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08 May 20 - 06:12 AM (#4051172) Subject: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Bonzo3legs Last Monday morning my 2003 Micra after starting perfectly, spluttered to a halt roughly half a mile from our house on the way to our surgery. It suddenly felt as if the engine was only running on 3 cylinders, so possibly a sparking plug problem, but I'll put my money on a bad timing chain! Any views? |
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08 May 20 - 06:17 AM (#4051175) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: G-Force My (much older) Micra did that too, but it had a belt, which had snapped, rather than a chain. Buggered up the valve stems, but otherwise OK after repair. |
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08 May 20 - 06:49 AM (#4051179) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Bonzo3legs I think I meant a belt, my 1981 Cortina Estate broke down on a dual carriageway section of the A10 near to Edmonton, and a neighbour with a breakdown truck fixed it and referred to a timing chain so that stuck in my mind, maybe larger size engines had a chain, my Cortina was 2000cc, whereas my Micra is a mere 1.2. |
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08 May 20 - 12:59 PM (#4051264) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: The Sandman join the AA |
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08 May 20 - 02:30 PM (#4051280) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Steve Shaw We had a Micra of that era. They had cam belts as I recall. If you cam belt fails your car won't go at all. Some cars had "safe engines", in which case a busted cam belt wasn't terminal, whereas with other cars (such as a crappy Daewoo Nexia I once bought dead cheap) the engine was totally trashed if the belt broke. Find out what your cam belt replacement interval is and stick strictly to it. It costs upwards of two or three hundred quid these days, and it may need a new water pump too, and it has to be done right. No amateur bodges! |
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08 May 20 - 03:20 PM (#4051285) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Donuel Isn't the lead story surgury? |
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08 May 20 - 04:33 PM (#4051299) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Bonzo3legs The car was taken to our mechanic by my insurance breakdown service - called at 12.25, and car was moved by 1.15! Our mechanic will check it over on Monday and we'll brace ourselves for the cost! |
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08 May 20 - 05:10 PM (#4051306) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: The Sandman Do you want me to bale you out bonzo as a folk singer i possibly earn more than you as an accountant |
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08 May 20 - 06:10 PM (#4051322) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Steve Shaw "Our mechanic," huh? Beware of the cheapjack jobbies unless you know them really well, as a badly-fitted cambelt will bust in no time and wreck your engine. And water pumps are cheap, so ask him if he thinks you need one. If you think I'm speaking from bitter experience, you're not wrong. |
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08 May 20 - 06:14 PM (#4051323) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Bonzo3legs No, he is runs a well repected garage and is also a trained Nissan mechanic. |
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08 May 20 - 06:42 PM (#4051327) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Steve Shaw That'll do then. Just passing on cautions from bitter experience... |
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09 May 20 - 02:27 AM (#4051352) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Bonzo3legs Thank you, (he is runs ........what?????). I remember my dad struggling to get the timing set correctly on a Mk 2 Escort, took hours to get it right! |
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09 May 20 - 05:17 AM (#4051375) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Mr Red the modern Micra is anything but. |
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09 May 20 - 05:21 AM (#4051376) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Steve Shaw Setting the timing and replacing a timing belt/cam belt are not the same thing! Yep, in the good old days, many an engine went popping away when sailing downhill with no throttle... |
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09 May 20 - 06:18 AM (#4051385) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Dave the Gnome Setting the timing and dwell on the old Ladas was a piece of cake as long as you had a dwell meter and a strobe. Stopping the timing chain rattling was easy too. Slacken off the adjuster. Turn the crank through 1.5 rotations with the starting handle. Tighten up the adjuster. Job done. Eeeeeh. Them were the days. |
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09 May 20 - 07:32 AM (#4051393) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Bonzo3legs In my Mk2 Escort, I remember the clutch failing on the Blackwall Tunnel southern approach motorway. I managed to drive it in second gear all the way to Borehamwood at 10 mph where my parents' neighbour, a mechanic for Herts CC, fixed it! |
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09 May 20 - 09:43 AM (#4051410) Subject: RE: BS: Calling Nissan Micra owners From: Steve Shaw For nearly three years I lived in a flat overlooking the northern entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel. The rest of the view consisted of the largest scrapyard in Europe and a huge power station. I loved it. |