N16 Advice

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Hi all - friend of mine is thinking of looking at a 52 reg 3 door 1.5 petrol almera -i don't know alot about N16's being an N15 owner

What sort of things should he look out for?

he mentioned he heard that there was some issue with "gearbox's" - can this be justified ?

Regards

Dan
 
Yeah.

There's been a few on here that have had gearboxes go. Listen for a whining first. Darren's gone through two boxes I think?

The gearbox filler level is actually about half an inch too low so you can't put in enough oil. When I filled the gearbox oil, I jacked it up at an angle so I could 'overfill' the gearbox. Still going strong, i think (mick?).

Other BIG one is inconsistent acceleration which could be the MAF or timing chain. They're known to go faulty but usually just a good clean prevents having to replace the MAF. If the chain is stretched then it'll be big moolah, between £400 and £1,000 to get done depending on who you know/where you get the parts.

I'd also look out for rust on the front crossmember under the radiator...you should see it clearly through the bottom slates in the front bumper, and seized brakes particularly the rears/handbrake so yank the handbrake on and make sure there's no creaking from one side when you move about in the car etc and check all the wheels for excessive heat after a short drive.
 
StevenC said:
and seized brakes particularly the rears/handbrake so yank the handbrake on and make sure there's no creaking from one side when you move about in the car etc and check all the wheels for excessive heat after a short drive.
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This - mine suffered from this and it's only done 34k miles.

Previous owner kept it garaged for long periods of time with the handbrake applied :(
 
Any idea's what the cause would be for the Gearbox failures?

Is there a Nissan modification for the fault as it seems to be quite well known?
 
StevenC said:
Yeah.

There's been a few on here that have had gearboxes go. Listen for a whining first. Darren's gone through two boxes I think?

The gearbox filler level is actually about half an inch too low so you can't put in enough oil. When I filled the gearbox oil, I jacked it up at an angle so I could 'overfill' the gearbox. Still going strong, i think (mick?).

Other BIG one is inconsistent acceleration which could be the MAF or timing chain. They're known to go faulty but usually just a good clean prevents having to replace the MAF. If the chain is stretched then it'll be big moolah, between £400 and £1,000 to get done depending on who you know/where you get the parts.

I'd also look out for rust on the front crossmember under the radiator...you should see it clearly through the bottom slates in the front bumper, and seized brakes particularly the rears/handbrake so yank the handbrake on and make sure there's no creaking from one side when you move about in the car etc and check all the wheels for excessive heat after a short drive.
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Hmmm i think its on its way out now like. He is looking for a replacement. As for the MAF's depending on which 1 you have its a gud idea if u ever see 1 in the scrappy aquire it m8.
 
Make sure you get the right one - some N16 1.5s have the air-temp sensor in the feed to the airbox (look for a lead going into the pipe) and some have them built into the MAF. MAFs for the second type are horribly expensive.
 
Thanks alot for the advice guys - ill pass on the details to my friend rob (as you can imagine in these difficult times when most of your friends are german or french motor fans one of which has just bought himself a 106 GTi which im told has supposedly got the greater performance than an Almera SRi - the thought of a mate going jap is like light at the end of the tunnel :D )

If he gets himself an N16 or N15 ill make sure he joins up to the AOC ! :D

Dan
 
StevenC said:
Yeah.

There's been a few on here that have had gearboxes go. Listen for a whining first. Darren's gone through two boxes I think?
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yup 2 boxes but 1 of them might have been my fault as the gearbox oil was low and it went bang. but oh well I got a K12 box in there now as I could not get hold of a N16 one but I hope this one will be stronger

free4all said:
Any idea's what the cause would be for the Gearbox failures?

Is there a Nissan modification for the fault as it seems to be quite well known?
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just put more oil in. + a extra 0.2-0.5lts so in total about 2.7-3lts
 
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