Man, i love to see all the negative comments regarding these trucks here on the tube of you lol! It appears that all the professionals on here think or assume, each one of these trucks, regardless of year, are exactly the same truck and will inevitability have the same issues sooner than later just because... They're are, has been and will always be good, bad and unfortunate experiences with any vehicle. Almost no one asks questions or take into consideration how a vehicle was drove, worked, treated, maintenanced, etc. Take performance upgrades for example. Usually when an individual takes heavy interest and invests in performance upgrades, its for one reason souly which usually leads to abuse which leads to failure completely or faster wear and tear which is unnecessary treatment with most issues being very preventable. Everyone thinks the titan but especially the 5.0 was discontinued because of such issues. Every brand has their own out the gate issues when they first hit the market until everything is worked out. The titan 5.0 failed because of the big 3 competition and the people who favorded them. The majority of people simply didnt give the truck a chance even fleets because of their dedication to the big 3. No one that mattered ever got to experience how capable and hard working these trucks can be. Ive owned my 2016 titan xd 5.0 since new. Its 2024 now and i am just now having issues with my swingvalve actuator so 8 years later and 93,000 miles, id say it deserves one or 2 things to start failing! Do i agree with the design of these engines? For the majority but not entirely so its far from perfect but after owning several gas and diesel rams, chevys and fords, personally or fleet related, they will all give you issues minor and major eventually but thats probably irrelevant to the argument im sure. People can knock these trucks and nissan all they want, yall have your opinions, but nissan above all does have the absolute best warranty which means they have and will stand by and honor their products more than most ESP the big 3! Nissan failed and even neglected to update these trucks for years inside and out when competing with other brands which too hurt these trucks. Personally, i dont care about the bells and whistles but alot of people do, especially these days with technology. So having said that, i will keep my titan xd 5.0 for another 8 years if allowed by the truck. My neighbor has owned his xd 5.0 for 6 years now, reg cab long base, uses it everyday to haul equipment and dumpster trailers. He too loves his truck and has never had anything major fail on him and he absolutely loves the truck. Just because some of you hate and would never own one of these doesnt mean everyone should take your advice and agree 💯. Kinda mimicks when i have heard so many knock harley davidson for being unreliable lol... my family for over 40 years have owned nothing but harley davidsons and each one have served its purpose very reliably.
So what likely caused the failure? You haven’t checked the injector harness. Could have been a lubrication issue. Bad turbo was leaking oil into the intercooler. Were the oil jets in the block clogged with soot? Have you looked at those?
In one of the CFT VIDEO 2 PIECE CRANKSHAFT make sure none of your injector harness is not touching the injector feed pipes that causes the injector to stay open
You sir are helping perpetuate some very bad information. The bluing is from the heat treating process. Look up the temperature it takes to turn iron blue, look up the flash temperature of your engine oil. If the crankshaft turned blue in the engine, there would be massive coking of the oil and more likely, the engine would have burned down to the ground. Look at your main caps, they're not discoloured. You can also see all of the counter weights have blueing from the heat treatment. This is further corroborated by the fact that the ISV assembly videos from Cummins show a blued crankshaft, just like yours. I have a '19, so I have the updated crankshaft, no idea if the bluing looks the same on it or not. There has been some suggestion that there was uneven heat treatment on early crankshafts and that could certainly result in a brittle spot. Your crankshaft didn't fail, so your point of failure is elsewhere. The wiring harness is brought up often, however there is a serious flaw with that argument. The injector cannot inject enough fuel to hydrolock the cylinder while the engine is running. If it did, you would have ventilation holes in the side of the block and split/bent connecting rods. I've seen hydralock failures in gasoline and heavy duty diesel engines, the results are catastrophic. The other thing that people seem to gloss over, if you lose one or two cylinders the power reduction would be very noticeable, and if you kept driving the truck with that much power loss, the failure would be entirely your own doing. How much was your engine turned up? How much boost/torque did the engine make in the low rpm. The ISV was designed to rev, so if someone runs lots of torque, down low, with the factory spec oil (10w30), it can hammer out the bearings just from the low oil pressure. A great number of the delete tunes for our truck are improperly written, and do not correctly address the engine operating modes and how the ecm responds to the lack of emissions equipment. In many cases, tuners will continue to use stock, or close to stock timing curves, even though those curves are modelled around having egr gas. EGR retards the combustion process, so if you have no egr anymore, often you can reach peak cylinder pressure with the piston and connecting rod standing almost straight up and down. Peak cylinder pressure should be achieved somewhere around 72° of crankshaft rotation, as that is approximately where the connecting rod is at a right angle to the throw of the crankshaft. I missed the part where you removed the harmonic balancer. How did it come off?
