i have a 2019 silver sport with 73k miles and original turbos...you HAVE to do oil changes every 3k miles or less...do NOT GO 10k as recommended definitely will smoke these turbos and engine prematurely!

@irunxboxlive916

10 ай бұрын

this man knows

@AngelVazquez-zn7xx

10 ай бұрын

This is it right here. I have a heavily modded q60 with down pipes, full E-85 fuel system (high and low pumps/Flex fuel kit) and I am hearing a TON of turbo wastegate rattle now. don't know if that's ok, but I am def. looking to upgrade turbos before they go

@myspurs2003

7 ай бұрын

What type oil u recommend?

@03maxi

7 ай бұрын

@@myspurs2003 amsoil signature series 0w20 or eneos street 0w20 would run both for 3k miles between oil changes

@Q60rs

6 ай бұрын

4-5k amsoil 5w-30 with larger oil filter. Oil catch can and heat exchanger.

These cars are a pain in the butt. Turbo failure, internal coolant leak. I have a 2018 red sport, barely drive the car, turbos replaced, later that year coolant leaking into combustion chamber, engine replaced at 67k miles. Never beat on the car,oil always changed at 3 or 4K miles. Still had issues.

Love your content about Infiniti keep it going 👍🏾 I got a Q50 3.0 90k no issues

@2seep

11 ай бұрын

Be sure to use 5w30 ams oil signature. Someone’s turbo went out at 114k due to wear.

@Baby.jj.02

11 ай бұрын

My 2018 q50 has almost 70k miles and I drive my car really hard and it never failed but I do my oil changes every 5k miles

145 kms q50 turbos work great actually had them inspected when I did my lower down pipes and theywere perfect? Amsoil 5w 30 signature black series only oem Nissan oil filters and no more then 4kms in between oils changes

My 2019 Q50 has 160,000 miles turbos are shot it still drives it made it this far I’m happy. Part out in a few months if anyone needs parts

Bought my 2017 Q50 premium 6 months ago at 48K miles at a dealer, and it's had the wastegate rattle since I got into but still going strong and healthy 6k miles later. I recommend oil changes at least every 5,000 miles, and even still I always have the fear that something will go wrong.

My 2018 Q50 RS is currently at the dealer having the turbos replaced. Thank god for extended warranty

@charlie4649

Ай бұрын

How much would it be if you had to pay for it? I’m thinking of getting a redsport and I’m afraid it has 65-75k and it’s been beat to death

@luckyphixaysavath4336

Ай бұрын

Currently have mine in the dealership for a month now and not sure boys long it'll be in there since the turbo is on backorder

@EternalTheWarrior

24 күн бұрын

@@luckyphixaysavath4336Really? My buddy just took his to the dealer and they had it done in a week

@sterlingbrown3138

6 күн бұрын

@@charlie4649 they told me 8k for both turbos replace but my friend blew both turbos and had to get them replaced and engine replaced..Twas 19k

@joses8816

5 күн бұрын

@@sterlingbrown3138stop bro I don’t got warranty so don’t tell me those prices 😢

The QC of the turbos are inevitable the time will come, the most you can do is baby it. No burbles, no flames FREQUENT OCI etc. You definitely can strike your luck if you stay on top of maintenance and don’t do anything to provoke harm on the turbos. Had a Friend with OEM engine and turbos all the way up to 117k miles tuned and BO. I’d say that’s hella life compared to the norm of the turbos. Just expect to upgrade if especially modding. Stock you a birdbrain you don’t grab that warranty smh

I just had to replace my 2018 Q60 right Turbo Yesterday. Thank God it was under warranty!

@nickskolsky2560

11 ай бұрын

It’s like headlight bulbs or wiper blades , you should always replace both if one is bad because the 2nd one is close to failure

@lexy_boo

Ай бұрын

What was the symptoms?

@TacoLover1

Ай бұрын

@@lexy_boo Smoking tail pipe and whistling noises. Make sure you have them replaced before your warranty ends.

One of my turbos went on my 2017 Q50 Red Sport at 45000 kms. The dealer replaced under warranty in April 2023. Apparently there is a TSB but Infiniti has not issued a recall. I was told there is a defect in the turbo and it was manufactured with the channel being too narrow. The dealer would not replace both turbos.

My 2017 Q50 Redsport had Turbo failure at 48k miles... They were bleeding coolant out the seals. The whole engine and turbos were replaced under warranty, but I ended up pushing it too hard being tuned and racing the new engine So I am now fully built w/RT V2 turbos.

@saiyanfox2087

11 ай бұрын

I am waiting on my RT turbos. How long did it take to get yours they are taking forever !

@cormaro13

11 ай бұрын

So you went fully built instead of getting a better brand nice lol

@dankolicious10

11 ай бұрын

@@saiyanfox2087 I ordered them and the built motor months in advance from RT. But they were there within a few weeks.

