what did you do to your micra today ?
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Stani1029
Club Member
Well the oil light never come on and the engine sounded fine so when it all comes out tomorrow ill be checking everything over in hope that this is not the end lol and its that turbo oil return that i had to temporarily bodge until tomorrow. One more night was all that was needed haha
Belly93
to turbo or new lump :/ hmmm
Well I work in a garage so im not a complete noob. Lol I've got a week off in august hoping to do it then
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Stani1029
Club Member
Yeah but its finding another good engine, basically if its no good then back to n/a it goes and ill build a forged engine over the next year, just means no turbo micra at jae or mapping at the end of the month
solarice
Ex. Club Member
Fingers crossed its nothing too serious.
Found out why it has been hard to start recently(much cranking and a coughing hesitant start with much black smoke).. A few months ago I had lost the tiny spring that goes between the dizzy and the cap, but got mixed answers when I asked about it on here... short answer is that you can drive temporarily without it, but there will be a lot of corrosion buildup. I cleaned the corrosion and used a spring from a pen. I'm hoping that the thickness of it doesn't really matter though. Started up with no problem
Just spent the afternoon helping (mostly supervising ) my dad change the Rear Offside wheel bearing
...thought while we had one wheel off i'd change them all around so I've now got my 195/45/r16's at the back and standard 185/50/r16's at the front...
horrific noise has now gone too of course! awesome! LOL
) my dad change the Rear Offside wheel bearing...thought while we had one wheel off i'd change them all around so I've now got my 195/45/r16's at the back and standard 185/50/r16's at the front...
horrific noise has now gone too of course! awesome! LOL
where did you get your bushes from? im replacing the panhard rod on my car and looks like im going to have to hacksaw the old bolts offWent searching again for the right size socket to undo the panhard, ive got the bushes but cant get the bloomin bolt off! wouldnt mind but MOT is coming up and as it is the springs are j shaped and would be deemed unsafe
k11_whore
Steve :)
Collected my cga3 to be fitted as soon as I can
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why dont you strip and paint it all up before changing? would be pretty cool and spruce the bay up a bit
Defo worth checking out the bores for water ingress. A lot of these engines are left outside by idiot breakers and can end left standing with water in the cylinders.
Fingers crossed it'll be ok. My CGA3 had water in the cyls, not that it mattered in my case, as it was the base for a race engine, but when you're wanting a drop in engine, it's a bit different. It's still poor practice, especially when breakers are trying to command a price for an engine
this is the stuff i use its been around for many years and is still one of the best comes off really easy to and does not leave any white powder its good stuff ;]Got something decent to clean her with!
Belly93
to turbo or new lump :/ hmmm
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frank
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i,ve had engines with a waterfilled/rusty bore too, the last one would only turn so far and hydrolock (got a good price reduction lol), short term wont hurt because the rings will scrape a light surface rust off, but going by that rusty crankface, i think i would lift the head and check first personallyFingers crossed it'll be ok. My CGA3 had water in the cyls, not that it mattered in my case, as it was the base for a race engine, but when you're wanting a drop in engine, it's a bit different. It's still poor practice, especially when breakers are trying to command a price for an engine
Ok, so just got the call that I didn't want.. It's rusted out in the sills and they want an absurd amount to fix it... plus a list of other things that were not really problems, but usually end up on the list. He said the brakes were crooked and damaged, which is crap, since I can brake in a straight line without my hands on the wheel... also that one of the brake lines on the back was rusted, which I checked a few weeks ago and they looked fine. ...I hate going to mechanics
Ok, so just got the call that I didn't want.. It's rusted out in the sills and they want an absurd amount to fix it... plus a list of other things that were not really problems, but usually end up on the list. He said the brakes were crooked and damaged, which is crap, since I can brake in a straight line without my hands on the wheel... also that one of the brake lines on the back was rusted, which I checked a few weeks ago and they looked fine. ...I hate going to mechanics
I still laugh to this day when I got an MOT fail for excessively corroded rear brake lines that turned out to be a build up of mud on the pipe. I look it back, demanded a re-test and walked away with a pass shortly afterwards
I've had nasty sill jobs done for not a lot on previous dailys, but the work has been quite a hack job.....just a plate slap welded on on and a gob of underseal sprayed over.
I met the chap with that car
Can't remember his name but he did say he comes on here sometimes. Had a run against it in my SR, it's absolutely rapid. SR20DE+T iirc
Enjoyed it
Diesels seem to respond really well to more air - if yours is a turbo (that might sound like a nooby question but I have no idea about micra Ds) you could probably get it mapped and get a real nice gain.
