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Andrea
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5/17/2004
20:04:34
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 Subject: Nissan 240SX Idle Problem
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I have a 1991 Nissan 240 SX. The car was running (and also idled smoothly) About 2 weeks ago, I was driving when suddenly all my following gauge lights came on: anti-lock brake light, brake light, charge light. My brakes seemed to be working fine and the car still ran. I was able to drive it fine to a mechanic the next day. They informed me it was the alternator, so it was replaced. The following day sitting in traffic, all gauge lights came on again and the car totally died on my way to work. I called the mechanic and had it towed back. They said it was a bad alternator that was installed.
After the second time, it seemed to run fine, except now it's starting to idle rough when stopped. I noticed the RPM gauge dip close to zero and I could feel the engine getting sluggish. I also noticed that if I leave my front window defroster on at all times, the RPM does not drop at idle and the car does not seem to want to stall. It's only when I turn the defroster OFF, the RPM gauge suddenly drops quickly and the engine sputters. (The idle was perfectly fine before I had these alternator repairs)
Could an alternator cause this problem? IF not, what else could it be?
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Rydell
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5/23/2004
19:24:51
| RE: Nissan 240SX Idle Problem
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I would check the distributor and plugs. Also check for
any cracks in your hose's. Sounds like an electrical
problem, something hard to diagnose. Good luck
-Rydell
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Anonymous
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6/22/2004
21:52:09
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I drive a 1991 Nissan 240sx. When i drive on the highway for a little while its fine but when i get of the highway and start stopping and going at lights and what not. My car does not want to accelerate.It just startes burning gas. Its like when your in neutral and you press the gas. It makes the same sound. But if i pull over and let the car sit for 1/2hr it starts working again. This keeps happening. What can i do to fix this
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larry
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7/19/2004
22:24:37
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getting a leak in the dash.?thermostat keeps goimg up cause i am losing water. can ni bypass the heater.
thanx
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Rachel
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9/24/2004
23:24:52
| RE: Nissan 240SX Idle Problem
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Whenever my '93 240sx idles the whole engine shakes, and its jsut completely messed up. What could be worng with it?
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Anonymous
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10/14/2004
23:56:03
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rpm sometimes too hight (9000-1200 on drive), sometimes normal. what should i do.
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Anonymous
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10/14/2004
23:58:00
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rpm sometimes too hight (9000-1200 on drive), sometimes normal. what should i do.
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Marisa
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11/05/2004
17:12:05
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I have a 1990 240sx. I went out in the morning and my car was completely dead. I replaced the battery and did not drive ANYWHERE. I went out the next day and again the battery was completely dead. I was told it was the alternater? Can it drain the battery without even driving?
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joseph kuhn
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11/13/2004
14:32:24
| RE: Nissan 240SX Idle Problem
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1993 240 sx at random car willm turn over but it seems like it is only turning over on 3 cyl. if you keep tring after 15 min or so of on and off trying it will start idle rough then run fine for days? the cap rotor plugs and wires have been changed can a senson cause this the car has 150,000 miles but looks and when it does run rung great. we are at a loss. thanks
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rob
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11/16/2004
22:54:24
| RE: Nissan 240SX fan problem
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I have a '89 240sx. The fan seems to work only on the highest setting.Can you tell me what the problem is and how to fix it?
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Anonymous
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12/09/2004
22:08:48
| RE: Nissan 240SX Idle Problem
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I had the same problem w/ my '91. Turned out to be a vacume hose with a hole in it under the manifold. Had a heck of a time getting to it. Alot of labor for a $1 part.
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Rick
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1/25/2005
04:07:14
| Distributor leak
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Am thinking of buying a '84 Senra but, when I took it to a garage to have it tested the mech. said that it had a distributor leak and the whole car could die at any time and that I had to replace the whole dist. because you can't just replace the O ring.
Does this sound right?
Thank you,
RT
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Too
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2/14/2005
16:34:49
| RE: Nissan 240SX Idle Problem
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My 1992 240 sx stalls on me whenever im in neutral. Happens mostly at red lights, but also happens when im pressing down the clutch to make a turn. The RPM jumps alot in neutral, then just dies. I have to restart it everytime.
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michael
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2/14/2005
16:57:44
| RE: Nissan 240SX Idle Problem
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holy crap there are a lot of different problems here, maybe if any of you really want an answer you could e-mail me at sidetone1@hotmail.com individually, or better yet post seperatly so they can be properly answered, most of the problems i saw on this post are simple fixes.
thanks and happy posting!
p.s. most posts here sound like vacuum leaks, possibly even the 1st one, maybe this model car has a bad vacuum leak history.
