Its a long drive back to the website for a service issue ! I spoke with the head of Nissan/Tohatsu and their policy , unlike most all of the other manufacturers is ; your dealer contract says you are required to do a Pre Delivery Inspection, and cant ship/sell motors in the box or the warranty is not valid .Unfortunatly for the brick and mortar "skilled" dealer, they have been selling through big box/internet folks for so long that have had to adopt this policy; They will honor the warranty as a manufacturer . However, there are two parts to the process . The second step is to find a dealer that will service or repair an engine that they have no stake in . We always service the customers that have purchased from us first, long before the folks that are only concerned with price and dont understand , appreciate or realize the fact that we send our technicians to school [ at our expense] and pay interest on our inventory and answer our phones and stock parts to repair our customers motors . Something to consider.
OK I got that off my chest , thanks for listening .............
Marc