Good technical advice is a good thing, it can help you save time, money and effort, but if you get bad advice it can go a long way to ruining the 300zx owning experience. I have mentioned before my dismay at some less than accurate tech information I see on the Internet in general and sadly some of it here hence this post which I hope will be taken positively and in no way a dig at anyone.

 

The Internet, and Internet forum clubs are a great source of knowledge both from professional, amateur and enthusiasts who through their own separate experiences bring together a larger slice of knowledge than any single owner could have accumulated themselves BUT.... all of that is undermined by what seems to be an increasing amount of poor, incorrect, inaccurate, Chinese whisper technical answers which continue relentlessly across the Internet to corrupt the correct and good information.

 

Its not unknown for owners / non specialist garages to misinterpret a fault, or just not really understand the issue they have are presented with and may blunder on messing with sensor settings, vacuum and boost pipes etc. during which the “fault” may well correct itself as is the nature of zed / intermittent faults.

 

Of course then this “fix” gets posted on a forum somewhere maybe in the UK the US, OZ where ever does not matter because it was WRONG! but been posted on the Internet or on a forum gives it an instant credibility and longevity of life as forums archives go on and on.

 

Move on a month a year, two years, the wrong fix has not only been read by hundreds if not thousands of forum visitors and Google searchers but now has become a respected answer to the issue originally raised but let's not forget the answer was WRONG! and is now mixed in with all the good stuff.

 

Unfortunately the level of bad info seems to have now become endemic in the 300zx world with even garages getting wrong, my advice is to be real careful when looking for an answer to any particular issue with your zed and equally please be very careful with not only tech answers you give from your own experience but from quoting existing ones posted elsewhere which could be wrong otherwise you become parts of the problem.

 

 

Ok rant over:D

 

Jeff TT

any examples of bad info

jeff allthough i understand your concerns you have more than likely put half the membership off from posting in help and advice..we know you work on these cars for a living but for the majority of zed owners on this site its just as rewarding giving advice as much as recieving it be it good or not so good:o.At the end of the day this is an amature owners club not a 300zx traders forum and anyway you get them when little joe soap has played and got it wrong:rofl:;)

Nooo... not the intention at all:o I was generalising, the information already on the internet can be confusing and really a bit more care when researching a fault is all what is needed and that was the point, no way should readers think of not posting their thoughts on faults etc. quite the opposite.

 

Jeff TT

any examples of bad info

 

Will put a list together and post up tomorrow.

 

Jeff TT

I agree with your concerns jeff but most of the problem us as owners have are solved by eliminating what members think what might be the problem. As with many of the problems iv had it was a matter of checking numerous things before u get to the actual fault. I never look anywhere else but this site as the likes of yourself and several others are always on hand to lend there experience and i think i speak for everyone on here in thanking you all for the help and advice you give.

Its always good advise to talk to a professional mechanic.

Who has the knowledge to give you sound honest advise before you part with any cash on your cars etc.

And i would always say

My advise would always be Keep it simple !

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