My Z is in for Surgery

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November 26, 200124 yr

She's under the spanner today getting a new radiator and 60K service. We are hoping the head gasket hasn't gone too.

Dr Ian at Hiteq it's in your hands.

Please say a prayer for my Z (and my wallet)

LOL

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November 26, 200124 yr

hmm your wallet will be gone very thin, good luck

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November 28, 200124 yr

Originally posted by ChrisC:
She's under the spanner today getting a new radiator and 60K service. We are hoping the head gasket hasn't gone too.

Dr Ian at Hiteq it's in your hands.

Please say a prayer for my Z (and my wallet)

LOL

Saw your car last night at Hiteq - it looked like it was in safe hands.

Mark

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November 28, 200124 yr

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I'm going to pick it up on thursday. Missing it badly!

Head gasket was OK...phew!

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November 28, 200124 yr

Hi Chris,

glad to hear the gaskett was ok. Thats saved you a packet. What you gonna do with all that extra money

Andy

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November 28, 200124 yr

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That "extra" money will probably go to my credit card to pay off about £2500 of Z bills over the last 18 months!

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Simply Japanese at Beaulieu 19th July 2026

I was just completing my booking but realised that it’s one of my daughter’s 16th birthday! I’ll check what she’s up to and see if I can get a pass! She may come with me, but doubtful. Will update as soon as I know.
Steve 😁

By cybernet · 5 hours ago5 hr
Check engine light comes on and off sporadic.

Those codes are all pointing at a related issue. A/F ratio falling out of range, heater elements within the O2's out of temp range, EGR sensor or exhaust gas temp falling out of range, etc. There is a few areas to consider...
Was any work recently done to the car that may have triggered this? When was the last time you replaced the O2 sensors? Check the O2 connectors and wiring to make sure one of them hasn't contacted the exhaust or melted. Any exhaust leaks especially before the cats? When was the last time you performed an induction service and cleaned the intake, TBs, IAC, etc? The EGR and IACV love to get carbon buildup over the years and can affect flow, similarly can happen to the vac lines to the factory wastegate control solenoid. You mentioned the car felt like it was still running well, so no idle RPM fumbling, hanging, stumbling, etc? Are you running an aftermarket boost control solenoid or OEM? Sorry for the load of questions, but need a bit more to go off of to help point you in the right direction.
Even though the vehicle has considerable low mileage, it's still 30 years old. If it's kept in a garage it tends to handle the elements better than sitting out in the external environmental conditions and will need more routine maintenance and care regardless if it's being driven or not. (i.e. 60K / 120k maint w/ timing belt)

By protoj · Tuesday at 18:481 day
JaiKai - MK2 - Ziggy Build

Time to clean the AC parts as i found a birds nest in it.

By JaiKai · Tuesday at 12:041 day
Check engine light comes on and off sporadic.

Hello, I have a 1996 twin turbo manual with 64k miles. I recently started having the check engine light come on sometimes and other times it doesn't. When I checked the codes these are what I got : If anyone has had these same codes what did they change to fix the problem. Car runs fine with check engine light on but want to fix issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
P0400
P0136
P1150
P1155

By JB300ZXTT · Monday at 22:142 days
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Thanks for the recommendations, few different places recommended Gorilla so I will get in touch with them.

By CarmageddonTheMusical · Sunday at 13:333 days

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