Monday, February 7, 2011

alt.autos.nissan - 2 new messages in 2 topics - digest

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Today's topics:

* Sentra 97 AFM or fuel pump? (or maybe something else) - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.nissan/t/dd7dae047a0c4c8c?hl=en
* Wrap your Nissan NV in '70s fantasy art - 1 messages, 1 author
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.nissan/t/6f347fb920bcc1fa?hl=en

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TOPIC: Sentra 97 AFM or fuel pump? (or maybe something else)
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.nissan/t/dd7dae047a0c4c8c?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Feb 5 2011 12:18 am
From: Me


On 5/02/2011 10:45 a.m., Me wrote:
> On 4/02/2011 10:28 a.m., Me wrote:
>
>>>> My older Sentra had a bad problem that felt like fuel starvation. I
>>>> diagnosed FOREVER until it quit running entirely. Then i found out the
>>>> coil was bad. It had evidently been "going bad" for quite a while, but
>>>> I had checked it and it had a spark and was within specs when cold but
>>>> evidently did not work properly under load.Never a CEL in all that
>>>> time... If you have a junk yard nearby it would be worth your time to
>>>> swap it out. Instantly cured hesitation, a crappy idle, lower power-
>>>> the 1.6 runs like a sewing machine again.
>>>
> Bingo!
>
> Bought a used distributor from a wrecker's yard this morning (pulled it
> out myself from a low km wreck, and took the cover off to check it was
> clean inside), swapped them over, set timing, and problem fixed.
> (Mine wasn't hesitating on acceleration, or idling rough, which is
> typical symptom of MAF going bad, but it was a fuel-starvation like miss
> under load, only when warm, with no CEL).
>
> Cheers / Me

Bugger it - I should never have posted the above - premature smugness on
my part. Sure enough, later today on a slightly longer run, it started
showing exactly the same symptoms - so bad I was lucky to get home, as
it completely died a few times.
I have since cut the cover-plate from the MAF, removed the PCB,
resoldered all components / connections on the PCB, cleaned (carefully
with small artist brush and CRC carb cleaner) the hot wire and
temperature sensor resistor, reassembled, glued cover-plate back down
with RTV, and have taken the car on several truly long runs - problem
seems to finally be solved.
So dammit, it seems that it was the MAF / AFM after all.
I can return the used distributor, but it was quite cheap, from quite
low mileage car, and when I set timing with inductive light, at idle
speed the new distributor seemed to be much steadier/less "jumpy" than
the old one was, so although probably not the cause of the problems, the
old distributor was probably not very good / marginal anyway.

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TOPIC: Wrap your Nissan NV in '70s fantasy art
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.nissan/t/6f347fb920bcc1fa?hl=en
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== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sun, Feb 6 2011 11:13 pm
From: sjmmail2000-247@yahoo.co.uk


As mentioned in our review, buyers of Nissan's NV commercial van can use an online graphics-package configurator to custom-wrap a new truck for business. If they're descended from '70s vanners, they'll likely take another style direction. More��
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