Howdy! "Long time listener, first time caller" here. A couple years ago I was lucky enough to get one of my dream cars, a 300zx, and all was well until it wasn't. A long story made not so long..
A friend of mine received a 1992 300zx NA 2+2 from his dad. He already had a good running car and doesn't know how to use a manual transmission, so he sold it to me. When I got the car it ran good, not great, but well enough to travel about 1500 miles back to my house. I've done a bunch of minor stuff like spark plugs, ignition coils, air filter, fuel filter and so on. The issue I am attempting to tackle now seems to be centered around the speedometer. Last year the cruise control stopped working and the speedometer became intermittent, at the time I didn't notice any issues with the power steering. Eventually the speedometer stopped displaying anything completely, but power steering continued to work until about 6 weeks ago.
I want to go back to using to using the car as a semi-daily driver, but its difficult without power steering (health issues). I've been trying to understand this wiring diagram I had found, unfortunately I don't recall exactly where I found it, maybe here? Anyways, before I go way off-topic, is anyone aware of which pin actuates the power steering solenoid or is it completely isolated from the ECU? I don't really trust the "Online AI Search Tools" which are telling me that it is Pin 4 on the ECU connector since that should be part of the Idle Air Control system.
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Havnt used my zed for a couple of weeks, and yesterday decided to take it for a little drive.
After about 6 miles of steady driving I stopped the car and was talking to a mate.
After about 7 or 8 minutes I noticed the offside exhaust started to very lightly blow blue smoke out. I switched the engine off after that.
Drove it home and let it idle at home to see if it did it again, however,it didnt.
Whats caused it to do it in the first place? Are my turbos on their way out?
Cheers guys, Dan