@dankolicious10

11 ай бұрын

My fully built car is faster in a 1/4mile race than a 911 turbo, multiple BMW's in M trim, tuned, upgraded turbos, tuned Mercedes, many Hellcats, Trackhawks, Teslas, and I spent less total on my built car (including the car) than buying any of the others stock. lol

@cormaro13

11 ай бұрын

@@dankolicious10 well obliviously the people buying those don't really care about money 🤣 just you had to replace everything while they did a few bolts on 🤣

Are charge pipes used for spesfic or all turbos

One of my turbos failed at 30k on my 2019 Q50S. Dealer is replacing under warranty along with a leaking water pump. My car is babied and only commutes back and forth on the highway for work, 40 miles round trip. Regular oil changes every 5k at the dealer and still fell victim to turbo and water pump failure

@oc3144

Ай бұрын

Thats why I got the G37 VQ 3.7

Do these turbos fail on the new Z, or is it fixed?

Does anyone know about the Z1 aftermarket turbos and how they perform and handle in comparison to the stock

@zeppkfw

10 ай бұрын

I've been looking around for awhile and q50 aftermarket turbos dont have a lot of feedback barely anybody buys them. They should be more reliable though

My waste gates rattle so loud. Every time i accelerate the rattle is super annoying. Im tuned and have no loss of power thought.

Had two 2018 models. Last one had bad turbos at ~10.5K miles. First owner was a senior driver so I doubt he was pushing the car..

This was helpful thanks. Question I had to put in more antifreeze to my red sport 2020 Q50. Bought in January of 2023 I put half of antifreeze gallon just yesterday. Also When starting the car in the morning. Engine loud then goes normal. Thank you

@tannerfox6790

2 ай бұрын

Engine has to warm up then calms down all of em do that

It's honestly so unfortunate that they didn't design these turbos correctly. It's the VQ family all over again starting with so-so reliable engines. The q50 has the potential to be budget GTRs

One big thing you missed that kills Q50/Q60 turbos is aftermarket BOV. When I first got my Q60 three years ago, I would always see (no joke) 3-4 posts a week of blown turbos/engines on Q Facebook pages. But ever since the owner of SonicTuned made a descriptive post of how BOV kill our turbos, almost every Q owner got rid of theres, and now I RARELY see a post about blown turbos or engines. I talked to a INFINITI technician, and he also said the same thing, lack of maintenance and buying cheap parts(cheaper Chinese sensors,etc) also kills the turbos/engines.

@Bozos95

11 ай бұрын

What's bov?

@Deathman197

11 ай бұрын

@@Bozos95 blow off valve “turbo flutter noise”

@CommanderM007

11 ай бұрын

​@@Bozos95blow-off valve

@Vosovogalsyncope

11 ай бұрын

Are they VTA or recirculating

@Mario_RX7

11 ай бұрын

@@Vosovogalsyncope VR30s are recirculating valves.

noticed my car had lost of power and slight whistling at about 25000 mile brought it to infiniti of greenwich and even had a tech from infiniti to test drive it and tech said the car was driving normal, but i kno my car , 10000 mile later sound got worse infinit of fairfield confirmed that both turbos were failing. service advisor at infiniti of greenwich didn't even know what a road force balance was, i had to point out that they has the equipment to do it and even after i requested it done they didnt do it. prior to that service they changed the rack and the DAS was screwed, they did the alignment over 5 times and a same tech from infinti had to come and fix the problem .

How do I convince the Infiniti tech to replace them? lol

I had a 2019 35k miles blow turbo seals, I caught mine the second I got the car, I was the second owner idk how long he was driving on them on but for the most my engine seems healthy

@queensjay

9 ай бұрын

Were putting out white smoke if you let the car idle at operating temp for say 10mins? If so did the smoke go away when you started driving?

Turbo whine seems to be normal. Had it since I got the car with 6k it has now at 50k. Coolant leak. I had that, well it was not a leak, it was evaporation under pressure. The Radiator cap had failed. I replaced all the coolant caps (three) and now that seems to be solved too.

@OxBlitzkriegxO

Ай бұрын

If it sounds like a dentist drill, the impeller is running on the housing and sending metal through the engine.

Lots of 2017s are over 100k and someone just hit 200k on a tuned rs

Bought a 2018 Q50 3.0 T used from CarMax - 4 months later engine and turbo are blown. I am guessing the prior owner drove it rough, never again will I buy a turbo! 66,000 - pray the extended warranty will fix it from CarMax. If anyone has an opinion on what else can go wrong with these cars.....

@aarnjams

5 ай бұрын

Did Carmax Maxcare cover the repairs?

