Hi new to the Nissan Micra car world as Step daughter has just bought one. Picked up a reasonable condition 53 plate silver 5 door Micra 1.5dci SE with 109k on the clock FSH for £1550 from a dealer being a 10 year old car few niggles here n there looking through service history had a lot of work carried out in the past including a previous owner putting petrol in it!
Drove back from car dealer 170 miles away from home preformed excellent good fuel economy average 55mpg according to computer I was surprised how comfy the car was no wobbles or vibrations etc felt as smooth as the 1 series BMW I own this was after I learned that you need to press the brake to turn the key!
few niggles with it so purchased an electronic service manual.. found top strut mount was worn on drivers side knocking sound so I replaced that today sourced from ebay £25 bargain! and surprised how easy the bolts where to remove on a car this age expecting skin to be removed from my knuckles!
In service history found the following "battery is loose" did they fix it no??? luckily found old bracket in shed now secure
"Oil leak around Turbo replace Turbo ASAP" sounds a bit extreme to me seeing that was 12 k miles ago oil consumption is fine pick up seems ok. Noticed EGR valve was replaced in 2007 unfortunately they managed to break the heat shield underneath off I have so far been unable to find a replacement once found then will whip the valve off for a clean
Should I be worried about this leak around the turbo ?
Its due for an oil change so good quality fully synth oil will be used
now outstanding issues to be resolved
buzzing and high pitch squeaking noise from the passenger side whilst steering left (any ideas?)
drivers seat cushion frame has broke away at the rear, looking to source just the frame but on early investigation looks near impossible! any help would be great if anyone knows any sources there seems to be a lot of complete drivers seats out there of the wrong colour and going for over the top prices
One last thing to install is the after market stereo the Step daughter had in her KA so need to swap out the fronts any suggestions for recommended speakers as the 3 way ovals from the KA are not gonna fit in a round hole! just need a good sound being powered from an head unit will be fine
anyway that's enough work for me on this Micra for now no doubt the list will grow to keep it up together!
Drove back from car dealer 170 miles away from home preformed excellent good fuel economy average 55mpg according to computer I was surprised how comfy the car was no wobbles or vibrations etc felt as smooth as the 1 series BMW I own this was after I learned that you need to press the brake to turn the key!
few niggles with it so purchased an electronic service manual.. found top strut mount was worn on drivers side knocking sound so I replaced that today sourced from ebay £25 bargain! and surprised how easy the bolts where to remove on a car this age expecting skin to be removed from my knuckles!
In service history found the following "battery is loose" did they fix it no??? luckily found old bracket in shed now secure
"Oil leak around Turbo replace Turbo ASAP" sounds a bit extreme to me seeing that was 12 k miles ago oil consumption is fine pick up seems ok. Noticed EGR valve was replaced in 2007 unfortunately they managed to break the heat shield underneath off I have so far been unable to find a replacement once found then will whip the valve off for a clean
Should I be worried about this leak around the turbo ?
Its due for an oil change so good quality fully synth oil will be used
now outstanding issues to be resolved
buzzing and high pitch squeaking noise from the passenger side whilst steering left (any ideas?)
drivers seat cushion frame has broke away at the rear, looking to source just the frame but on early investigation looks near impossible! any help would be great if anyone knows any sources there seems to be a lot of complete drivers seats out there of the wrong colour and going for over the top prices
One last thing to install is the after market stereo the Step daughter had in her KA so need to swap out the fronts any suggestions for recommended speakers as the 3 way ovals from the KA are not gonna fit in a round hole! just need a good sound being powered from an head unit will be fine
anyway that's enough work for me on this Micra for now no doubt the list will grow to keep it up together!