dicky96

I do know that the auto one has an extra solenoid which stops the keys being removed if the gearbox is not in park. From what you describe that is what the extra connections are. Mine is a manual (auto conversion) and has that solenoid disconnected Rich

Exactly - that is my old engine.... actually though I will pop up to the garage and take some more photos of it now, to see how it has faired these last few months in the same location and on the same trolley I stored the one you sold me for three months

Just to be clear I never disputed any of the above Jeff (except never specified the length of car was ticking over ar Zedworld - no idea if it was 30 mins) In fact I have posted these facts before on this thread (and the fact the car was not road tested) and also have been very clear that Zedworld changed the nearside turbo (the one that failed after 60 miles) Free Of Charge as a good will gesture My main problem is I have gone through three turbos in as many months, two catastrophic failures and one I don't know the condition till it comes off the car I've listened to advice and suggestions from Mark and Steve as to what went wrong and posted the advice as is (plus reading advice from on this thread). It seems something is pretty badly wrong, maybe with oil supply? Yes it would have been best for me to get the turbos refurbed at the time the engine was swapped and yes I didn't do so as I didin't have the money at the time. Everyone agrees, including me, that the engine itself is a good one All I can do is ask advice and try to take it. I try my best to keep this factual, not a witch hunt and I'm suprised to see that posted Rich PS once again this is where the engine was stored before fitting (for about 3 months) - on this same trolley and with the doors shut of course. I also garage my car here over winter without the engine rusting

Yeah will keep at it - so far I have three trashed turbos since this engine was changed in June, two catastrophic failures and I won't kniow what went wrong with the third one (the one silverline said had an oil leak) until it gets replaced I'm not casting any stones in anyones direction here but along lines somewhere I don't feel this is my own fault - I had two good turbos on my old engine and two good ones (told be several peopl) on the new one But what can I do? Thing is now I either dig deep and replace with new ones or I find another working stock nearside turbo second hand and I'll get Silverline to fit it if only on the basis of the fact that the one he did fit is still working Anyone can help me out finding one, then it's very very much appreciated. Other than that guess I will have to bite the bullet one more time as I have no other option really Rich PS Jaffa, the oil has been changed. Maybe Steve will add a bit about the oil leak he found on the nearside one

Oh and there was an oil leak on the nearside turbo that Mark had changed - I am not sure exactly the nature of the leak or whether it contributed to the failure of the second nearside turbo (one of my old ones). Silverline fixed the oil leak so could probably say exactly what it was, but unfortunately the turbo is no good now By the way Noz, the 'new' offside turbo that Silverline changed for my old one - that had also suffered catastrophic failure after the 230 mile run... there were bits of impeller blades in the housing and you could wagggle the remainder around in the bearings

OK to clarify the facts The replacement engine was fitted with the turbos still attached - let's call those the 'new' turbos for clarity and my original engine's turbos the 'old' ones I asked Jeff to select the best of the four turbos (the ones on the replacement engine and the ones on my old engine) Maybe he did that and selected the 'new' ones that came with the engine from Noz, I don't know, but those were the ones that were fitted. I do know in two years of previous ownership I never had any problem (smoke or otherwise) with my old turbos. Of the 'new' turbos, the nearside one failed immediately me driving back to Stoke, it was so bad after 60 miles I had to get the car trailered back to Zedwrold Mark changed that one for my old nearside turbo - I don't know why only one was changed, Jeff asked me to give them both old turbos. This job was done Free of Charge There was still a lot of smoke - the worse of this cleared after a good run up to Prescot a few days later Then a couple days later after a 230 mile round trip to Leeds and Nottingham the 'new' offside turbo failed That one was changed by Silverline who fitted my remaining old turbo. And he suggested the possible reasons. At this time I found out my car has no cats fitted though I was previously told at Zedworld that the (non existant) cats were 'full of oil' and had been left to drain for a weekend and the remainder still needed to be burnt off. I am now completely puzzled why I was told this! After another 100 miles the nearside turbo failed again - this was my 'old' one that Mark fitted The offside turbo that Silverline fitted (my other 'old' one) is still working fine Steve tells me he primed the turbo he fitted and this is necessary, Mark you did tell me turbos did not need to be primed because oil flows immediately the first time you start the engine All I know is the nearside one has now failed twice, the offside one failed once and is now OK with my old turbo fitted. I'm simply stating the facts and not conjecture because I am not an expert in this field Rich