@LJB-ob6uq

5 ай бұрын

Yes they did! We have a new engine and turbos. @@aarnjams

Woah, so this whole time I thought this whistle was normal because it has a turbos (I own a q50 sport) I’m I not supposed to have any type of whistles AT ALL ? while accelerating ? I would think that’s typical for a boosted car ?

@motives7463

9 ай бұрын

Kinda has me worried because I thought that was normal for a turbocharged car. Shouldnt they have a slight whistle in general?

@RedSport.Season

9 ай бұрын

They do have a slight whine when the turbos spool. But when it starts to become a loud whistle, it can be an issue

@aarnjams

5 ай бұрын

No. I have a 2018 red sport and there is no audible "whistle" or "whine" when accelerating

@johnmulgrew67

3 ай бұрын

@@aarnjamsstrange… my 18’ RS once I get in to boost you can hear the turbo spool… like a regular boosted car. Even my Honda boosted spooling made a whistle. Car is healthy as ever

@aarnjams

3 ай бұрын

@@johnmulgrew67 did you modify the intake at all? If you do you can definitely hear it. And be sure to install an oil catch can!!

Suddenly I have motion sickness

Do you need to drop the motor to replace the turbos

@70malcolm

10 ай бұрын

Yes

@stevensonalexander7129

7 ай бұрын

Yesssss have to

@OxBlitzkriegxO

Ай бұрын

Not necessarily. It's easier to do it but it's NOT needed for RWD cars.

It’s a common issue cause there’s a bunch of idiots that beat on the car and don’t keep up on oil

The problem is the drivers. Imagine if they had made a stick shift...

This is good stuff but is this a factory failure and if is a factory failure should be covered by infinity.

@cormaro13

11 ай бұрын

😂😂 no company takes care of crap

@joseangelmusic2603

11 ай бұрын

@cormaro1376 I hear you. Acura has recalls all the time and you bring it in and by the Vin they can tell if the recall been done in the vehicle. Now after that you be on your own. We should look into recalls for this engine with Infinity. I have my 3.7 so I am good but I feel for you guys. If I see anything on recalls I will post

@zeppkfw

10 ай бұрын

@@joseangelmusic2603 infiniti is banking that the turbos dont fail and if they do they'll just do the replacement

I have a 2019 and both turbos failed, had to have a new long block from porosity issues leaking coolant at 4k miles. Now again at 30k they are going.

@heefq8121

6 күн бұрын

Shame on nissan

Hey I never drove my car hard I got a 2016 Q50S bought it wit 50k now has 82k I’m experiencing that whistle noise only when I start it up n the morning then it Stop after a minute n I dnt hear it anymore til the next morning it’s jus started doin it also

@vararebreedlost2085

2 күн бұрын

It’s coming my brother, mine started the same way.

I had to get a brand new motor on my 2018 q50s only 65k on it thank god for warranty but it took 3 months to get my car bacc sheesh

Bruh I just got a q50, two weeks later I take it in for an oil change and they called me to pick it up… check engine light on. I said something, they were like oh u have a bad turbo… bro what..

@heefq8121

6 күн бұрын

Why

@sterlingbrown3138

6 күн бұрын

@@heefq8121 I’m not too sure. Didn’t matter cause I hydroplaned and totaled it like 2 weeks after the comment😂

I was gonna buy this card 3yrs ago and I didn't too many issues. Seriously I'm a nissan person, but nissan really just whipped this engine up. It seemed like an after thought. Truly these cars are money pits. Only two ppl own these cars true enthusiasts and ppl with a big bank account. If you want this car that bad do what the rich ppl do just lease it.

I just had my turbos replaced because of failure I have a 2019 Turbo Red sport and I am at 47,000 miles 😡😡😡😡Luckily my powertrain warranty took care of the problem

The main reason i think this engine is so unreliable is for the following reasons: 1. Hot v turbo configuration which creates alot of heat. This is bad for alot of reasons. 2. Open deck design. Turbos cars with high boost should always have a closed deck design for strength 3. No forged pistons or engine internals. High boost turbo cars need this. 4. Low quality small turbos with poor hardware and design 5. Inadequate system cooling performance 6. Use of 0w20 oil from factory. They do this for emissions. The oil is too thin and can evaporate and Wont provide proper lubrication under load. 5w30 is best for these cars 7. Pourous long block / crack issues. 8. Faulty injectors 9. Serpentine belt alignment issues 10. Engine Valve seals leaking issues 11. Leaking water pump Compare this engine to a b58 and it makes sense why that engine is extremely reliable. This is pretty poor on Nissans part as the VQ was legendary for its reliability. Shame on nissan as they have the know how since the GTRs engine is reliable. The q50 has become a warranty car. This is why infiniti is failing as a brand. Once im done with my VQ q50 im switching to another brand. The VR will not survive high mileage use like the VQ. This sucks

@johnmulgrew67

3 ай бұрын

I agree with most you said but coming from Infiniti the crank is forged. But that’s about it no internals

@corvettezr1ism

3 ай бұрын

@@johnmulgrew67 that's good to know. No wonder we haven't seen many crankshaft issues

@OxBlitzkriegxO

Ай бұрын

What in the hell are you talking about? The VR30 is not a hot V, are you high? The only reason these turbos are failing is crappy QC on the turbos.

i have a 2019 just hit 37,000 and had bad seals on turbo/leaking turbos. luckly i had a warranty

@irunxboxlive916

10 ай бұрын

how long you go between oil change?