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joe
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3/06/2005
18:00:39
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Ijust bought a 1990 nissan 240sx and the dash lights don't work when i turn on the headlights.i checked the fuses and they are ok.can you tell me why the dash lights don't work andwhat to check to fix them.
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TJ
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3/10/2005
11:10:25
| RE: Nissan 240SX Turn Signal/Hazards
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I have a 98 Nissan 240SX and my turn signals and hazards do not work. I have checked the fuses and bulbs and they are fine. Any suggestions as to what I need to check next? Thanks
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ROBERT
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3/26/2005
18:13:55
| RE: Nissan 240SX DASH WILL NOT LITE UP
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THE DIGITAL SPEEDO AND DASH LIGHTS WILL ONLY COME ON WHEN YOU TURN LEFT AN HIT A BUMP TURNING ON MY STREET. HELP ME PLEASE. ROBERT
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Jeremy Spivey
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4/18/2005
01:34:40
| Dash light trouble
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My speedometer and my temp gauge on my 1994 Nissan Sentra XE doesnt work, while my seatbelts light and my clock light does work. Just lookin for some help, couldnt find anything. I checked and double checked all the fuses.
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Jeremy Spivey
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4/18/2005
01:34:49
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My speedometer and my temp gauge on my 1994 Nissan Sentra XE doesnt work, while my seatbelts light and my clock light does work. Just lookin for some help, couldnt find anything. I checked and double checked all the fuses.
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Jeremy Spivey
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4/18/2005
01:35:08
| Dash light trouble
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My speedometer and my temp gauge on my 1994 Nissan Sentra XE doesnt work, while my seatbelts light and my clock light does work. Just lookin for some help, couldnt find anything. I checked and double checked all the fuses.
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sabs406
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5/09/2005
18:32:16
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I have a 1990 Nissan 240 SX which runs smoothly while cruising. However, when I hit the gas to go forward at a stop light when its sitting idling, it frequently stalls out. I've replaced the air filter which has made it better but not great. Any thoughts?
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sabs406
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5/09/2005
18:39:33
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I have a 1990 Nissan 240 SX which runs smoothly while cruising. However, when I hit the gas to go forward at a stop light when its sitting idling, it frequently stalls out. I've replaced the air filter which has made it better but not great. Any thoughts?
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sabs406
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5/09/2005
18:39:48
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I have a 1990 Nissan 240 SX which runs smoothly while cruising. However, when I hit the gas to go forward at a stop light when its sitting idling, it frequently stalls out. I've replaced the air filter which has made it better but not great. Any thoughts?
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sabs406
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5/09/2005
18:39:56
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I have a 1990 Nissan 240 SX which runs smoothly while cruising. However, when I hit the gas to go forward at a stop light when its sitting idling, it frequently stalls out. I've replaced the air filter which has made it better but not great. Any thoughts?
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gary
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6/10/2005
02:09:09
| RE: 98 Nissan maxima se Idle Problem
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i'v got a problem with my idle it keeps jumping up and down inbetween 1500 to 2600. i tryed changing the mass air control senser but the problem is still the same. cann anyone help me thank you.
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George
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6/15/2005
20:54:13
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My 1989 nissan 240sx will not start. When I turn the key it just clicks once. It has been doing this for some time but would always start after a couple trys. I replaced the starter with one from a junkyard and also cleaned the battery terminals and still it does the same thing. When it did start, the battery always had plenty of power to crank the starter. What can be the problem?
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Tom
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6/17/2005
12:00:58
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I have a 1992 Nissan 240sx wthat has been giving me fits. It started out with a misfire on the #3 Cylinder. It turned out to be a bad injector circuit in the computer so I replaced it with a different computer. Then, I began having problems with the idle. The car eventually began flooding itself out. I have replaced the fuel injectors, fuel pressure regulator, fuel rail, coolant temp. sensors, distributor cap, plugs, and checked the timing. Now, the car starts fine when cold and runs good at RPM except for an intermittent exhaust backfire(minor), however, after the engine warms up it slowly loses its idle and lopes between 300-1000 RPM. If you give it gas, it will stumble for a split second but once you get above 1200 RPM it seems to be OK except for the intermittent backfire. When you let off the accelerator it wants to die when its trying to find its idle. The plugs now have gone from being full of gas to having carbon on them when you pull them out. I don't know what else to try and would appreciate any help you might be able to offer. I have not replaced the O2 sensor and am hesitant to spend any more money without some direction. The car is actually raced on a dirt track so the exhaust system has been removed in front of the Catalytic converter. Anyone with any ideas?
