General Discussions - 300ZX Related

right then finnaly got round to stripping down my old tt engine to find out why it was burning oil!! engine was removed cause the main bearings had gone and they had spun round :o so took the heads off 2nite and all i could find was that the oil controll rings on the pistons were seized i:e not moving freeley!! so what could cause this to happen then?? what can i do with my bearings if they have spun does the block need regrinding to take new oversize bearings and also the crank as well?? :confused:

Hi, got some nice side skirts to fit during the cold winter months but just wandering what the best way to do this is. They come with indent to rivet or screw into the sills but that means drilling holes through the sill, which I didn't think was very goog idea. My question is will they hold ok with just bonding glue or do they really need riveting, what has everyone else done? Pics will follow when the kit is all on and sprayed (prob June!). :hyper:

stillen GTZ-R side skirts. I've searched here, google ,everywhere I can think of but no luck. Thing is car is due to be ready by wednesday after a few delays, and i'm starting to get pissd off waiting to see them in red! I'd just like to see a different pic,(been looking a this one for 3 months) colour doesn't matter. Cheers.

ok I'v removed rad and pipes as far back as poss, thanks to your replies to Stellaz, ya5een :bow: firstly my question is, is the idler highlighted green in pic 1 the same one as in pic2 with red arrow?? If so, can i remove this? as it looks like it add some tension to the timing belt. Please advize. finally, it was mentioned that to remove the bolt at the rear of the compressor a flexi-socket is needed. WTF is a flexi-socket?? :rofl: I have never heard of such a thing. cheers in advance Mike

As I am trying to sell my car I am getting it run on a Dyno in January to get its BHP on paper to help sell it, and I would also like a Conzult check done on it to just so I can say its been Conzulted as well and it has come up fault free etc, it all helps to sell the Z. I had Nissan do a check a few months ago and it came up fine but I would like the Conzult done as well. Thanks in advance. P.s preferably Devon area.

First of all, apologies if something along these lines has been posted before, but after a lengthy trawl, I can't find it.... My problem is that I'm after buying a 300 next year, roughly about april/may time. I was pretty easygoing with getting a Jap or UK car, but a friend recently told me that import cars are more trouble than their money's-worth. This has put me in some serious doubts, as it seems there are a lot more Jap than UK cars available out there. Has anyone got any advice or information to either counter his claims, or show a non-financially-suicidal way of owning one of these beautiful pieces of road-engineering art. Yours Hopefully Kyy

i have a suspected clutch vacume leak as my engine is stalling upon pressing the clutch down arriving at roundabouts etc.. question is ive checked out the diagram on the online manual, and then looked in the engine bay and cannot see the vacume tank and hoses coming from clutch master cylinder. all i can see is the master cylinder? where is it all hidden? :confused: thanks all..

hello guy i'm trying to get insured on my dad's car is ford expedition v8 5.4 ,on wednesday i want to go abroad and take his car but i can't get insured with his company cos i'm to young to drive it they say i'm 23 and minimum age is 25 , i want it just for about 20 days and to cover europa as well,do you know any companies where i can get insured?

I don't know, this weather: might be great for the turbos, but boy does it bring out the gremlins. :rofl: Earlier this week my ABS pump relay stuck on again, although now I know how to sort that out so not a big problem... no dead battery this time around. But now it's the HICAS. I noticed this first yesterday evening when I went to change the oil. Car was cold, and hadn't been driven for a couple of days, so I started the engine to get it warmed up. Warning lights came on as normal and then all switched off again, apart from the HICAS light, which stayed on. Anyway, I pottered around, got the jack and everything else out, made coffee. Probably took 10 - 15 minutes o…

My rear spoiler has cracks in the paint at both edges and has become pourous, there is water under the paint and is causing it to blister. Are the spoilers bonded on and would anyone happen to know the paint code for grey colour

Hey my bottom end has gone on my engine can anyone put any advice as to what the best method is to resovle the problem? or a price guide as too how much it will cost?

my hicas light is on continuously, checked the fluid level and its fine, also when i turn the steering wheel the power steering pump moans when under load, are the 2 connected

when i start my car the gauge shows there is no oil pressure. It is knocking from the bottom end but would this cause the lack of oil pressure?

Im paranoid somethings up. What should turbo boost gauge display when car is idling?

Are they an upgrade for the 300zx ?? I speak about the stock ones ;)

Hi, was checking all components+ wiring etc because had a really bad missfire /hesitation all of a sudden car cut off wont restart and when it does come on cuts off again, so when i checked coilpacks+wiring harness all were ok i could see spark apart from one tryed different coilpack but made no difference so the wire harness the bit you attach to coilpack is faulty but ive used a multi meter on all connecters and get same reading but get no spark from one harness really confused what can i check also would car missfire that badly with one coil not working plz help thanx.

Hi To all. Not another one of those should I should i not!!! I'm just looking for good quality decatt pipes for me zed. Any ideas on what are good..ie very good build quality...easy to fit and are good value for money... :hyper: Mark Ps...its a Uk zed!!

black zed multi storey car park salisbury wiltshire. i was in my lasses little green fieste lol nice zed

SAW YOU IN TOWN NICE MOTOR YOU ALSO BOOTED IT UP THE HILL TOWARDS THE ROUNDABOUT. THINK IT WAS AN NA OR A VERY QUIET TURBO! :confused:

as it says above really its a real pain in the arse it does then another day its fine any ideas also noticed you only have to push clutch pedal a bit and it slips

in a morning when i just start to drive to work, at about 50mph the rear seems to have a vibration/wobble, then when its all nice a warm and been running for about 15 minute it doesnt seem as bad? what could this be? cheers

Hi, Went out today to fit the new Baileys BOVs which came. Took ages to get eveything off, and what a pain it was. When replacing everything. I thought I was done but forgot to put one of the caps on and tried to start it. It ran for a bit OK, then cut out. Fitted cap onto the correct hose, then all it does it start for 1/2 a second then cut out. Any ideas on the problem? Thanks in advance, Dave G

just looking on sparkplugs.co.uk and it lists 2 ngk model plugs for tt models. are platinum or iridium best?

:headvswal My power steering works in the wet . Its intermittent on damp days foggy etc . & only for a short time after start up when its dry. i think it may be an earth problem, already changed the speed sensor didn't make the slightest difference any ideas?

Hi, my mates mother-in-law has just bought a 1.1 H reg toyota corolla. shes put £55 worth of petrol in it and got 25miles out of it, my mates worked it out to be doing 2mpg :confused: the cars got 12months MOT cos we where thinkin it would have crazy emissions useing so much fuel. there is no obvious signs of leaks. could it just have a mixture problem? need tuning up? or has it had an engine transplant, the donor vehicle been a boeing 747? any advice apreciated. Cheers Si