@@ivanpopko7006 I haven't pulled apart anyone elses tunes, I've only seen data logs from some of them. My tune is technically a derate, but is likely the safest tune for the ISV and I specifically reduce available torque in the 600-1800 rpm range by about 10%. Otherwise it's a 0hp/0tq delete tune. The entire development history of it is available on the titanxdforums
I have a 2017 with 42k on it. Engine is bone stock and not deleted. Seems to me that all the vids I’ve seen with guys having this issue are running deleted/modified engines with other than factory tunes. I’m wondering if that itself is the issue. I don’t think I’ve heard of a failure yet that was on a stock motor though I could be wrong. I’ve just decided to leave mine stock and hope to avoid all this.
@@dbel723333 That was one of the things that gave the 6.0 psd a bad name. That engine could really be turned up, but then, once the engine popped the guys would have to keep up the story that it wasn't their fault the head gasket let go. I believe there have been some failures in the '16s and '17s in stock, unmodified trucks. There are a few threads about it on titanxdforums about it. The emissions system does add significant load to the engine. If you've ever experienced how hard the 1-2 shift can be, that's almost entirely a result of the engine being wound up so tight to keep the emissions systems happy. The emissions systems need regular maintenance too, they're frequently overlooked though. Sensors that get buried in soot and give inaccurate readings, valves that get sticky, or allow more egr than the ecm is expecting. There is no doubt in my mind the engine runs better and cleaner with the emissions removed. However, it's not a big engine. It should not be making more than its stock rated power unless the owner understands that turning it up will eventually break it. I'm a very calm driver, I respect speed limits, don't accelerate hard. I'm averaging ~12L/100 or ~23usmpg, mixed 60%rural / 40%urban.
No surprise that Nissan has discontinued the Titan. I owned a 2011 Titan and I thought that they would learn from all the gremlins inherent in the first 14 years of production. Even the new enhanced 5.6L gas pot is garbage, improper cylinder lubing is causing piston slap, which involves Nissan doing short block replacements.
I’m thinking aftermarket filters, incorrect and/or infrequent oil changes. Your crank is fine, your bearing shit the bed…..probably due to the prior mentioned reasons.
Looks like my old motor, I'm still nervous about my new motor because nobody found the root of the cause! 👍 Keep them coming I'm waiting and watching 👍🤙
@@jordanrusch689 well the main harness looks good front to back and the pickup still isn't running right likely I have 2 gremlins one of them being the gdp tunes
I have elite diesel and my shit lasted less than 100 miles. It started sputtering and know is like knocking on the top left side of the engine. Wanted to tear it down but winter is right along the corner. And by the looks of it removing this engine is a big pain in the ass
So I was bouncing between Amsoil and Valvoline blue Cummins oil I noticed after 3000 miles on the dot doing my oil change the Amsoil was basically water I could not believe how thin it was I have switched back to the Valvoline blue 10W-30 and I may go up to the 15w40 And I’m now doing my oil changes every 2000 miles along with a quart of Lucas I would use the STP zinc additive but I am not deleted yet and I don’t want to clog my particulate filter 3:21 Another issue that these motors have is the injectors sticking due to high oil change intervals (5000+) which I believe just changing the oil more frequently would solve I have been trying to warn fellow titan 5.0 owners because a lot of people seem to think since it’s a diesel you can go much longer on the oil but these motors seem to break down oil much faster than other Diesel engines I have a 2019 titan XD crew cab and the motor and turbos were replaced under warranty due to a factory defect when I first bought the truck so I’m just trying to understand failure points so she can have a long and happy life Also remember to let the truck idle for five minutes or more after driving to let the turbos have a chance to cool down that’s another very common failure because no coolant or oil circulates after the engine has been shut down and oil burns inside of the turbo clogging it and causing premature failure
