Had my car booked in for 9am this very morning to check out my oil leak at my local Nissan dealer on Anglesey.

 

I turn up a bit late at 9:30 and announce my presence to the Service Manager. I explain to him that I can see where the leak is coming from and if I could just show him it would save their time and mine. "OK" he says and we walk out to my car.

 

So he asks me to show him, so I say we need it up on a lift...well fuck me!!! He then tells me that they haven't got any lifts available all morning. WTF is that all about? So anyway, we walk into the workshop and just like every cloud has a silver lining So to does every Nelson I've ever, ever been to have a 300ZX in the workshop with it's engine bay in bits.

 

So he starts lifting this mother up on the lift and says that I can show him where. So I tell him it's passenger side, so he brings the lift back down! He says that there is nothing on the passenger side coz the turbos are stripped down. Might I also add that they still have the engine IN!!!

 

Anyway he shows me all these sodding pipes and I can't identify what I know with any of them FFS!

 

So he forgets that idea and we walk back to my car. He says there's not alot else they can do. So I tell him that I've had the car booked in for this morning why haven't they got a lift? He says to me and get this "you never mentioned anything about needing the use of a lift!" am I fucking hearing things?

 

So are 99.9 percent of engine oil leaks eminating from the top portion of the engine then? FFFFFFFFFFFFFFS!

 

Right so I'm a bit pissed now, I didn't get home last night until about midnight. Few beers, pizza then bed. Up at 9am and straight down to Nelson and I am Phuket to say the least.

 

So I ask him if he's got a trolley jack? Yep they have, so he walks me back into the workshop right to the other end, pulls a monster jack out and passes me the handle. So I have to drag the jack through the fucking workshop and out to my car...I'm gonna fucking firebomb that place in my next life as a Fire Bomber Terrorist Baboon from hell!

 

So after mucho fucking about I jack the car up, so I get under and he gets under and I start burbling about this pipe and how it's split. At this point I am now the Terry Fuckwit coz it ain't a split pipe/hose at all. I notice that there's a cable running through it, muppet!

 

Turns out it's the Oil Pressure sensor wire hence why it was masked with electrical tape. So it turns out my oil pressure sensor is KO'd and that is where the leak is from.

 

So he fucks off, gets me the part number and price printed out. Asks me to move my car so they can get a car off a lift and walks away from me!

 

I then have to drive my car back soaked from rolling around on the wet floor and hands covered in fucking oil. I should have said to him here's a fiver for a bevvy and then not given it to him coz I did all the fucking labour.

 

Part Deux

 

Get home, fucked if they're getting the business and ring Abergele Nelson instead. Are all main dealers programmed to give you the same response?

 

Blah, blah, blah oh every job on a 300 is a major episode. So I ask him don't you have a job card for this sort of thing?

 

Pause, well if it was a Micra I'd say yep we can do it on a Saturday morning but on a 300??? We'd have to look at it, job could take an hour or two or all day on one of them things!

 

OK...fuck right off then!

 

Q. How long to change the oil pressure sensor and is it an easy job?

 

Part is 79.50 and I would have thought looking at it shouldn't be too bigger job to change? I could be wrong!

 

 

 

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Tim,

Bring it over one evening next week and I'll do it for you. Won't take long. See if you can get the sensor though, if not I'll get one from Nissan in Stortford.

Oh Timmy Lad - you've not been having a good day my friend!

 

Screw Nelson mate - replacing the oil presure sender is a piece of cake. It'll probably take you longer to jack the car up than to replace the unit. I've seen Jeff do it in under 10 minutes! Mind you, finding the damned unit can be a bit of a problem - I've seen them in two different places whereas the manual indicates it is always on the driver's side. Found two that are actually on the p/s ... Anyway, if you know where it is it is easy to replace.

 

Good luck mate - and are you coming to the Easter meet on the 30th?

 

Cheers

 

Danny

Cheers Andy I'll see if I can get one this week and I'll let you know.

 

Dan the man, not going to the meet sorry mate. No more meets for me now until after my car is done. In fact Billing is the next time I'll see most of you guys.

 

I do enough miles during the week mate and to be honest the last few meets I've been worse for wear usually hungover and absolutely dead on my feet!

 

Mine is on the passenger side, is this something to do with autos and mans???

 

 

 

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Is this not the very thing that should all be checked, when the engine is out the car being rebuilt?

 

I have to say that when nissan in(of all places italy lol) Rebuilt my broken piston they sent me a list of all the bits and bobs they recommend i replace.

(they did a very good job i have to say).

mabey the guys in italy are more enthusiastic than this lot lol.

Tinky how much milage have you done since you got the car back from SE?

Warren it's the oil pressure sensor! They can go West at some point matey...LOL

 

Mileage since SE = 6583 miles

 

 

 

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ok m8 so i guess i got an apology to make eh?!!

 

Well your not fookin gettin one!! LOL

 

piece of piss job mate no probs to do. give me a shout if andy is busy.

 

Latz

Thanks for the offer mate, much appreciated. Not entirely your fault in terms of diagnosis...LOL

 

If I'd said a split cable instead of hose you may have got it right! My fault...DOH!

 

 

 

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LOL hope you get it done m8. like i say let me know if you need a hand!

 

Latz

Oil pressure sensor on mine is passenger side. TT manual 1990. Maybe the later models swapped sides??

 

 

RCD