u/stellartwah

Hello Please advise.. I’ve tried my best to stay on top of maintenance for my 2008 xterra with 107K miles
about a week ago I had gotten an oil change at Walmart because I saw I was due. Before my car had work no problem . After oil change through the week I noticed when I went to start my X it would take 20-25 seconds with key in ignition before its startup.

Few days go by I start driving on the highway idled at 70mph. Went to accelerate it to 80 and it started jolting and then quickly followed by smoke under the hood. I have triple a tow it to a mechanic. He tells me he found a crack in my radiator. I’m not sure how that’s possible considering I have never hit anything which got me thinking could it have been vandalized? The walmart employee seemed to be having a bad day as it was down pouring when I brought it in..
The mechanic says it could be because of the Florida heat and that it is made of plactic..

He said send him 200 to replace crankshaft sensor first thing so I did. And “it didn’t fix it”

now he’s talking about a compression check for $300 to further diagnose
Followed by $1400 for gasket replacement (if needs be)
Along with radiator replacement.

I would rather get my car fixed as I’m not ready to say goodbye. Is this the path to recovery? Does it seem my mechanic knows the way? Reasonable pricing?

Any advice and insight is appreciated.

Hi all. I was driving on the highway my ‘08 X with 107K miles on it when I hit 80ish mph my car started jolting and then smoking under the hood and eventually stopped which is when I called triple a..

A road ranger had pulled over and then put water in the radiator

My friend referred me to this mechanic . Today I sent him 200 to “replace crank sensor”
But “that didn’t fix it” and is now talking about $300 for compression check and
Cylinder head gaskets for $1400

I had my radiator replaced with one bought off Amazon to prevent smod years ago

I’m not so sure he knows what to do based on his texts. What do you think? Resonable?
Can you give me any insight or advice on what is happening and how to resolve it?

I get oil changes regularly and I did this week at Walmart when I drove it a few times throughout the week I noticed that it took about 25 seconds for the car to startup instead of immediately like it had done since I bought it years ago. It seemed the tech was in a bad mood as it was downpouring rain. I have suspicions something happened because it worked just like the day I bought it before I brought it in. I ended up making a claim as if that will do anything?