Just a update. Basically micra blew head gasket back in dec and finally got it repaired
Anyhow few quotes from micra sports club
Back up and running perfectly again thanks to previous owner who came from stoke to repair it! Had full service too! New spark plugs, new oil flush then drained and new oil filter then proper oil in
we had No bent valves. We had some spares just incase though.
They have had this setup in for 6 years no problems. Been in a Almera, a primera and this micra.
Cam went due to shims being fitted in wrong sides. The rocker arms have thinner bits on one side so it sits perfectly. When we fitted ours we basically forced the rocker in the shim causin it to crack and come off and hit cam and snap it! Replaced rocker arms, few shims and the whole cam. Had to retime it all too
They were fantastic with their help and clearly not sold me the car an fobbed me off. That deserves respect in my eyes!
Everything fitted back together and he made sure it ran fine, it boosted fine etc.
We didn't turn turbo down though. Apparently he said we don't need to as it can withstand it which is 9psi
Ill be taking it to them to get clutch changed next month.
From now on ill start her up. Sit in her for 10 mins with iPad or phone and play some games/surf the net then drive her slowly then I can open her up
. Same again when stopping to turn her off.
Btw when we drained the first oil it was like piss!! I had some spare oil so we poured that in with sump plug out so we saw that just going straight through. Put sump plug in. Filled back up with castrol gtx. Turned her over. Ran her for 10 mins then dropped that. Changed oil filter and put Fuchs race pro s oil in (recommended by opie oils) and ran her for 10 mins upto temp. Checked everything over. Took her out up and down the street nicely then but more briskly then a bit more to see how it boosts. They did say once warmed I could hard drive it but I wasn't taking any risks lol.
Just need to sort the new drivers headlight out as its pointin down! And fit the Almera passenger seat again for MOT time
Mot hopefully at weekend an will get some videos made from inside the car and outside in 3D 1080p (for the geeks like me haha)
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Boosting. I wanted to see a extreme beating and if it didn't withstand I wasn't miles from home.
http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/...450B58F-3416-000003CCCA416877_zps8dff9579.mp4
Running on brand new Fuchs oil.
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