General Discussions - 300ZX Related

for me to change the starter motor 300 zxtt before it gets worse. thank you.:eek:

I've had overheating problems on and off for months, and I now think it has to be the head gasket, BUT I can't see oil in the coolant and I can't see any emulsification in the oil. However, can't really think what else it can be... Borrowed the village garage's compression tester (for the radiator, not the cylinder sort!) on Saturday morning and found a major leak where the aftermarket section with the temp sender in was not quite seated properly. I'd checked that one before so I think it's been working itself off slowly. We also bled the radiator whilst we were at it. I then drove a mile or so to get any more air around and then bled it again about two hours later b…

when the rubber pipe which leads from the rad is hard with alot of pressure and the revs go up? then when you open the bleed screw let out some water the reves drop?:confused:

I am trying to find another boost leak as it sound like its got a little worse. It sounds like its coming from the back of the engine right in the middle. I have taken off the balance bar, moved the wiring loom out of the way and had a look but I cant really see any hoses there which could be turbo related. There are 2 or 3 quite wide ones which seem to go into the bulk head which I presume is air con related. Are there any vacume hoses back there? I cant pressurise it at the moment because the balance bar is off but if I put it back on it will hinder my view of the back of the engine. Advice please. Stuart

Whats a lower arm...........advertised on e-bay "DRIVERS SIDE FRONT LOWER ARM FOR NISSAN 300ZX COMPLETE WITH BALL JOINT BRAND NEW GENUINE NISSAN PART WAS £160.00 BID NOW" John

Finally got the Zed running again (sadly a day after the Chester Meet!!), but there's one small problem... I've managed to 'lose' the rubber insert from the spark plug socket - and eventually found it wrapped around a spark plug!! Anyone had a similar problem, or am i Gonna have to figure this one out for myself?!?

Right. I`ve come into possession of a spare bonnet (cheers Bigbscan:) ) with a view to venting the living daylights out of it.:eek: ;) After looking over old posts on the subject I came away with the knowledge that bonnet vents are, generally speaking a "good thing" (surprise!:D ) except when they let water in or don`t actually work due to poor placement..."a bad thing"...:p What I need to know is where on the bonnet are the optimal places for vents to be fitted to get the most cold air in and hot air out. Also, what design is most effective...louvres, inverted/raised scoops etc. Thanks to my years at Art college, and my continuing work, I`m fairly handy …

When my engine is warmed up/hot the engine sounds like its misfiring when I apply just a little bit of throttle. For example I was in traffic (Scoops's fault) and when rising the revs slowly to pull off, reaching about 2,000 rpm and then sounds like its misfiring and wont go any higher unless I put quite a lot of throttle on and then its fine. Any one have any idea what this could be? Fuel starvation? Fuel pump? Maybe not a good spark. Any help welcome :( Stuart

Every day I travel from Leyland to Longridge where I work and back, it's about seven miles of motor way with a mile and a half either side. In the morning nothing out of the ordinary , but every night when I come to the end of the slip road and wait to pull out the revs go up to about 1500 for about 5 secs, then come back down and all's back to normal. Any ideas anyone?:confused: If you've not it doesn't matter, it's been doing it for months. just a bit odd.

Gotta be done! Just got quote from local jap specialast garage of 3.2 hours @£38/h and £66 for the belt. Does this seem reasonable & what else should i havr done at the same time?

What are the best pads for value and performance? I'm running brembo brakes with 330mm discs The reason i'm looking is that after about 1500 miles of driving the car i'm starting to get a shudder under braking, worse when braking at speed so i have a spare set of discs but no pads Cheers Kirbz

Just doing timing belt change & all the other things down there while im at it. Couple of the lads seem to think an alternator change is good while im there. Where can you get 1 at a decent price & is it worth it as mines ok?

How do you reset the ECU on a 300zx? On my MR2 it was unplugging the relays and fuses etc. Thanks John

mine is making a bad noise when i crank the engine what is it and what do i need to do sounds like its loose when i turn the key then it stops. Do you think im causing any damage to the engine?:cry:

Any ideas?? Cheers Jay

hi all, trying to do the handbrak eadjustment - what does the star wheel look like that I'm meant to turn? any pics? Thanks.

Hi, Putting a new det sensor loom onto my engine, it is the wiring that fails on this due to the excessive heat and vibration in the centre of the engine! I was thinking about protecting it in some heat resistant coating/wrap or replacing the wiring on this for something more flexible/heat resistant! Any ideas!

Anyone know how to adjust the headlamps forwards/backwards? My front passenger side one appears to have moved backwards about a quarter of an inch

Can anyone tell me what the standard gauge for oil pressure on import tt auto should read hot & cold?

While underneath the car yesterday changing the tension rods I did notice a drop of antifreeze at the bottom of the pan near front pulley. Could this be from the water pump? When I had the cambelt changed a couple of months ago Jeff did say that there was a bit of play in the pump bearing, but I did not have it changed (I know I should have) How big a job is changing the water pump? whats involved it it? Thanks John

All, I have a 89TT Jap Import. It's superb throughout but is driving me crazy with the safety beeps. There's a loud one on the Reverse and a very quiet one when I go over 100KM (not that I do that very often of course :D ) Thanks, Ice

Kind of Z related... does anyone know if there's a PSone game with Donington in it? I've got Toca-1 which doesn't. If anyone's got a copy of something I can borrow, I'd be mighty grateful. I need some virtual practice you see.

Ok,have looked at all the search results and still not sure on this,i have as most know been running with 80psi on No1(lookin at engine from front its farthest to rear on right,(or is that No 6 cant remember:rolleyes: )and have maybe knackerd valve in there!,i do a 30 mile trip to see b19rks ,no problems,on way back going a good stomp down A5,i had to back off quick then in my mirror see shite loads of blue to black smokewhile coasting down,car running well i put foot down to look again,same thing happens,smoke seemed to come from both sides,when got home it did smell of light oil burn,today went out for a run of 20 miles today and had same smoke now on acceleration and w…

In case anyone is thinking of new Adjustable Tension Rods just got a set of these..... http://store.yahoo.com/ginnmotorsports/adtero.htlm $200 4 day shipping $60 About £165.00

Going to work in the old girl today, and after a couple of mile I noticed that the little green light for the indicator wasn't coming on when I turned left & right. I stopped the car, put the indicators on, got out, and found that the actual indicators weren't working either. I checked the hazard lights, but they worked fine. I just wondered if anyone had seen this before (perhaps its common??) Might it just be a fuse, or is that unlikely given that the hazards are ok?:confused: