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Nissan Micra 1999 won't start

  • 07-09-2014 3:11pm
    #1
    ninty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭


    Drove my nissan micra 1999 to newbridge house ,has been going perfect no problems,switched it off and when i came back it would not start.Got towed home and since have found that no spark is going to spark plugs.Can a distributor go this quickly or is there something else i can try before i start replacing parts.


Comments

  • #2
    Stoolbend
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭Stoolbend


    Sounds like distributer.


  • #3
    dooroy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 576 ✭✭✭dooroy


    Did you take off the distributor cap and have a look inside - could be a rotor problem or worn contacts inside the cap etc .
    If the car has a seperate coil ( can't remember how these are set up) then check if there is a spark from the coil lead - remove coil lead from dist cap; hold the end of the lead 10/15 mm from a metal part of the engine and have someone crank the engine . If a spark there then prob in distributor - as I said check rotor and make sure coil lead is not corroded in dist cap etc .
    As it happened suddenly it could be a broken wire somewhere . Just have a good look at all connectors etc .


  • #4
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Is there any noise at all when you turn key? Did you check all plugs?


  • #5
    ninty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭ninty


    Yes all plugs not working, engine trys to start as normal when i turn key, thank you for replies .will check rotor and coil


  • #6
    roofer1988
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭roofer1988


    Shove it into a hole and buy a proper car. things cant be that bad


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  • #7
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Let's focus on helpfulness.


  • #8
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    Sounds like a distributor alright, mine went a few months ago while driving, car lost all engine power and the dash lit up like a xmas tree.

    Should have no problem picking one up in a breakers for about 20-30 quid and a garage shouldn't charge you much to fit and adjust the timing.

    Make sure the timing is done correctly, the place where I got mine fixed told me the timing was off (strange that they checked the timing before they took the old one off ? ) but that they fixed it when in fact they were wrong and I had to readjust it myself afterward.


  • #9
    truedoom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭truedoom


    no one has said fuel pump yet? can you hear the car prime the fuel pump?

    checked all the fuses?

    it would be very weird for a distributor cap to just die without some notice before hand, at leas in my opinion. Hope it's nothing mad dear!


  • #10
    Mister Jingles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭Mister Jingles


    truedoom wrote: »
    it would be very weird for a distributor cap to just die without some notice before hand, at leas in my opinion. Hope it's nothing mad dear!

    Any of the ones I've heard of going just went suddenly, the Micra's are known for it.


  • #11
    JohnBoy26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,532 ✭✭✭JohnBoy26


    truedoom wrote: »
    no one has said fuel pump yet? can you hear the car prime the fuel pump?

    checked all the fuses?

    it would be very weird for a distributor cap to just die without some notice before hand, at leas in my opinion. Hope it's nothing mad dear!
    Because a failed fuel pump won't cause a "no spark" situation. A faulty distributed will and they can go just like that sometimes.


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