Hi all,

 

Been building up many jobs on my 300, got a few days to fix them.

 

 

Problem 1, Noisy belt drive when using heater. New problem I noticed this morning. When I turn the heater system on and it's not on the screen it gets very noisy at this point. I'm guessing something has worked it's way loose but as it's such a pain in the ass place to get to I'd like some heads up on common problems.

 

Picture of offending item

 

 

Youtube video so you can hear the problem and see which bit is engaged to cause the noise.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7npIcQjSkEY

 

 

Thank you v muchly, more to follow! :)

Problem 2, no screen demist. As advised in this thread

 

http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=103387

 

it appears my heater flap control system has gone funny, in that it doesn't direct air to my screen, it goes no where and kind finds it's way out in the small vent above the centre console. As advised (thanks guys) in this thread I ran the built in diagnostics.

 

I put it into the diagnostics mode, and I don't get the expected 00 readout straight away, it comes up with a 5? And so I get lost instantly. I've again made a youtube video, if anyone can see it and make any sense of it I'd very much appreciate it.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT0xWqPfuRo

 

I should have remembered to buy a conzult set up before the Christmas holiday :(

 

Which brings me neatly onto problem 3, easy one this, temp sensor has fallen out...

 

I just went to take a photo and spotted it fits neatly into the side of the heater pipework. Can someone just confirm this used to be held in with the sticking strip around the outside?? Or is there some clip I'm missing? At least I might get one thing sorted today :D

 

Problem 4, tappetty when in first/second gear and on throttle. Engine sounds tappety, but I guessed it'd have hydraulic lifters. This scares me as with my simpleton logic if it does and it's sounding tappety I'm suffering some low oil pressure. The gauge sits just below the 4, but I've read these are notoriously crap. Oil level is fine with fresh oil as well. Anything to worry about or try not to until I fit a decent oil pressure gauge?

 

Cheers