Thank You, Xterra People!

My heartfelt "Thanks!" to OffroadX, Schlud, evergreen, ChuckH, and the others who have helped me with my questions on the ideosyncracies of the Xterra!

I just placed an online order for a fuel tank sending unit & o-ring, since I *know* now that mine will fail.

I bought a 2002 Canadian SE, with 23K miles (km x .62!), from a Nissan dealer 4 1/2 hours drive away. Couldn't beat the price!

But I'm in an area where the roads, the cars, and even the air itself is white from salt, and I know that if there is something that salt can corrode, it will...

I'm sure that reading XOC & VOY will turn up more potential problems, but this here Forum is much easier to read and save than those.

So, Thanks again! :)

Thanks. I do like the fast search ability here (and across sub-forums).

Sometimes we forget that there is a lot of info that everyone churned up over the past few years. Glad it's of help to new owners as well.

Originally posted by Schludwiller
Sometimes we forget that there is a lot of info that everyone churned up over the past few years. Glad it's of help to new owners as well.

I know that the questions/problems I encounter and post about will be repetitive and boring to most "regulars" here, since I read and respond to the same kind of questions/problems in the Corvetteforum.com/C4 Forum where I've been a "regular" for 5 years. It's always the same problems, same questions... :rolleyes:

But I try to remember that I was new once, too, and there's always something (or many things!) that no manual covers.

So, Thankyouverymuch!... :D

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Footnote: I opened the two panels under the rear seat, and sure enough, there's more salt in there than under the fenders...

Too wet to do much about it right now, but when it gets more Spring-like, I'll pull the harnesses off, clean the terminals, and see what I can do to insulate the connections...

I'm kind of leaning to the liquid rubber that they sell to coat pliars handles with...It pours on thick, handens to a flexible rubberery coating...Cuts off easily; can be built up in layers; cures pretty quickly...

When you mentioned more salt than the fenders that reminded me of something. This spring, pull all the plastic flares around your wheel wells (even the top thin one). You'll find a ton of dirt/salt/etc in there. Clean it out real good and throw a couple coats of wax on the paint to help protect it.

Originally posted by Schludwiller
When you mentioned more salt than the fenders that reminded me of something. This spring, pull all the plastic flares around your wheel wells (even the top thin one). You'll find a ton of dirt/salt/etc in there. Clean it out real good and throw a couple coats of wax on the paint to help protect it. hmmm cant you get rid of that by runnung a ton of water over these area??? are these items hard to take off for the average person

Originally posted by lblax
hmmm cant you get rid of that by runnung a ton of water over these area??? are these items hard to take off for the average person

No you need to remove them. I do it at least once a year. Each part has 2-3 screws that are visible, and the back-well flare has two-plastic prongs that snap out when you pull it off. Just pull straight out and they'll come off.

If you offroad you'll be amazed at how much gunk gets back there.