Hi all, been a lurker for years but finally posting!
So. I've got a K11 Micra Tempest, 03 plate, 1.0 engine. A couple of weeks ago I started it, drove it up the road from where it had been parked to outside the house, switched off the engine, and loaded the car for whatever I was gonna go off and do. Upon starting the car up again, the engine ran for about 5 seconds then cut out. The engine warning light was going beserk, flashing on and off erratically. I turned the ignition off and on again, and tried to start the car hoping it might just magically be better. 5 seconds after ignition, the engine cut out and the warning light started flickering again, before going out for good. I then got no warning light, solid or otherwise, nor any spark action or fuel feed. I've borrowed a diagnostic computer from my local mechanic to see if that could pull an error code off the ECU, but it just gave me communication errors / ECU not available leading me to believe the problem is with the ecu itself(?)
I've pulled the ecu out and there's no external sign of corrosion or damage, but I gotta be honest that's kinda where my understanding of the car... ends. This is a NATS ecu and I have tried both keys for the car to make sure it wasn't NATS freaking out over a key having been magnetised or something. I've asked a few local garages, but our local Nissan dealership won't touch anything that old, and the other garages don't deal with NATS. So... How do I actually go about either fixing, getting fixed, or replacing a micra ECU? Am I right in thinking that because immobiliser and NATS it's not quite as simple as plug and play?
EDIT: I've also just realised that like a total monkey, I've left it sat with the handbrake on. Which has now seized. Is there a quick and easy way to un-seize it before I go pulling wheels off?
Cheers guys,
Luke
So. I've got a K11 Micra Tempest, 03 plate, 1.0 engine. A couple of weeks ago I started it, drove it up the road from where it had been parked to outside the house, switched off the engine, and loaded the car for whatever I was gonna go off and do. Upon starting the car up again, the engine ran for about 5 seconds then cut out. The engine warning light was going beserk, flashing on and off erratically. I turned the ignition off and on again, and tried to start the car hoping it might just magically be better. 5 seconds after ignition, the engine cut out and the warning light started flickering again, before going out for good. I then got no warning light, solid or otherwise, nor any spark action or fuel feed. I've borrowed a diagnostic computer from my local mechanic to see if that could pull an error code off the ECU, but it just gave me communication errors / ECU not available leading me to believe the problem is with the ecu itself(?)
I've pulled the ecu out and there's no external sign of corrosion or damage, but I gotta be honest that's kinda where my understanding of the car... ends. This is a NATS ecu and I have tried both keys for the car to make sure it wasn't NATS freaking out over a key having been magnetised or something. I've asked a few local garages, but our local Nissan dealership won't touch anything that old, and the other garages don't deal with NATS. So... How do I actually go about either fixing, getting fixed, or replacing a micra ECU? Am I right in thinking that because immobiliser and NATS it's not quite as simple as plug and play?
EDIT: I've also just realised that like a total monkey, I've left it sat with the handbrake on. Which has now seized. Is there a quick and easy way to un-seize it before I go pulling wheels off?
Cheers guys,
Luke
