Hello.

Car was running fine yesterday, nothing remotely wrong, started her this morining and she wouldn't idle properly. revs were going up to 1500 - 2000 rpm then cutting off so the car nearly stalled, then just as the battery light comes on it revs to 1500 - 2000 rpm then cuts off and so on. There is also a lot of fumes coming out of the passenger side exaust and i think there is air escaping somewhere in the engine bay. I'm going to have a fiddle about now but any advice would be fantastic.

Thanks.........

Had a look round, removed the boost pipes and checked the hoses underneath couldn't see anything. Did a ECU diagnostic and it comes up with 55 so nothing wrong there. I ran it on idle for a bit and it seemed stable but as soon as i took it round the block and tried accelerating it started playing up again. I'm sure i can still hear air escaping though?

Try checking the vacumn pipe that go to the brake and clutch servos, plus the boost gauge sender.

Will do....Just had a search through previous messages and noticed a few things, so i drove round a bit with the A/C turned on and the car ran fine at low speeds, but didn't like it when i put my foot down. Also when the car is at idle if i remove the TPS plug it makes squat difference to the rpm. Is that right??

Had a look at the vacuum lines and they seem fine. When it idles ok its at about -20psi. I drove it around for about 10 mins and then it started really struggling to stay ticking over, almost reminded me of when i removed the boost pipe on my old starion. Still no error codes though? I'm sure it must be a pipe or a valve, but i'm not sure what or where.

air flow meters can cause that ..... check connection and everything is tight

 

hope helps :)

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Just for the record, mine has exactly the sam eproblem every morning......

 

problem.....

 

Fuel regulator......(controlled by air pressure)

 

Fix....

 

Change it....

 

Hope this helps, mine is being done at the weekend.;)

Thanks a lot. I'm almost to the stage of removing the plenum looking for this leak. But i don't need to now, thank f**K, cos i wasn't looking forward to it!!!! Do you have a part number or will nissan know what i mean?

Thanks again.:D

hello m8, i am not sure of the part number, i am getting mine 2nd hand and Jeff TT is fitting it for me, but I would guess that new would cost you a pretty penny....

 

I will let you know after the weekend if it works or not??

 

;)

I have a fuel regulator for £25, although they are about £80 new I think.

 

Thanks

 

andyZ (geewhizz@onetel.net.uk or 0776 176 3474)