Well a couple of months have gone by and a lot has happened since I posted so it's time to resurrect this big thread! To recap - the last update was towards the end of July : After Zedworld looked at my car again free of charge in July they swapped one of the turbos (the nearside) and the car was still producing huge amounts of smoke from the nearside exhuset even with the turbo changed. They fitted one of the turbos from my old engine (I actually gave them both the old turbos but they only changed one for whatever reason On collecting my car Jeff told me there was still a lot of oil in the cats from the faulty turbo, though they had drained what they could, and the smoke may go away after a couple hundred miles After running up to Prescot for a barbeque meet and giving the car a good blast, the next day I found the big clouds of smoke had gone. Then I took the car on a 230 mile round trip. It was not using anywhere near as much oil now and I wasn't getting smoke, apart from if I boosted the car hard-ish. The Harder I boosted it the bigger the ball of smoke it would produce on gear change - all this I previously posted....... Znut and a couple others who had looked at the car on the Prescot meet tell me it is massively overfueling and it was suggested that I contact Noz to get the car remapped. This I did and got a price for the remap Now we are up to speed with the history so..... I got a quote for remap but didn't get chance to pursue it because.... Then I got a call from Steve at Silverline in Cannock on 3rd August, he spent quite a lot of time on the phone with me discussing the various issues and offered to look at my car so I took it down to him on the 7th. He had a look at the car, and said to be honest it wasn't running very well, although the engine sounded fine. Steve then followed me while I took the car for a run so he could see what was happening when I was on boost. It turns out I was doing a pretty fine imitation of the Red Devils from the offside exhaust - and the reason.... blown turbo seals. As it was the Shugborough meet on the 11th August (which I had organised and obviously wanted to attend) and the car was running OK as long as I kept it off boost, I gently took the car to the show and back and then back down to Silverline on the 13th. At this point the smoke on the offside ehaust had got quite a bit worse. Steve changed the turbo for my other old one (this is the one Zedworld did not change when they offered to fix my problems free of charge) and he also gave the car a thorough check over. Now quite a few interesting things came to light.... The offside turbo he jsut removed was completely trashed - there were bits of impeller lying in the bottom of the housnig! Now considering that the replacememnt engine I got from Noz came with two turbos that were supposedly good this raised a few questions as to why both had failed (one changed by Zedworld, one by Silverline) His best theories were that either A: The turbos were pretty much scrap when I bought them B: The turbos were not properly primed with oil when the new engine was fitted before running C: That the turbos came from a car which had cats fitted and mine does not, so the increased pressure differential (no back pressure on my car) caused the seals to fail Now if you have been following all this from the beginning, this engine was previously seen running by Noz and also other members on here and they all tell me it ran fine with no smoke so that kind of makes A: seem unlikely. C: could not be right, I said, as Jeff told me he had to leave my exhusts up on end over the weekend to drain all the oil out of the cats. That's when an interesting fact came to light - my car does not have cats fitted!! So that seems to leave B: or C: as the likely causes of the turbo failures. And me puzzled why I had been told the cats were full of oil..... Also a few more things were found..... There is a massive oil leak from the rear of the rocker cover which is dripping down onto the nearside turbo. Nothing to do with this problem directly - but the Viscous fan has some very serious cracks in it and could let go at any time soon. I'm suprised no one spotted that before and let me know I should replace it. There were several small vacuum lines which were leaking or split near the ends Cylinder 4 had a misfire problem, worse at tickover when it was not firing at all, once running it was kinda 'half firing' All the coil pack connectors were pretty much scrap The compression tests were not 180 all round as previously stated - I don't have the actual results (Silverline probably does) but compression was within spec There is very little or anything wrong with the replacement engine itself (certainly not had blasting sand go through it trashing seals and rings etc) And yes, the car is heavily over fuelling OK so I got my car back ready for the Shardlow meet 25th August, albeit with the above problems still there. After changing the drivers side turbo and fixing the Red Devil smoketrails Steve at Silverline also noted that there was some amounts of blue smoke coming from the nearside exhaust but this could be due to the misfire on cylinder 4. I arranged to take my car back to him at the end of the following week as I was going on hols to Spain and agreed for the coil pack connectors to be replaced and have a new set of coilpacks and plugs (I had a mix of two different sorts in mine), and while I was at it I took Steve's recommendation to fit 'yellow back' coilpacks - then see if the misfire went away At Shardlow I had a chat with Mark and also Slick Pete as they were there, about what Steve had found, and they also both looked at the car. While discussing with Mark about the failure of the near side turbo and the three possible reasons, he explained to me that turbos do not need to be primed with oil. He tells me as soon as you turn the ignition the first time, oil will instantly flow through the turbos and 'prime them'. All agreed on the day that I did have a misfire on Cylinder 4 (hardly firing at tick over-but firing moreso when driving) and various reasons were put forward - one from Pete that I could have a 'lazy injector' After the Shardlow meet I took the car back to Silverline at the end of August. One big concern now was that the smoke trail fron the nearside exhaust (the side Mark swapped the turbo for my old one) had come back again when I boosted hard then changed gear. I had done less than 100 miles. Steve had the car three weeks - I just got it back last Friday. He fitted the yellow backs and plugs, and replaced all the old coil pack connectors. Also he found several more small vacuum pipes in very poor condition and replaced these. This has fixed the misfire issue and the car is running better than it ever has!!! But..... The smoke trail from the nearside exhaust is because the turbo on that side has failed again!! - this is the old turbos from my original engine that Mark swapped. Best guess as to why this should also fail. Steve tells me 'turbo not primed with oil when fitted'. The offside one which Steve swapped is fine. I am getting confliciting advice on this oil priming issue, whether turbos need to be primed after fitting. I'm not a mechanic so don't know which is correct So this is where I am now.... I need to get the rocker cover oil leak fixed. I need to get the viscous fan changed before it goes throug hthe radiator! (actually I already bought a suitable 14" electric one from ebay (second hand sold by someone on here I believe) and am ordering an Aluminium performance radioator from Japspeed And I need to replace the nearside turbo yet again!!! That will be the third one in as many months! Seems I have a few choices here now - 1. Swap both turbos for brand new and may as well get some bigger ones while I am at it as I intend to do induction/exhaust/engine upgrades over the next year 2. Get one of my faulty turbos refurbed, or get a new core for it, to get me out of this mess for now, and upgrade the turbos later when I rebuild my spare engine 3. Anyone on here got a known good second hand nearside turbo for sale? And can I trust a second hand one? I'm really undecided how to proceed..... advice welcome Sorry for a very very long post but a couple folks asked me for a full update Rich