So the issue with the wiring harness is the loom is under too much tension and vibration causes the clamp to where through the wires which sticks the injector open leading the cylinder Hydro locking the engine weakest link is what fails and that seems to be the crank because liquid is not compressible like gasses and snaps the crank in 2 The bluing on your crank could be the rod bearings failing and metal on metal friction or where the crank snapped in 2 the rear section that snapped is grinding on the still spinning section causing friction It is common to find oil in the turbos,piping and intercoolers especially if the seals are leaking this is more common in journal bearing turbo or ball barring turbos with too much oil pressure I’m also suspicious of all the tunes that are on the market I wonder yes they are some of the cause of these issues it seems that a lot more modified trucks are the ones failing but I could be wrong I know the 2016‘s had a lot more issues
@@kbridges5.0there is a voluntary recall/extended warranty up to 150k miles on turbo actuators and high pressure turbos for 2016's and early 2017's due to failures causing poor throttle response which can put you in harms way. If it was your turbo and you can prove it then you may be able to be reimbursed by Nissan. Unlikely given the mods but you never know. It would be worth looking into. I've smoked a turbo before and it dumped all the oil right into the intake causing immediate loss of oil pressure. Might explain the blueing too if the oil hydrolocked the engine much like over fueling can.
To my knowledge, one dude made a video saying it was the wiring harness but not a single other person on any forum or video has found it to be the wiring harness. The guy claimed it was the fuel injector wires right where they plug in.
@@efrenmoran8098 CFTs TH-cam started this rumor. You can check the titanxdforum, lots of people with a broken crankshaft, and not a single report of damaged fuel injector wiring. Meanehile the guy on CFT claimed EVERY single crankshaft broken had wire damage on the fuel injector right before the plug. So, in summary, it's BS and the facts do not reflect that statement as being remotely true.
@@phantomcreamer not planning on a delete or anything crazy. It tows great and I keep up on the maintenance specially come summer with all the towing we do.
@@robarnica1975 Likely it's both. The 10w30 is too light for our engines. On top of that, if the tune is bad, then the timing will be off and hammering the bearings.
@@oinchadoomandwolfboy I love these type of replies! "It's never happened to me! I can't be true!" It's a combination of factors. Maybe you actually keep your engine in rpm enough that it doesn't get hurt, maybe you have it turned up but don't rat bag it. In regards to the oil, I agree it's mostly an opinion however it is well known that thicker oil dampens better than thinner oil. V8s have smaller journals, and the ISV5.0 is a small engine.
@@NavySturmGewehrdo you think the tune maybe overspun the turbo causing it to seize and dump the oil into the block, causing hydrolock and subsequent bearing failure? I know your research posted in the forum showed that it's pretty easy to overspun these turbos to get extra boost. Your opinion would be appreciated. Thinking of getting Longevity but weary given these situations.
The NHTSA i heard is taking this for action with the cummins. There's been enough of these crankshaft failures that they are looking at the potential for legal action😮
Yes I am watching. You’re welcome for the intercooler
MVP right here!
Man, i love to see all the negative comments regarding these trucks here on the tube of you lol!
It appears that all the professionals on here think or assume, each one of these trucks, regardless of year, are exactly the same truck and will inevitability have the same issues sooner than later just because...
They're are, has been and will always be good, bad and unfortunate experiences with any vehicle.
Almost no one asks questions or take into consideration how a vehicle was drove, worked, treated, maintenanced, etc.
Take performance upgrades for example. Usually when an individual takes heavy interest and invests in performance upgrades, its for one reason souly which usually leads to abuse which leads to failure completely or faster wear and tear which is unnecessary treatment with most issues being very preventable.
Everyone thinks the titan but especially the 5.0 was discontinued because of such issues. Every brand has their own out the gate issues when they first hit the market until everything is worked out. The titan 5.0 failed because of the big 3 competition and the people who favorded them.
The majority of people simply didnt give the truck a chance even fleets because of their dedication to the big 3. No one that mattered ever got to experience how capable and hard working these trucks can be.
