My old but very lovely 300 ZX wont go!!! The garage are at a loss as to what is wrong with him. I cant get another mechanic to even attempt to fix him. Somthings blown the epu. Does anyone know where I can buy a secondhand epu? or what might have blown it in the first place? and if I put a new epu in, will that just blow as well? Everyone is talking about scrapping him! Im gona cry!!! please help..... :(

Sorry to hear this bad news, :(

You might want to give any of the following a call on Mon :D

Jeff at http://www.zedworld.co.uk

Ryan http://www.ztech.co.uk

Mark at Zen garage 07832 190 184

these people should be able to give you some sound advice, hope all goes well for you

Matt

Lisa,

it sounds more like the PTU, they do go on the Z and cause it not to start of to cut out while driving. replacement should get him running again. some one on here will be able to sell you a working spare if thats what it is.

Don't give up hope. There's loads of people on here that will be able to help. Sure it'll be on the road again in a jiffy!

Dave

ptu sounds familiar to me especially if u have a series 1 z as they are a common failiure try andy at supercarparts or dave at rice rocket both in the traders section they should be a ble to sort u out oooeeeerrrrr

hi Lisa. dont worry im sure us guys and one of the mechs that Sarge mentioned will have it up and running in a jiffy for the price of a, er, jaffa?

My old but very lovely 300 ZX wont go!!! The garage are at a loss as to what is wrong with him. I cant get another mechanic to even attempt to fix him. Somthings blown the epu. Does anyone know where I can buy a secondhand epu? or what might have blown it in the first place? and if I put a new epu in, will that just blow as well? Everyone is talking about scrapping him! Im gona cry!!! please help..... :(

 

Will give you a ride on mine sorry in mine. :dance:

There's always one........ :shock:

make that two :xxx: :xxx:

better make that 3

Lisa, what are the symptoms of the problem?

 

Does the car turn over when you try to start it?

Does the engine run and then die a few mins later?

Does it start but then run like a dog and stuggle to stay going?

try Jeff @ zed world

 

he has been brillant to me, very helpful

 

u cant go wrong speaking to him :)

Anyone in the bxton area want to help her out?

 

I am in essex and would gladly let you swap bits over to see what dont work

Lisa, what are the symptoms of the problem?

 

Does the car turn over when you try to start it?

Does the engine run and then die a few mins later?

Does it start but then run like a dog and stuggle to stay going?

 

Hello SRRAE,My car (Frank) first went funny at the petrol station, sounded like he was going to conk out, when I parked for petrol he woldnt start again, not even turn over.Got help to push out of the way, tried again, he was making a weird clicking noise, I fiddled with wires, didnt know what I was doing, just tried, and he started again and went long enough to get me home.Next day he turned but wouldnt start, I put him on charge, but still no joy, but clicking continued.My dad came and checked that fuel was getting through, we then tried a new distributor cap, at some point he stopped turning over and the clicking stopped, no charge was going to the distributor. Took him to garage, who found part of a circuit board in drivers well was damaged, fixed it, still nothing,mechenic thinks its the epu, but dosnt know what blew it in the first place...Thanks for asking, any ideas would be very welcome,it seems these cars have very complicated electrical systems and apart from the mechanic who has had a look at him(who rewired him after a fire a few years ago),no other local mechanics will.Nissan main dealers are useless, have tried them in the past for other stuff, charged me a fortune and didnt sort the headlight problem anyway.Cant really tow him anywhere.Me and my dad towed him to garage which is not very far,but Frank is really heavy on the brakes and the steering without power.Please let me know if you have a clue what to do, Cheers Lisa

Tell me you haven't called your car Frank?...lol

What do you mean by distibutor cap Lisa, these cars don't have one

Lisa, what are the symptoms of the problem?

 

Does the car turn over when you try to start it?

Does the engine run and then die a few mins later?

Does it start but then run like a dog and stuggle to stay going?

 

Hello SRRAE,My car (Frank) first went funny at the petrol station, sounded like he was going to conk out, when I parked for petrol he woldnt start again, not even turn over.Got help to push out of the way, tried again, he was making a weird clicking noise, I fiddled with wires, didnt know what I was doing, just tried, and he started again and went long enough to get me home.Next day he turned but wouldnt start, I put him on charge, but still no joy, but clicking continued.My dad came and checked that fuel was getting through, we then tried a new distributor cap, at some point he stopped turning over and the clicking stopped, no charge was going to the distributor. Took him to garage, who found part of a circuit board in drivers well was damaged, fixed it, still nothing,mechenic thinks its the epu, but dosnt know what blew it in the first place...Thanks for asking, any ideas would be very welcome,it seems these cars have very complicated electrical systems and apart from the mechanic who has had a look at him(who rewired him after a fire a few years ago),no other local mechanics will.Nissan main dealers are useless, have tried them in the past for other stuff, charged me a fortune and didnt sort the headlight problem anyway.Cant really tow him anywhere.Me and my dad towed him to garage which is not very far,but Frank is really heavy on the brakes and the steering without power.Please let me know if you have a clue what to do, Cheers Lisa

Lisa,

I suspect your car is a Z31 rather than a Z32. So a 240/260/280z, rather than a 300zx twin turbo which is what we specialise in. I'm sure someone will be able to help you, but we need to be certain which car we're discussing.

What do you mean by distibutor cap Lisa, these cars don't have one

 

I have a 15 year old Nissan 300 ZX Turbo automatic. It has a black thing under the hood with metal bits that anothother metal thing rotates past to cause a spark, this is me being technical about cars, thought it was called a distributor cap, what do you call it?

these are Z31

 

This is a Z32 which doesn't have a distributor.

 

Both the Z31 and the Z32 are called 300ZX but they are completely different cars.

 

If you need help with a Z31, the zclub are helpful peeps. We're helpful too :D but we know more about our Z32s than anything else...

 

Good Luck - Gio

Lisa,

I suspect your car is a Z31 rather than a Z32. So a 240/260/280z, rather than a 300zx twin turbo which is what we specialise in. I'm sure someone will be able to help you, but we need to be certain which car we're discussing.

Hello Andy, my log book calls my car a Nissan 300ZX made in 1987, 2960 cylinder capacity, petrol, 2 door, white, T-bar roof, pop-up lights and very very gorgeous and very very fast....it is a turbo, dont know about twin...any ideas??? :bow:

deffo Z31: made in 1987, pop-up lights. You need to visit http://www.zclub.net - they have a special Z31 section

Sorry to hear this bad news, :(

You might want to give any of the following a call on Mon :D

Jeff at http://www.zedworld.co.uk

Ryan http://www.ztech.co.uk

Mark at Zen garage 07832 190 184

these people should be able to give you some sound advice, hope all goes well for you

Matt

 

Thanks Matt, will try those contacts...