I don't think you paid a lot over the odds Rich

Yeah mine too which has been an absoulute nightmare since the engine swap..... and also 'Grays' car, or so I believe What can I say other than Silverline :bow::bow::bow:

Yeah Steve showed me that water pump problem and your car is looking good m8. My car is much much better now BTW just a few things left to fix - like they should have been in the first place! But at least now I know exactly where I am with it and what else needs some attention :) Rich

Nice one - looking forward to your company (At least we won't be 'billy no mates' lol) are you booked in for one night or two?

hmmm well it was 27th August when I found this hotel with suitable parking and I booked my room 1st sept and let everyone know so what can I say folks, other than shoulda booked sooner.... But will be nice to see you there. If folks are staying in different hotels we can still all meet up for a night out :pint: :pint:

This level of knowledge tells me I made the right choice when I asked silverline sort out all the ongoing problems on my car too! :thumbup1::thumbup1:

Less than three weeks to go now.... any more interested? Rich PS Gray - saw your Z on Friday when I picked mine up, looks like progress is being made

Rome seems rather popular round here lol!

Spotted these today on gumtree if they are of any interest to anyone Nissan 300ZX Eibach/KYB Dampers and spring suspension For sale Eibach Springs and KYB Dampers For nissan 300ZX KYB Dampers with adustable damping rate. Custom Eibach Springs with progressive 30% stiffness over original Eibach Springs Lowers the Car between 30mm-35mm Handling is very competent and linear . Supremely tighter than the standard setup South East London area http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/nissan-300zx-eibachkyb-dampers-and-spring-suspension/1032418250 My Zeta-R just arrived today (only paid for them yesterday morning) :cool3:

The List Dicky & Mrs Dicky (stay Fri/Sat) Mondo & Mrs Mondo (not sure which night to stay yet!) Iangreenfield and Mrs (sat night) Trev + 1 (fri & Sst) 30ZX_666 (daytrippers) T.Mogsy (daytrippers) Roobarb (daytrippers) KJZ32 (daytripper) Phutumsch (probably) Gray +1 fri+sat (if my zeds done) Blackpool-Z32 (daytripper) Bruce Gunner (daytripper) Sorry If I missed you Bruce. List Updated. Guess you are a 'daytripper' as you live in Blackpool lol Rich

When are you going? We are in Rome 3rd-7th Oct. Not been beofre and looking forward to it Rich

You're still on the list Gray :wink:

Paid balance this morning for Meister-R and adjustable tension rods :) Looking forward to receiving them Rich

The List Dicky & Mrs Dicky (stay Fri/Sat) Mondo & Mrs Mondo (not sure which night to stay yet!) Iangreenfield and Mrs (sat night) Trev + 1 (fri & Sst) 30ZX_666 (daytrippers) T.Mogsy (daytrippers) Roobarb (daytrippers) KJZ32 (daytripper) Phutumsch (probably) Gray +1 fri+sat (if my zeds done) Blackpool-Z32 (daytripper)

Cheers mate I will add you on the list and you can go in front as you know the way lol Anyone else booked in the accommodation yet?

in my last Z I had 155, and the car was still pulling well and accelerating but I lost my nerve This one is faster I think Rich

Yep she was, the missus is very tongue in cheek lol Re the 6 pot lights I had them on my last zed when I bought it, with lights, centre panel and perspex strip sprayed body colour.... which I liked and fitted them on this one, but with lights black. perspex strip black and genuine illuminated centre panel... which I think I like more Either way they to me look much more modern than the nissan rear lights which together with the original wheels are the only two features that date the car..... IMHO :innocent:

So exactly what's wrong with having six then? My missus says six is much better than four! Baz - the missus voted for you. fancy a polish up? lol