Ive owned my 2016 titan xd 5.0 since new. Its 2024 now and i am just now having issues with my swingvalve actuator so 8 years later and 93,000 miles, id say it deserves one or 2 things to start failing!
Do i agree with the design of these engines? For the majority but not entirely so its far from perfect but after owning several gas and diesel rams, chevys and fords, personally or fleet related, they will all give you issues minor and major eventually but thats probably irrelevant to the argument im sure.
People can knock these trucks and nissan all they want, yall have your opinions, but nissan above all does have the absolute best warranty which means they have and will stand by and honor their products more than most ESP the big 3!
Nissan failed and even neglected to update these trucks for years inside and out when competing with other brands which too hurt these trucks. Personally, i dont care about the bells and whistles but alot of people do, especially these days with technology.
So having said that, i will keep my titan xd 5.0 for another 8 years if allowed by the truck.
My neighbor has owned his xd 5.0 for 6 years now, reg cab long base, uses it everyday to haul equipment and dumpster trailers. He too loves his truck and has never had anything major fail on him and he absolutely loves the truck.
Just because some of you hate and would never own one of these doesnt mean everyone should take your advice and agree 💯. Kinda mimicks when i have heard so many knock harley davidson for being unreliable lol... my family for over 40 years have owned nothing but harley davidsons and each one have served its purpose very reliably.
So what likely caused the failure? You haven’t checked the injector harness. Could have been a lubrication issue. Bad turbo was leaking oil into the intercooler. Were the oil jets in the block clogged with soot? Have you looked at those?
In one of the CFT VIDEO 2 PIECE CRANKSHAFT make sure none of your injector harness is not touching the injector feed pipes that causes the injector to stay open
Will do, thank you 😎
My guess is you lost the turbo causing you to lose oil pressure starving the engine of oil lubrication I have seen it happen on a few diesel engines
Did you find any burns in your injector engine harness?
You sir are helping perpetuate some very bad information. The bluing is from the heat treating process. Look up the temperature it takes to turn iron blue, look up the flash temperature of your engine oil. If the crankshaft turned blue in the engine, there would be massive coking of the oil and more likely, the engine would have burned down to the ground. Look at your main caps, they're not discoloured. You can also see all of the counter weights have blueing from the heat treatment. This is further corroborated by the fact that the ISV assembly videos from Cummins show a blued crankshaft, just like yours. I have a '19, so I have the updated crankshaft, no idea if the bluing looks the same on it or not.
There has been some suggestion that there was uneven heat treatment on early crankshafts and that could certainly result in a brittle spot. Your crankshaft didn't fail, so your point of failure is elsewhere.
The wiring harness is brought up often, however there is a serious flaw with that argument. The injector cannot inject enough fuel to hydrolock the cylinder while the engine is running. If it did, you would have ventilation holes in the side of the block and split/bent connecting rods. I've seen hydralock failures in gasoline and heavy duty diesel engines, the results are catastrophic. The other thing that people seem to gloss over, if you lose one or two cylinders the power reduction would be very noticeable, and if you kept driving the truck with that much power loss, the failure would be entirely your own doing.
How much was your engine turned up? How much boost/torque did the engine make in the low rpm. The ISV was designed to rev, so if someone runs lots of torque, down low, with the factory spec oil (10w30), it can hammer out the bearings just from the low oil pressure. A great number of the delete tunes for our truck are improperly written, and do not correctly address the engine operating modes and how the ecm responds to the lack of emissions equipment. In many cases, tuners will continue to use stock, or close to stock timing curves, even though those curves are modelled around having egr gas. EGR retards the combustion process, so if you have no egr anymore, often you can reach peak cylinder pressure with the piston and connecting rod standing almost straight up and down. Peak cylinder pressure should be achieved somewhere around 72° of crankshaft rotation, as that is approximately where the connecting rod is at a right angle to the throw of the crankshaft.
I missed the part where you removed the harmonic balancer. How did it come off?
Who's got proper tunes?
