freedomatlast
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We were told that the car was a "certified used vehicle" meaning it was supposed to be checked.
"Certified" means next to nothing.... just another sales gimmick. Their 100 point checklist just takes care of visually obvious stuff like tires, brakes and that the fluids are full and doesn't mean all maintenance is up to date. It also doesn't mean it's not an oil burner like so many of that vintage are. "Certified" and "warranty" are two entirely different things.
Around that time frame, many manufacturers were using low tension piston rings in an effort to reduce internal friction and improve mileage. The result was increased oil consumption, especially when the rings would become fused to the piston. Many of the engines of this vintage were destroyed when the owners didn't check the oil level routinely and add oil as required.
And BTW, the 2007 Altima has a timing chain and not a belt, so the broken timing belt theory cannot apply in this case.
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