i'm right on the verge of buying a tt manual swb but i'm worried about the oil pressure. how much should they run? it seems low. 2 on tickover when cold, less when warm, and only reads 4 when driving! is this an issue? its only done about 50k miles and everything else is sweet. starts on the button,no smoke, drives lovely etc. please help. i'm a 300 virgin

the original oil pressure guage is very unreliable. i wouldnt trust. go on your instinct . if it runs fine and no signs of smoke, oil usage,or water usage then go for it. make sure its got clean oil and has been serviced

thay were so bad that they did away with them on later model zeds

thank god for that, i really want the car, its got tien coilovers, spl ecu, rays split rims, leather. the bloke doesn't know what he's got. £3000 with 50k

i would go for it bud

sounds good go for it.

 

oh and stella i thought that was the boost guage on the later models not the oil pressure guage

sounds good go for it.

 

oh and stella i thought that was the boost guage on the later models not the oil pressure guage

 

thought they did away with both, but i have been wrong before lol

okay,another couple of questions? what turbos are they supposed to run and what colour are the injectors? and have any of you guys heard of an spl ecu? its bloody fast and i've had some fast cars in the past. quattro turbo,mr2 turbo,gto turbo,200sx etc the 3rd mr2 i had ran 330 at the flywheel and this z seems alot faster!

If ya like the car then buy it mate, my advice though is to keep a few quid handy for when it goes wrong lol.

I bought a manual 300zx uk with leather and loads of history. Car seemed great on test drive and everything sounded good, then after driving it for a few weeks realised it used quite a bit of oil and the clutch started to slip. Now a year on and after 2 bottom end rebuilds which ive done myself and a full set of brakes, clutch, ptu and lots off petrol i,m still pleased with her.

I,m not tryin to put you off buying 1 but be realistic. A car that was 35000ish when new which you can now buy for 3000 isnt gonna be perfect, but i still love em.

Anyway sounds like a real bargain mate, go for it and grab ya self a mad jap.....

 

Good luck

they run on garret t25s normally, not sure about injectors

Howz it goin stella, that exhaust still sounds the biz bud

get it compression checked!

just to go back to the original question. My oil pressure used to drop off at idle, when warm, to Zero, then stay there popping back up to the first mark when it fancied it, no problem when cold, right up to 3/4. I knew I had good pressure cause I just rebuilt the engine!! Changed the sender unit last week, £90 from Nissan, perfect now. At idle when hot just between first mark and half way.

i've bought it :) i now need to get rid of my 200sx to spend some money on it!!! prepare for lots more questions lol