@@ivanpopko7006 I haven't pulled apart anyone elses tunes, I've only seen data logs from some of them. My tune is technically a derate, but is likely the safest tune for the ISV and I specifically reduce available torque in the 600-1800 rpm range by about 10%. Otherwise it's a 0hp/0tq delete tune. The entire development history of it is available on the titanxdforums
I have a 2017 with 42k on it. Engine is bone stock and not deleted. Seems to me that all the vids I’ve seen with guys having this issue are running deleted/modified engines with other than factory tunes. I’m wondering if that itself is the issue. I don’t think I’ve heard of a failure yet that was on a stock motor though I could be wrong. I’ve just decided to leave mine stock and hope to avoid all this.
@@dbel723333 That was one of the things that gave the 6.0 psd a bad name. That engine could really be turned up, but then, once the engine popped the guys would have to keep up the story that it wasn't their fault the head gasket let go. I believe there have been some failures in the '16s and '17s in stock, unmodified trucks. There are a few threads about it on titanxdforums about it.
The emissions system does add significant load to the engine. If you've ever experienced how hard the 1-2 shift can be, that's almost entirely a result of the engine being wound up so tight to keep the emissions systems happy.
The emissions systems need regular maintenance too, they're frequently overlooked though. Sensors that get buried in soot and give inaccurate readings, valves that get sticky, or allow more egr than the ecm is expecting.
There is no doubt in my mind the engine runs better and cleaner with the emissions removed. However, it's not a big engine. It should not be making more than its stock rated power unless the owner understands that turning it up will eventually break it.
I'm a very calm driver, I respect speed limits, don't accelerate hard. I'm averaging ~12L/100 or ~23usmpg, mixed 60%rural / 40%urban.
@dbel723333 here’s what your stock Cummins will look like when it fails:
th-cam.com/video/gl6sKmu6_TI/w-d-xo.html
What oil were you using in it?
No surprise that Nissan has discontinued the Titan. I owned a 2011 Titan and I thought that they would learn from all the gremlins inherent in the first 14 years of production. Even the new enhanced 5.6L gas pot is garbage, improper cylinder lubing is causing piston slap, which involves Nissan doing short block replacements.
Good video! Thanks for the update!
Maybe the catch can didn't vent properly causing a crankcase explosion
Explains the hole in the block
Or maybe they let the catch can get full.
It only takes a few CC of oil to break diesel bottom ends
I’m thinking aftermarket filters, incorrect and/or infrequent oil changes. Your crank is fine, your bearing shit the bed…..probably due to the prior mentioned reasons.
Looks like my old motor, I'm still nervous about my new motor because nobody found the root of the cause! 👍 Keep them coming I'm waiting and watching 👍🤙
I'm starting to think it was my GDP tuning and unfortunately that's still on pickup
@@kylevanzee1672same here, mine went 180 miles after tuning with GDP. What makes you blame them?
@@jordanrusch689 well the main harness looks good front to back and the pickup still isn't running right likely I have 2 gremlins one of them being the gdp tunes
I have elite diesel and my shit lasted less than 100 miles. It started sputtering and know is like knocking on the top left side of the engine. Wanted to tear it down but winter is right along the corner. And by the looks of it removing this engine is a big pain in the ass
Isn’t the engine supposed to shed metal to renew itself, like a snake shedding its skin?😂😂
Glad I bought a Tundra in 2017 instead of a Titan.
