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Scotty,

 I love your YouTube channel. Honest and to the point information about vehicles. Thank you for sharing. My question is, should I invest money in repairing or replacing the engine in my truck or buy another used truck?

  I have a 2001 Nissan frontier supercharged 3.3L 4x4 king cab automatic. It has 152,000 mi on it. The previous owner put a k&n air filter intake and a magnaflow exhaust on it. Unfortunately, when the exhaust was installed it looks like they broke one of the mounts for the exhaust header. With everything going on right now I haven't really driven my truck that often. There is a slight oil leak so I put Blue Devil Stop Oil Leak fluid into the engine, let it idle for about an hour, and then went for a drive for 45 minutes after which the service engine soon light came on. I brought the truck to a garage and they ran a diagnostic and found the following codes; P0120, P0732, C1111, C1113. I also noticed when the car is at idle it hesitates slightly at around 700 to 900 RPM. The rest of the truck seems to be in good condition and I just put brand new tires on it as well. Would it be worth it to get those items repaired, replace the engine, or should I just invest in another used mid-size truck? Based on your videos, I'd like to get a Toyota Tacoma king cab or Ranger king cab for no more than 10 thousand dollars.

 Any advice you can provide is greatly to appreciated. Thanks again for all your content.

Sincerely,

Michael


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Replacing the engine is going to be more expensive and a huge pain in the ass. New truck is my vote


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