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Almera Issue

  • 28-06-2012 6:39pm
    #1
    largepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭


    Hope someone here can guide me in the right direction.

    A few weeks ago while driving home from work the engine on my Almera (1.5 petrol 2004) shuddered and lost power for the rest of the journey home. The car srtaed fine the next morning but again after 10/12 miles the same thing happened. I brought the car to the local mechanic who diagnosed a cam shaft sensor and replaced same. It didn't fix the problem and before I go back I was hoping someone here might have a better idea. Read somewhere that it might be a stretched timing chain issue.

    Thanks in advance.


Comments

  • #2
    Mar4ix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭Mar4ix


    if your car wuld have over 200 k mls on clock, could consider that(but less likely if car been serviced properly), loss of power after certain time (read - heat up to working temperature) would be failed temperature sensor, lambda (oxigen sensor) , MAF sensor or something else.
    Go to other garage, maybe proper diagnostic garage, shouldnt cost over 50 -60 euro for diagnostics.
    Sound like your mechanic dont know where is problem.


  • #3
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    The fault would almost certainly have been a range/performance fault with the camshaft sensor. This should have pointed your mechanic straight at the common stretched chain issue with these engines. Replacing the sensor was never going to change anything and, if he got the above fault, should have told him that it wasn't the sensor that was the problem.


  • #4
    largepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭largepants


    Thanks peoples.Looks like i'll have to go and get it properly checked out so. Am I doing damage by continuing to drive the car? There is only 70k on the clock and while it doesn't have service history it has been serviced regularly. Only serviced at 62k.


  • #5
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    largepants wrote: »
    Thanks peoples.Looks like i'll have to go and get it properly checked out so. Am I doing damage by continuing to drive the car? There is only 70k on the clock and while it doesn't have service history it has been serviced regularly. Only serviced at 62k.

    Its a common problem, regardless of the mileage or service history so they are unlikely to have effected it.

    A proper diagnosis, i.e not just reading a code and changing the sensor that it mentions, will tell you exactly what's going on.


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