heartbroken and sorry to you all .....the story

[briggie]

i decided to go for a drive to ikley , the car drove absolutely superb , flying up hills , really smooth , when i got to ikley and was about to turn the engine off , i noticed a rattling noise coming from what i guessed was the exhaust , so i drove the car to one of those tast fit places and asked if they could tighten the exhaust up ,they put it on a ramp and said the exhaust is fine very tight and not rattling , they said the noise apears to be coming from the engine , one of the guys said he thought it was the crankshaft , anyway , after a big argument with the rac they admitted they had miscalculated the amount of call outs i had , and sent a recovery truck to take me to elland , at first they said they dont think its the crankshaft , because the noise goes when you rev it , but i cant hear very well so its possible its still there , later on they rung me to say it isnt the timing chain , and the engine is knackered

i feel really bad because of the amazing generosity of the members and i feel as though ive let you all down .

i know i havent let you down because there is nothing i could have done to forsee this , i will try and update you as to my decision , maybe if anyone wants some bits ?

kind regards and many sincere thanks

pete

[Loz]

Oh dear Briggie I really feel you mate, keep your chin up

Maybe we could have an engine swap party, you supply the tea & we'll bring the spanners

[jims-terrano]

Pete mate I was real sorry to hear this morning when I got the text off Clivvy. I have to say it's unusual for the engine to go like that. Surely it's something else? what about something with the gearbox?

Jim

[makeitfit]

Night mare mate, what a bum deal
You must have trodden on a lot of worms
I'll help in engine party entertainment if you need
Maybe we could stick a nice TDi lump in it

[clivvy]

it HAS to be something else..i mean, in what way KNACKERED??? whats nackered? I heard it running myself, it sounded excellent. End of the day, these engines wear down, they dont just break! i am amazed and speachless that this has happened but i feel I seriously need to see what is wrong. To me, unless a piston has blown out the engine, it cant be knackered if it was running ok when revved. If the noise is there at Idle, cant it be something else?

arrggghhhh. where in Elland is this garage Pete? I'm in Elland Saturday for an MOT, my guy knows everyone there, and I bet he knows this garage, so let me speak to them, then I will speak to a mechanic we know there called Chris, with luck, he will pick up your Mistral and take a look either for a small fee, or for nothing, to let us know what the problem is??

[Loz]

If the engine had 'gone' so severely why is it still running, that's what I don't understand, after all Briggie drove it to the exhaust place. :\

[clivvy]

exactly, makes no sense. I dont generally trust garages, let alone one that at first thought timing chain, and then thought "its nackered", i mean come on?

I'm over there Saturday morning, so will pop in and speak to them. I'm going to ask them to show me whats knackered. if they cant, i'm going to speak to a mechanic we know there, and beg them to pick it up and have a look, or at least give us a second opinion. I will keep you all informed, and I will call Paul (bat21) and Pete with my findings.

[patbhoy]

Ending soon on fleaby.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-TERRANO...item3cac2e59c0

[briggie]

incidently , if the odometer is to be believed ...... and i see no reason why not considering the condition generally of the car ... its only done around 80,000 miles .

[briggie]

looks like ya gonna get those electric wing mirrors after all clive

[briggie]

http://www.cbtricks.com/radios/teabe..._fdx/index.htm

[jims-terrano]

Right back on subject!!!

Can't wait to hear what Clivvy has found out, hope it's good news.

Jim

[briggie]

Originally Posted by jims-terrano

Right back on subject!!!

Can't wait to hear what Clivvy has found out, hope it's good news.

Jim

he might be dismantling my electric folding wing mirrors

[clivvy]

RIGHT IM HERE.

ok, for starters, i've nabbed Petes mirrors...only joking.

anyway, i went down with my mate and we had a chat with the garage (nice blokes by the way) and they showed me the problem. The description goes like this:

start the car-engine VERY shaky from cold, but does start and rev as you would expect. Everything appears to work perfect, but then randomly you get a "knock" I noticed that this knock only SEEMS to happen when you have let go of the acellerator, and the engine slows down to idle, then it knocks, but the garage reckons that when its warmed up it does do it when accelerating also, but is still random.

The knocking noise sounds like a single part inside the engine towards the rear, but sounds can be decieving. the chap says he hasnt actually had chance to look properly, and plans to do this Monday. he said the problem he has in diagnosing the issue is that if the knock is inside the engine, he has to take the engine apart to find the issue, and that costs.

Its really frustrating, because i have nothing else to report, its as simply as the description above. a single knock when the revs are released and the engine slows down to idle. Other than that, the engine runs as sweet as any diesel i've heard.

the only other thing i noticed was the pwoer steering belt is brown and worn, and did seem to wobble a bit, but that could just be the belt slightly mishapen? the viscous fan is ok, so its not that, and the other belts seemed fine.
???

[jims-terrano]

That's me stumped then, best leave it to more mechanically minded people then. BTW thanks for the txt Clivvy

Jim