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* 2000 Nissan Maxima Fuel Filter - 1 messages, 1 author
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* $303 to replace a starter? - 1 messages, 1 author
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TOPIC: 2000 Nissan Maxima Fuel Filter
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.nissan/t/26d6c7c14c00160c?hl=en
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Date: Wed, Nov 18 2009 4:14 pm
From: port
I was just reading someone comment about replacing a fuel filter on a
Maxima every 15K. It was my understanding the fuel filter on this car
is in the fuel tank. Is this correct? I would think this would
require not be an easy task. Could someone verfy for me where the
fuel filter is located on a 2000 Nissan Maxima?
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TOPIC: $303 to replace a starter?
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.nissan/t/fcf6c9e0b424386a?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Thurs, Nov 19 2009 8:55 pm
From: "DemoDisk"
"Bex" <becky@nicoclub.com> wrote in message
news:689910dc-765d-4d8d-93a9-5ad8a02e89dd@z41g2000yqz.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 17, 6:54 am, Jim Yanik <jya...@abuse.gov> wrote:
> willshak <wills...@00hvc.rr.com> wrote in news:SZidndvWuN-
> QOJ_WnZ2dnUVZ_jWdn...@supernews.com:
>
>
>
> > on 11/17/2009 12:01 AM (ET) DemoDisk wrote the following:
> >> My '93 Nissan Sentra wouldn't start so I left it with a
neighborhood
> >> garage which called me with an estimate of $303 for a new starter.
Does
> >> that seem like too much?
>
> >> Replace starter (1-yr warranty) $169.73
> >> Labor 118.00
> >> Tax 15.28
> >> ======
> >> 303.01
>
> >> Now here's the story: I called AAA Saturday evening because the car
left
> >> me stranded. It had never failed to start before. The AAA guy said
the 6
> >> yr old battery still had plenty of charge, but I might want a new
one
> >> anyway. The car required a push to start, and I went to Advance
> >> Autoparts for a new battery.
>
> >> 'Clarissa' installed the new battery, and I turned the key.
NOTHING!
> >> Just then this big guy steps up and says "I've been watching, and I
> >> think I can help." The hood is up, and he just reaches underneath
the
> >> air cleaner duct a second, takes his hand out and says, "Try it
now."
> >> The car starts beautifully! "Probably corrosion," he says.
>
> >> Back home, though, the car wouldn't start. I tried getting under
the air
> >> duct, but there's hardly room for your hand, much less actual
tools! So
> >> I go to the place around the corner, which wants $300+ for a new
> >> starter.
>
> >> Question (besides the $300 one) : What did the guy in the parking
lot at
> >> Advance Auto DO to the car that helped it start?
>
> >> Tnx,
> >> Jm
>
> > A good mechanic can change a starter in less than 10 minutes. Even
I, as
> > a shade tree mechanic, can do it in 10 to 15 minutes without power
tools
> > or a lift.
> > It seems like they are charging for 2 hours of labor.
> > If that guy only touched something under the air cleaner to get it
to
> > start, it has nothing to do with the starter.
> > Find a new mechanic.
>
> the common ground point for the electrical system is probably under
the air
> duct.My 2003 Sentra has a common ground point there.
> you should find a screw going into the body with a lot of black wires
going
> to it.
> you need to loosen all the screws that ground wires go to,and scrape
any
> corrosion off with a wire brush,then retighten the screws.
> Adding star washers may help.
> and maybe a spritz of WD-40 to prevent new corrosion.
>
> --
> Jim Yanik
> jyanik
> at
> localnet
> dot com
Replace your battery cables and clean up any corrosion on your
connections. If that doesn't fix it, remove the starter yourself and
take it to get it tested (for free) before you replace it.
Thanks for the answers, folks. I went down to tell them 'Hold
everything," and found the job already half done. The problem was, I
didn't trust myself to dig into the air cleaning system, which looks
like The Tingler (old movie), if The Tingler was sixteen years old, like
my car.
Well, crap, there was the air cleaner duct and allied/associated
apparatus sitting on the garage floor in one piece. Under the hood, a
big hole where the starter USED to be, and it's a simple unbolt, rebolt
operation to give the engine a new starter.
Wish I'd known that.
Jm
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