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Tom
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6/17/2005
12:01:08
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I have a 1992 Nissan 240sx wthat has been giving me fits. It started out with a misfire on the #3 Cylinder. It turned out to be a bad injector circuit in the computer so I replaced it with a different computer. Then, I began having problems with the idle. The car eventually began flooding itself out. I have replaced the fuel injectors, fuel pressure regulator, fuel rail, coolant temp. sensors, distributor cap, plugs, and checked the timing. Now, the car starts fine when cold and runs good at RPM except for an intermittent exhaust backfire(minor), however, after the engine warms up it slowly loses its idle and lopes between 300-1000 RPM. If you give it gas, it will stumble for a split second but once you get above 1200 RPM it seems to be OK except for the intermittent backfire. When you let off the accelerator it wants to die when its trying to find its idle. The plugs now have gone from being full of gas to having carbon on them when you pull them out. I don't know what else to try and would appreciate any help you might be able to offer. I have not replaced the O2 sensor and am hesitant to spend any more money without some direction. The car is actually raced on a dirt track so the exhaust system has been removed in front of the Catalytic converter. Anyone with any ideas?
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Tom
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6/17/2005
12:01:23
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I have a 1992 Nissan 240sx wthat has been giving me fits. It started out with a misfire on the #3 Cylinder. It turned out to be a bad injector circuit in the computer so I replaced it with a different computer. Then, I began having problems with the idle. The car eventually began flooding itself out. I have replaced the fuel injectors, fuel pressure regulator, fuel rail, coolant temp. sensors, distributor cap, plugs, and checked the timing. Now, the car starts fine when cold and runs good at RPM except for an intermittent exhaust backfire(minor), however, after the engine warms up it slowly loses its idle and lopes between 300-1000 RPM. If you give it gas, it will stumble for a split second but once you get above 1200 RPM it seems to be OK except for the intermittent backfire. When you let off the accelerator it wants to die when its trying to find its idle. The plugs now have gone from being full of gas to having carbon on them when you pull them out. I don't know what else to try and would appreciate any help you might be able to offer. I have not replaced the O2 sensor and am hesitant to spend any more money without some direction. The car is actually raced on a dirt track so the exhaust system has been removed in front of the Catalytic converter. Anyone with any ideas?
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Tom
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6/17/2005
12:01:44
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I have a 1992 Nissan 240sx wthat has been giving me fits. It started out with a misfire on the #3 Cylinder. It turned out to be a bad injector circuit in the computer so I replaced it with a different computer. Then, I began having problems with the idle. The car eventually began flooding itself out. I have replaced the fuel injectors, fuel pressure regulator, fuel rail, coolant temp. sensors, distributor cap, plugs, and checked the timing. Now, the car starts fine when cold and runs good at RPM except for an intermittent exhaust backfire(minor), however, after the engine warms up it slowly loses its idle and lopes between 300-1000 RPM. If you give it gas, it will stumble for a split second but once you get above 1200 RPM it seems to be OK except for the intermittent backfire. When you let off the accelerator it wants to die when its trying to find its idle. The plugs now have gone from being full of gas to having carbon on them when you pull them out. I don't know what else to try and would appreciate any help you might be able to offer. I have not replaced the O2 sensor and am hesitant to spend any more money without some direction. The car is actually raced on a dirt track so the exhaust system has been removed in front of the Catalytic converter. Anyone with any ideas?
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Tom
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6/17/2005
12:02:24
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I have a 1992 Nissan 240sx wthat has been giving me fits. It started out with a misfire on the #3 Cylinder. It turned out to be a bad injector circuit in the computer so I replaced it with a different computer. Then, I began having problems with the idle. The car eventually began flooding itself out. I have replaced the fuel injectors, fuel pressure regulator, fuel rail, coolant temp. sensors, distributor cap, plugs, and checked the timing. Now, the car starts fine when cold and runs good at RPM except for an intermittent exhaust backfire(minor), however, after the engine warms up it slowly loses its idle and lopes between 300-1000 RPM. If you give it gas, it will stumble for a split second but once you get above 1200 RPM it seems to be OK except for the intermittent backfire. When you let off the accelerator it wants to die when its trying to find its idle. The plugs now have gone from being full of gas to having carbon on them when you pull them out. I don't know what else to try and would appreciate any help you might be able to offer. I have not replaced the O2 sensor and am hesitant to spend any more money without some direction. The car is actually raced on a dirt track so the exhaust system has been removed in front of the Catalytic converter. Anyone with any ideas?