@Brandonall1k

10 ай бұрын

@@irunxboxlive916 4,500

@Brandonall1k

10 ай бұрын

@@irunxboxlive916 should i do oil change at 3,000

infiniti says 10k oil change, these mf beat the car for 8k miles there is no oil left and the turbo blow and they are lost, change the oil every 3k if you beat the car and its so crazy the turbos dont blow up lmao, source?: 2016 rs 400 tuned to 21 psi from 28k to 65k with no issues, ty alex at racebox, also warm the cars oil up fully to 165F before you smash it, takes more than 15 min

@jz1607

8 ай бұрын

Alex is tuning my car too and Im a bit scared haha

@irunxboxlive916

8 ай бұрын

he solid bro dont worry, keep fresh oil in your car@@jz1607

@myspurs2003

7 ай бұрын

Btw at what psi is a stock rs set at bruh

@jz1607

7 ай бұрын

@@myspurs2003 I believe 14psi.

@myspurs2003

7 ай бұрын

@@jz1607 cool 👍

Most kids who still leave with their parents buy this cars from auctions or third hard used ones and a few months later they ended up stranded because of the turbos lol Really expensive to repair them. Don't buy a car that you cannot afford

Best thing to do is order vrx70 turbos from z1

@joseangelmusic2603

11 ай бұрын

How are these running?

@OxBlitzkriegxO

Ай бұрын

The first few batches have failed as well but you won't hear much about that. They're just shitty Chinese turbos, nothing special.

@tariqzraika2003

Ай бұрын

@@OxBlitzkriegxOhaven’t heard of them failing jsut yet

@OxBlitzkriegxO

Ай бұрын

@@tariqzraika2003 of course you wont. people that pay that much for turbos, only to have them fail after spending upwards of $10,000 for parts/install/tune arent going to say a whole lot about it. theres been at least 2 failures so far from them. only 2, sure, but its not like theyve sold 10,000 units or anything. its just something to be aware of, thats all.

@tariqzraika2003

Ай бұрын

@@OxBlitzkriegxO don’t scare me rn I’m getting my ball bearings z1 installed 😂

I’m so happy I have a 2019 lol shittt lol

@YoMoFloDope

2 ай бұрын

I have a 2019 with 120k miles and my shit blew yesterday. Sell that shit tbh 6k on just parts. Another 4-5k on labor.

My man getting pulled over by a popo while making this video. For real though, it really sucks to own one of these cars (2016 q50 red sport) and having to baby it because of this issue.

Bro 27 thousand to replace turbos? What is this a Ferrari??

@johnmulgrew67

3 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ shouldn’t be more than 6k.. at least at my shop

@johnmulgrew67

3 ай бұрын

They also have to pull the motor to do it 😬

Can I just take out the turbos lol😭

It's called a turbo timer. It's like a lost piece of advice or technology.

@Vosovogalsyncope

11 ай бұрын

Turbo timer on my Neon srt4 was essential, back in the day.

@irunxboxlive916

10 ай бұрын

you just need to change teh oil every 3k, dont need a turbo timer

@OxBlitzkriegxO

Ай бұрын

Useless for any newer turbo car as timers were only ever needed for engines without water-cooled turbos.

oil change @ 3k miles

@myspurs2003

7 ай бұрын

What type oil do u suggest bruh

@wavid8063

5 ай бұрын

@@myspurs20035w-30

The main fail is from no back pressure when going full downpipes

@AngelVazquez-zn7xx

10 ай бұрын

How does one fix that? I have downpipes on my Q60. I have a bunch of wastegate rattle

@alexshell3389

8 ай бұрын

Use catted down pipes

@AngelVazquez-zn7xx

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@alexshell3389 Well, that I do have thank God.. what makes the difference? I heard the waste gate rattle is normal when missing the car

@OxBlitzkriegxO

Ай бұрын

Lmao No BaCkPrEsSuRe get the F out of here hahaha. Full downpipes will set an emissions code without a tune. It could possibly allow a boost spike in the midrange, but the engine is gonna go in to limp mode long before that happens. You are so ignorant

I do not drive my car hard or race.

Don't have a fuckin warranty

Screw the turbos, the transmission is TRASH

@b58forever

2 ай бұрын

you’re 100% right the transmission is garbage i had to replace minde twice and my car was a 2016 q50 redsport stock