after having the zed only 10 month of having my zed, the last 5 months have taken its toll on me. After putting up with everything from blown pipes and radiators to warped heads and gaskets and blown big end bearings the last straw has reared its ugly head

 

after a gentle drive to guildford i was sitting in traffic, as a big lorry went passed, i saw a small plume of blue smoke. at first i thought othing of it, but after looking down at my oil pressure gauge it was reading exceptionally low for my car. i pulled over to layby only a few hundred yards down the road, stuck my head out of the window and gave the engine 3/4 revs only to about 4.5k after the 2 rev that blue smoke that i thought was the passing lorrie was actually from my zed, after only a few more revs lo and behold i had a small cloud all to my self of the dreadded blue smoke.

 

after forking out over 6 grand in 10 month, thats it ive had enough. and in all honesty ill never have another. this car has let me down to many times and i just dont trust the dam thing or any other of its kind.

 

as soon as i have finished writing this thread im of to the autotrader sight to by myslef a she of sum variety, probably a diesel, no i aint that miffed, but something that i can rely on on getting me from a 2 b no questions asked.

 

i will probably still come on the site occationally, and all the mates i have made thanks to this forum i will still keep in touch with.

 

its been grand chaps and chappettes, and i hope none of you suffer the heartbreak and misfortune this car has brought me :cry:

 

No where do they hide the skylines in the trader?????? :shock:

 

CheerZ

 

Nick

Now thats an offer :bow:

Think i'd go for that option personally :)

Makes you wonder how genuine the mileage on Jap cars are.

 

59000 miles?? sound more like 159000 due to your list of problems.

 

 

How much is a new engine Tubs and all??

after much consideration i have come up with the following options for the zed, all have one thing in common which i will reveal at the end

 

1 sell as it is ( which to be honest will be biting my nose off to spite my face)

 

2 Find a good second hand engine and stick that in

 

3 Find a recon "short engine" (ie block internals and heads) and link it up with the new bits off mine

 

4 by a fully reconned engine and stick that in

 

5 do a full rebuild my self - which i prob wont, as far as im concerned once an engines had it, its had it!

 

Option 2 is looking like the most cost effective at the moment and less time consuming

 

oh and the common factor, its still going for sale, unless i go the fully recon route, which to be honest i dont think i can afford, but wish i had done that in the first place! doh!

 

anyway, thank you to all who have posted on her, out of all the owners club ive been apart of, ive made the most friends on here

 

cheerz chaps

 

nick

 

Bud if you need a hand with it just give us a shout, rebuilt mine 5 times so far and every time i think i'm gonna get rid of her but keep comeing back for more.

cheerz lads. ive just noticed that i didnt say what was wrong.... well ive blown the piston rings. arse

 

markzx can you email me on T0rque0fthedevil@aol.com

 

thats a really good price for the engine, could you send me a few more details mate

 

cheers

 

nick

Makes you wonder how genuine the mileage on Jap cars are.

 

59000 miles?? sound more like 159000 due to your list of problems.

 

 

How much is a new engine Tubs and all??

 

spot on here mate , ive now had 3 jap imports , an rx7 , impreza wrx ra and a zed , All have said very low milage and NONE have ever been accurate !!

 

Subaru milage on clock 45k miles checked with subaru specialst more like 110k miles!!!!

rx7 milage on clock 50k miles - check with mazda , more like 75k miles!!

300zx milage on clock 45k miles - not verified yet but deffo done more, but hey she is almost like new now due to changing basically everything on car !!

 

karl

cheerz lads. ive just noticed that i didnt say what was wrong.... well ive blown the piston rings. arse

 

markzx can you email me on T0rque0fthedevil@aol.com

 

thats a really good price for the engine, could you send me a few more details mate

 

cheers

 

nick

 

Nick what do you want to know?

 

I can tell you that This is my original UK spec engine which was Auto. So If your car is manual you'll need to swop the Cams.

 

I've had the car 6 years and it was serviced every 4k to 6K and always used good synthetic oil. you can have a copy of its service history no probs. I used to run the car with an induction kit, JWT chip and 14 psi boost. Head gasket failed due to heater matrix.

 

I was going to have this engine rebuilt at the time but I got a fantastic deal from API as they had part rebuilt an engine for a customer who backed out of one he'd paid £1200 on. So I a custom rebuilt engine for a song with the pistons I wanted and 12 month or 10,000 mile warrenty.

 

So I'd already had my old engine checked and tested with a view to a custom rebuild and know that the compression is well within tollerence, the pistons and sleeves look sweet, but there is slight wear in the big ends. Irony is that first thing I would have done would have been new forge pistons and they are the best bit of the engine.

 

I would also suggest that you establish why the pistons/ rings have failed before you plumb in any new lump. ie Was it running week. I still have the JWT Chip for the 15/15 psi set up which would cure those type of problems. That would also be available for an extra £90. However you need to have a good induction kit or it may run Rich with that chip.

 

You'd have to talk to Chris at GetGreddy or DTA for one of those though.

 

P.S.

The car had done a genuine 112000 miles on that engine.

 

I personally had done 78,000 of those miles. I live in the sticks and its 37mile to work. So no stop start journeys and mostly A and M (motorway) roads.