So I was bouncing between Amsoil and Valvoline blue Cummins oil
I noticed after 3000 miles on the dot doing my oil change the Amsoil was basically water I could not believe how thin it was
I have switched back to the Valvoline blue 10W-30 and I may go up to the 15w40
And I’m now doing my oil changes every 2000 miles along with a quart of Lucas
I would use the STP zinc additive but I am not deleted yet and I don’t want to clog my particulate filter
3:21
Another issue that these motors have is the injectors sticking due to high oil change intervals (5000+) which I believe just changing the oil more frequently would solve
I have been trying to warn fellow titan 5.0 owners because a lot of people seem to think since it’s a diesel you can go much longer on the oil but these motors seem to break down oil much faster than other Diesel engines
I have a 2019 titan XD crew cab and the motor and turbos were replaced under warranty due to a factory defect when I first bought the truck so I’m just trying to understand failure points so she can have a long and happy life
Also remember to let the truck idle for five minutes or more after driving to let the turbos have a chance to cool down that’s another very common failure because no coolant or oil circulates after the engine has been shut down and oil burns inside of the turbo clogging it and causing premature failure
So the issue with the wiring harness is the loom is under too much tension and vibration causes the clamp to where through the wires which sticks the injector open leading the cylinder Hydro locking the engine
weakest link is what fails and that seems to be the crank because liquid is not compressible like gasses and snaps the crank in 2
The bluing on your crank could be the rod bearings failing and metal on metal friction or where the crank snapped in 2 the rear section that snapped is grinding on the still spinning section causing friction
It is common to find oil in the turbos,piping and intercoolers especially if the seals are leaking this is more common in journal bearing turbo or ball barring turbos with too much oil pressure
I’m also suspicious of all the tunes that are on the market I wonder yes they are some of the cause of these issues it seems that a lot more modified trucks are the ones failing but I could be wrong I know the 2016‘s had a lot more issues
Not sure if I missed it or not, but who's doing the rebuild for the turbos?
Was this a 2016 engine?
Yes
@@kbridges5.0there is a voluntary recall/extended warranty up to 150k miles on turbo actuators and high pressure turbos for 2016's and early 2017's due to failures causing poor throttle response which can put you in harms way. If it was your turbo and you can prove it then you may be able to be reimbursed by Nissan. Unlikely given the mods but you never know. It would be worth looking into. I've smoked a turbo before and it dumped all the oil right into the intake causing immediate loss of oil pressure. Might explain the blueing too if the oil hydrolocked the engine much like over fueling can.
Good video, keep the content cumming!
Should sell the block.
Blued is the word, you got it.
How many miles was on the motor ?
Rolling coal? 😐
Where on my 2019 XD Cummins should I be checking the wiring harness? It’s stock no delete.
To my knowledge, one dude made a video saying it was the wiring harness but not a single other person on any forum or video has found it to be the wiring harness. The guy claimed it was the fuel injector wires right where they plug in.
@@phantomcreamer I’ve checked the wiring harness near the frame, it’s clean. Checked at the fuel injectors no frayed wires. Truck runs good.
@@efrenmoran8098 CFTs TH-cam started this rumor. You can check the titanxdforum, lots of people with a broken crankshaft, and not a single report of damaged fuel injector wiring. Meanehile the guy on CFT claimed EVERY single crankshaft broken had wire damage on the fuel injector right before the plug. So, in summary, it's BS and the facts do not reflect that statement as being remotely true.
@@phantomcreamer not planning on a delete or anything crazy. It tows great and I keep up on the maintenance specially come summer with all the towing we do.
Are you going to check your wiring harness?
Yes
Looks like oil starvation to me. I'm beginning to think 10W-30 oil is too thin for this engine.
I’m thinking it’s the 120 hp boost.
@@robarnica1975 Likely it's both. The 10w30 is too light for our engines. On top of that, if the tune is bad, then the timing will be off and hammering the bearings.
140k miles, used 10w-30 lifetime of the truck, tuned +125hp since 70k miles.
I disagree with both of you.
@@oinchadoomandwolfboy I love these type of replies! "It's never happened to me! I can't be true!" It's a combination of factors. Maybe you actually keep your engine in rpm enough that it doesn't get hurt, maybe you have it turned up but don't rat bag it. In regards to the oil, I agree it's mostly an opinion however it is well known that thicker oil dampens better than thinner oil. V8s have smaller journals, and the ISV5.0 is a small engine.
@@NavySturmGewehrdo you think the tune maybe overspun the turbo causing it to seize and dump the oil into the block, causing hydrolock and subsequent bearing failure? I know your research posted in the forum showed that it's pretty easy to overspun these turbos to get extra boost. Your opinion would be appreciated. Thinking of getting Longevity but weary given these situations.
Post y’all’s mileage on your Cummins. I’m trying to see if they actually last more than 150k miles
110k
77k, 2017
140k
111k
154k 2017 p4x weight loss at 54k.Only replaced the water pump at 129k
The NHTSA i heard is taking this for action with the cummins. There's been enough of these crankshaft failures that they are looking at the potential for legal action😮