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240sxracer20
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6/17/2005
12:03:20
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I have a 1992 Nissan 240sx wthat has been giving me fits. It started out with a misfire on the #3 Cylinder. It turned out to be a bad injector circuit in the computer so I replaced it with a different computer. Then, I began having problems with the idle. The car eventually began flooding itself out. I have replaced the fuel injectors, fuel pressure regulator, fuel rail, coolant temp. sensors, distributor cap, plugs, and checked the timing. Now, the car starts fine when cold and runs good at RPM except for an intermittent exhaust backfire(minor), however, after the engine warms up it slowly loses its idle and lopes between 300-1000 RPM. If you give it gas, it will stumble for a split second but once you get above 1200 RPM it seems to be OK except for the intermittent backfire. When you let off the accelerator it wants to die when its trying to find its idle. The plugs now have gone from being full of gas to having carbon on them when you pull them out. I don't know what else to try and would appreciate any help you might be able to offer. I have not replaced the O2 sensor and am hesitant to spend any more money without some direction. The car is actually raced on a dirt track so the exhaust system has been removed in front of the Catalytic converter. Anyone with any ideas?
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Fallen
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6/26/2005
15:17:25
| RE: Nissan 240SX is it compatable
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I have a 93 240 sx se convertable and am looking for more power .should i do everything to the 4 banger or will the 6 cylinder maxima motor fit????? If not any words of wisdom...planning exhaust ,cold air intake ,pullys ,plugs wires and then on to the heads ....
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tave
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7/04/2005
23:04:56
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I have a nisan 240 sx 1993 and i have to use my key a different way to start up my car i have to press down on the key and then turn the key for it to start i havent got that problem fixed yet but know my car wont even start all it does is click what is going on please help me out man asap.
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S. Woods
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7/05/2005
19:32:27
| 1989 Nissan Sentra
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My 1989 Nissan Sentra started missing a few weeks ago. Then a couple of days ago it completely died in traffic. I managed to get it started after trying for several times to crank it. It would turn over but took a long time to crank.. Then it wouldn't start when I went to crank it yesterday.
I got it started once today but it only ran about 2 minutes and quit again and would not start back up. It will turn over strong but won't crank. What could the problem be? If you think it could be the fuel filter, where is it located?
Thank you.
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Hino
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7/06/2005
14:04:19
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Hi, I have a 1990 240SX with 150k miles on it. For the passed 2 months in the mornings I have had a LOUD ticking sound coming from it somewhere, it proceeds to tick tick tick until the car warms up, then it stops, but i can still hear a faint ticking whenever I hit the gas. Now even after it warms up, randomly it will start to sound like a lawnmower. Should I take it into a mechanic or does it sound like something I could do myself?
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Hino
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7/06/2005
14:06:31
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Hi, I have a 1990 240SX with 150k miles on it. For the passed 2 months in the mornings I have had a LOUD ticking sound coming from it somewhere, it proceeds to tick tick tick until the car warms up, then it stops, but i can still hear a faint ticking whenever I hit the gas. Now even after it warms up, randomly it will start to sound like a lawnmower. Should I take it into a mechanic or does it sound like something I could do myself?
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Hino
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7/06/2005
14:06:41
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Hi, I have a 1990 240SX with 150k miles on it. For the passed 2 months in the mornings I have had a LOUD ticking sound coming from it somewhere, it proceeds to tick tick tick until the car warms up, then it stops, but i can still hear a faint ticking whenever I hit the gas. Now even after it warms up, randomly it will start to sound like a lawnmower. Should I take it into a mechanic or does it sound like something I could do myself?
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jangbo
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8/05/2005
14:07:22
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Hi there,
I have 1992 Nissan sentra XE .Just couple weeeks ago
my car did not start and I found problem of bettery and I
replace new battery but still sometimes when I drive the
car alll the gauge light come on and car does not run at
all. If I start after few minutes it start again. I have to
drive very nermously because it may die in busy traffic
again. So could you tell me what really happened with
my car.
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Brittany
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8/05/2005
15:34:49
| RE: Nissan sentra
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ok heres the problem i have this car and my mom was driving it well it started making this loud clicking noise in the front end but it doesnt do it all the time she sad it has only did it two or three times and i was wondering if maybe you could tell me maybe what the problem is before i really get to driving it and it messes up on me?
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Brittany
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8/05/2005
15:34:58
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ok heres the problem i have this car and my mom was driving it well it started making this loud clicking noise in the front end but it doesnt do it all the time she sad it has only did it two or three times and i was wondering if maybe you could tell me maybe what the problem is before i really get to driving it and it messes up on me?
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BRYAN
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10/21/2005
16:40:48
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I have a '96 240sx. The internal fan won't work. I've taken the plug off the back of the reostat and have no power to the switch. I also don't know what fuses in my interior fuse box go to what. The guy that I got the car from was a drug addict and tore apart the car. In the process misplaced the cover to the fuse box. Please help. Need to be able to defrost my windows in the morning.
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jay
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12/19/2005
19:25:21
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My 1990 nissan 240sx will not start. When I turn the key it just clicks once. It has been doing this for some time but would always start after a couple trys. When it did start, the battery always had plenty of power to crank the starter. What can be the problem?
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