I've just bought a K11 Micra
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
I know someone with an M reg K11 with close on 450K miles on the clock. He also has a 52 plate he bought as they were about to be discontinued and he wanted a new one for when the old one packed up. But as the old one never packed up, the new one is just given a bit of a run every couple of weeks.
Brilliant cars.
It died last summer, with over half a million miles on the clock. So the 52 plate has now been forced into action. He's mid 70s now so it will see him out! Brilliant cars.
We sold our first K11 when we left the UK in 2001, found another LHD here in france, a 1995 Stars Cup edition. It had it's 25th birthday Controle Technique, French MOT, earlier this week and sailed through with only an advisory for minor corrosion underneath. In the 19 years with us it has had, apart from oils and filters, diff oil seals, a recon throttle body and a recon alternator. Still sharp as a pin to drive, brilliant little car, has come to the rescue numerous times when the 530d has let us down!
Has everyone forgotten about Dry Solder in the Throttle Bodys. Stretched Timing Chains and Rotting Front Crossmembers?
The thin chains stretched, which Nissan put down to 'using incorrect oil' so no warranty work, meant a massive engine strip to replace. Throttles were an easy DIY fix or £500 replacement.
The wife had 3 that I fettled over the years.
Rose Tinted Spectacles Gentlemen?
The thin chains stretched, which Nissan put down to 'using incorrect oil' so no warranty work, meant a massive engine strip to replace. Throttles were an easy DIY fix or £500 replacement.
The wife had 3 that I fettled over the years.
Rose Tinted Spectacles Gentlemen?
mickyh7 said:
Has everyone forgotten about Dry Solder in the Throttle Bodys. Stretched Timing Chains and Rotting Front Crossmembers?
The thin chains stretched, which Nissan put down to 'using incorrect oil' so no warranty work, meant a massive engine strip to replace. Throttles were an easy DIY fix or £500 replacement.
The wife had 3 that I fettled over the years.
Rose Tinted Spectacles Gentlemen?
I`ve had at least 3 over the years, one of which is still with my niece. The thin chains stretched, which Nissan put down to 'using incorrect oil' so no warranty work, meant a massive engine strip to replace. Throttles were an easy DIY fix or £500 replacement.
The wife had 3 that I fettled over the years.
Rose Tinted Spectacles Gentlemen?
Picking you up on the chain issue. I was in the dealer network back then, warranty certainly did cover the issue.
Nissan introduced a kit specifically for warranty repairs. From the top of my head the part number was A3028-5F600. It was intended for repairs to low mileage engines as it didn`t include the tensioners or the sprockets.
As I recall Nissan only refused warranty on cars that had no service history, same as for any engine related claims. Very hard to put the wrong oil in, it was either 10W30 or 10W40.
mickyh7 said:
Has everyone forgotten about Dry Solder in the Throttle Bodys. Stretched Timing Chains and Rotting Front Crossmembers?
The thin chains stretched, which Nissan put down to 'using incorrect oil' so no warranty work, meant a massive engine strip to replace. Throttles were an easy DIY fix or £500 replacement.
The wife had 3 that I fettled over the years.
Rose Tinted Spectacles Gentlemen?
To be fair to the car the throttle body was changed because the MAF sensor was faulting and that is built into the throttle body. It was indeed an easy fix and the recon replacement was £115. The alternator was a Bosch unit and they can fail on any car at 24 years of age as it then was. Touch wood we haven't had stretchy chains or dry solder or any other well known problem so I can only speak as I find, it has been an outstanding little car!! The thin chains stretched, which Nissan put down to 'using incorrect oil' so no warranty work, meant a massive engine strip to replace. Throttles were an easy DIY fix or £500 replacement.
The wife had 3 that I fettled over the years.
Rose Tinted Spectacles Gentlemen?
When I worked thete, a colleague had one 9 months old and it went in for a replacment Throttle body, due to poor running.
To be fair, it was only the big lumps of solder at each end which needed reheating to fix it.
However it was a sealed unit and needed a sharp blade to get into it.
No cars had 'No' service history as the first service was free (oil and filter only, it was a thin flushing oil for 1000 miles). Casting sand removal mainly. The Nissan denial was for cars out of warranty.
The early cars were great. Very nippy. Over the years, unfortunately, emmision laws drained what performance the cars had and the last cars built were horribly slow. Same engines though.
To be fair, it was only the big lumps of solder at each end which needed reheating to fix it.
However it was a sealed unit and needed a sharp blade to get into it.
No cars had 'No' service history as the first service was free (oil and filter only, it was a thin flushing oil for 1000 miles). Casting sand removal mainly. The Nissan denial was for cars out of warranty.
The early cars were great. Very nippy. Over the years, unfortunately, emmision laws drained what performance the cars had and the last cars built were horribly slow. Same engines though.
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