lamby Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 eventually after 6 long weeks without her im eventually going to get her back tomorrow and i cant wait . All of the parts eventually came from America and i have to thank courtesy Nissan for their extended support to help get the parts to me as quick as they could. so brief low down on what had happened to the car. There was a tapping noise developed on the top end of the engine which i tried all sorts to get rid of thinking it was an oil issue but as you can guess nothing worked so eventually i handed her over to the garage to take a look inside. They stripped the top end off and measured the valve clearances this to my surprise in some cases way out of tolerance all on the exhaust cam shaft both banks. So after some thought and further measurement we decided that it could be the valve lifters. so i removed all exhaust valve lifters and took them into work to get measured up properly by the calibration lab. This confirmed that the valve lifters had worn the worst case being 1mm almost. so i now had to decide what size valve lifters to get to fill the valve clearance gap left by the worn shims after much deliberation i ordered the same sizes as were originally installed in the engine. so now after my 6 incredibly long weeks without my pride and joy i am finally going to get her back tomorrow. . After being in the garage the other day and seeing all the dust lying on top of her i was feeling quite sad for her so i bought a snow foam lance and some other bits and bobs to make her feel better when she comes home But most of all i cant wait to drive it again big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Roll on tomorrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 im on night shift tonight so will be picking her up tomorrow afternoon and totally not going to be able to sleep like a kid at christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Great news & really pleased for you. I assume you will have to take it easy to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 i assume so i havent asked yet its been on my mind to ask for the last few days but keep forgetting will def ask tomorrow tho. i will probs take it easy for first few hundred miles anyway because im flushing the engine after it has been sat for 6 weeks in bits. so i will be dropping the oil with a filter change after then any way. i also managed to get the majority of my next service out of the way while most of the engine was in bits. new spark plugs iridium power, new auxiliary belts, power steering pipe as there was a leak. + new decent oil and oil filter. so should be running at her best now hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimm Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 back Lamby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 god i feel your agony on this, had my old car on ramps for 3 months, and its torture not being able to drive your baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 it feels like i have been banned looking forward to tomorrow Thanks Pimm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted September 8, 2009 Author Share Posted September 8, 2009 Just picked the car up and its top quality no more ticking or rattle and im iv got my car back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimm Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Been a couple of days now, everything still good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 Aint been on for few days Yeah the engine is spot on mate thanks for asking however i have noticed a grinding ish type of noise coming from front n/s disc i think going to investigate iv just read that it could be the backing plate rubbing on the disc? anyone got any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt580551 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 How much did this cost you out of interest? Seems to be becoming a common problem, not that Nissan would admit that! How many miles has your car done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 I investigated and it does seem to be coming more of a problem do you have the Same problem Matt? sorry for late reply i have been away this last week. my car 60000 miles but noise was before then. i paid in total about 1000 gbp. if you do have the same problem i would advise you to get the parts from America Courtesy Nissan is where i used as the Sealers are a rip off price in this country. hope that is helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matth76 Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Not heard of this happening before. The engines are normally rock solid. Glad you got it all sorted though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 yeah the engines are normally rock solid mate. there are quite a few in America got the same problem as they describe it. its more common now (in America at least) than it was about 6 month ago. a bad batch maybe i think Thanks im pleased too you have no idea how much better it is now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunmetalzgt Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 it feels like i have been banned looking forward to tomorrow Thanks Pimm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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