Bilky

Your soul is worth £149217. For your peace of mind, 0% of people have a purer soul than you. Amen. What do I win?

I would suspect what used to be called on my Opel Manta as the Auxilliary Air Valve - AAV - it allows more air into the engine on cold startup bu then the ECU sends a signal to it to close when up to temp - We do have one on the Z but I cant remember the exact name for it. Someone might help out on its official name. The car would start but not run consistantly until it was warm, cutting out a lot.

You could try wrapping some ptfe tape round the thread maybe?

Check the temp senso rconnection for dirt - It may also be failing and giving the ECU the wrong readings.

I must admit I havent usead anything.....the two wires come out of it so you cant really block it off totally.

dont think the polarity on a bulb is important ( stand to be corrected) most likely the bulb didnt like being removed and jostled and maybe got dirt or fingerprints on them - I was redoing the earths on mine this weekend - beefed them up and neither buld survived the process.....got a set of 130w bulbs from Halfords for a fiver each and they seem nice and bright. :)

Jaffa - the pipe is plastic so a good epoxy should work fine.

Cheers to all who replied to this one - will let you all know how I get on - will try and borrow a mates seat and will go to some shops to try some out..... Will bear in mind your ways round things if they dont fit perfect first time. Ta! :dance:

Is that the road by all the car dealerships?

OK - all u guys have to help or as if no baby set ion the Z - Then no Z - I'll have to sell it as I cant run 2 cars and the baby will have to go into my car.

Speaking of Wales - after the fiasco of specially targetting the rally people the FIA have put the rally under investigation and may remove it because of what they have done. Idiots. We've just had the speed limits near us changed - they used to be 50 mph to 40mph to 60mph within the space of 1 mile. Now its 50mph 30 mph 40 mph 60 mph. for the same stretch - needless to say people are ignoring them and driving up the bumpers and overtaking people following the new limits....

Well Well Broccoli - Mother tells me your good for me - Well I'm no good for you!! Damn you, damn the broccoli and damn the wright brothers. Well Well Mother, we meet again....

April Next year (obviously next year...) Glad the Zeds all payed up! I can keep it!

checkd tyre pressures? If its just happened - it could be a suspension problem.

I drive it daily anyway and we have an Almera as our other car! Do I need any Special fittings? Or does the ISO fixing just strap right in with the seat belts?

If u patch it then it shouldnt fail. Could it be one of the belts of the accessories at the front of the engine.

K - not looking to sell the Z unlike the usual trend - its been way too reliable workhorse and so has anyone fitted a baby seat into theirs and if so how did they do it? I think I'll need to put UK seatbelts into the back though to replace the Jap ones as its an import.

Wonder if this is the recent scam of asking to use your account to place money into it to launder it and then take it all back out again..Nice and clean.

Steer Clear. You'll most likely never see a penny and your car will be gone.

That all sounds about right.

pre cats are different to the normal full ones - they are extra ones - dont ask me how or why as I dont know - just what I heard them called.

The UK cars have pre cats - the Jap ones dont but have the restrictor instead. As is my understanding.

YUK- get the fluid AND the filter inside changed - the filter may be blocked and causing you to lose gears. The fluid should be nice and clear. Brown is a problem. You need to get the box flushed properly as just dumping the fluid only gets part of it out as theres still a fair bit in the convertor.

Matey - ticking will be a sticky lifter - when did you last change the oil - maybe worth considering an engine flush with the next change. That doesnt look like smoke - it looks more like condensation due to the cold weather - it evaporates almost immidiately while smoke wont do that - it will wander off gently and will stink (unless it is doing that) Could be a blocked pcv valve. I'd keep an eye on it as it may just stop doing it. I wouldnt worry about it yet though.

Liverpool Victoria do insure imports - I have insurance with them and confirmed import status.....You may have got someone who doesnt realise they do them or they've changed policy since July.