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The problem I have is intermittent but annoying never-the-less. On days when it is over 70F and the engine is restarted before it cools down, the engine makes a 'rattling chain' kind of noise when I accelerate between 30-45 mph. It's like a lose chain that is getting ready to come out of the pulley! It doesn't happen everytime (especially when the mechanic is checking it out) and my tranny works just fine (shifts okay). He said it could be very time consuming to find out but suggested premium fuel. That didn't make a difference as it was not an engine knocking sound. I can't imagine it being the timing chain? Anybody having a similar issue? The car has been running fine with that noise for 2 years but I cringe when I hear the sound as it should not be happening to a glorified Nissan. Thanks and great job over here...
I am on this fourm to find help for my problem on my 96 infiti, your problem seems to be the closest what I am having. My car leaves me stranded. I can start the car then go some where and get back in it and then it doesnt not start(dead with lights in dash board on only) I have to leave it there about 2 hrs. then it starts, if its any sooner trying to start it forget it. I dont know if it is the starter? wiring? I wanted to see if you can tell me what migh be wrong with yours? this is so werid to fix I mean I can get in the car start it like 2 times turning it on and off and the third time wont start as if I am tripping something to make it not turn on. Any HELP would be appricated.
Thank you!
Michelle
maybe its your ignition coils or spark plugs
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I'm the owner of a 2000 I30 and have been trying to get information on changing the rear ignition coils for months now with no success. Does anyone have any information on how to do this? The front are fairly simple but I can't even find the others...any help would be appreciated.
Thx.
finball
Good luck.
I'm ordering a new MAF today and plan to replace it myself. I've heard conflicting information about whether or not the ECM needs to be updated after the MAF replacement. Does anyone know whether I need to update the ECM after the MAF replacement? I'd hate to spend 200 on a MAF and for it not to fix the problem...
Any help would be great! Thanks.
Anyone else have an issue with REALLY squeaky breaks? Went to Midas today and said that they couldn't find anything wrong with my breaks (pads seemed fine), but that they'd be happy to do a full break job if I really wanted to get rid of the squeak. Anyone have any luck with putting aftermarket ceramic break pads on?
Daniel, please let us know whether the MAF sensor fixed your noise issues. My ignition coils are probably okay for now as I don't detect any anomalies (yet) after 3 years (touch wood)...
First time I've done any repairs to a car myself. This motivates me to do some more stuff to the car...thanks for all the help!
Anyway, about a month ago, we were driving several hours to visit friends when we lost power, the engine became very sluggish, missing?, smoke came out the exhaust and we smelled gas.
It was determined that we lost our Fuel Pressure Regulator. It was flooding the cylinders. We got that replaced and were on the road again. After a few hundred miles..... same thing. I had it towed to a different mechanic and he tested everything from the engine back and found it to be..... the fuels pressure regulator. It was still under warrantee through infiniti, so it was replaced for free and we were back on the road.
So, a couple hundred miles later, same thing. This time I had stopped the car immediately upon first symptom, not driving it at all after the first sign. Towed to the same mechanic, he had no problems with it. It started for him and he drove it all over and couldn't find the problem.
Now, after a few hundred miles, it happens again. The check engine light hasn't been on, until it happens.
I called the mechanic and he is at a loss. He suggests taking it to Infiniti and having them go over it with a fine toothed comb. That sounds expensive, so I am looking around before I resort to that.
help?
Has anyone came across this problem??????????????
Mechanic said to drive it till it gets worst, I don't like that philosophy to well. the sooner I can fix it the better I will feel.....
Anybody got any help for this? We're trying to find the location of the MAF and the knock sensor.
It turns out that the drain on the AC pan was clogged. This was filling up and spilling water onto one of the computers, shorting it out intermittently, causing the loss of fuel regulation on such an irregular manner.
This caused the car to run fine for hundreds of miles, then just start flooding the engine, when it was hot enough out for the AC and it was run long enough. If the car was left to sit long enough before a mechanic could look at it, the car started up fine and ran great because the water had evaporated and the computer dried out.
So, getting a new computer to replace the shorted-out computer and then moving on to test the sensors that have been damaged from all the gas in the engine.
I wish I had a car that ran on a wound up rubberband like in the cartoons...I could fix a rubberband.
Thanks all.
Switch was a few hundred, so I paid them $70 bucks to manually move seat back into a position that is comfortable for me.
Low brake fluid level?
Defective brake fluid level float switch?
also my Local mechanic checked the Handbrake Switch and the Brake fluid level float switch,he said they were fine.
Any Suggestion?.
Defective brake pressure switch?
Richard