 the Nissan Dealer took the car to their workshop in Lichtenburg where it was pronounced dead-on-arrival.</p> <p>For my 13 page Time Line of Events, please leave your email address at ***</p>