Nissan VC-TURBO BAD ALREADY? 2021 Rogue 1.5 3-Cylinder Engine Teardown

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WELL WELL WELL! We have a very special engine on the stand today. After a hard search, I have finally found one of them variable compression turbo engines from Nissan. This is a KR15DDT 1.5L Turbocharged 3-cylinder with variable compression from a 2021 Nissan Rogue. I do NOT know mileage but from the looks of it, its not a super high mileage engine, as its only a few years old at the most. This teardown was pretty crazy. The top of the engine is fairly normal, but the bottom end is an engineering marvel! I really was impressed by the implementation of this technology however....adding all of these moving parts to cars that aren't that well taken care of is a recipe for future disaster. Is this failure going to be a common occurrence in the future? Should you avoid buying a vehicle with one of these engines? I'll let you make that call.

Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run Importapart, a full service auto recycling yard. Part of our model includes buying core and blown engines, dismantling them and selling the good parts. We do not rebuild engines, we merely sell parts to those who do.

I really hope you enjoyed this teardown. As always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism! Catch you on the next one!
-Eric