Help Me My Cima Splutters

[lizard man]

i just brought a y31 cima and the bloke reckons that it ran fine a few months ago but then it sat there for a few months and it ran out of battery so they jump started it and now it has spluttering tantrums. it runs fine for a little while either a few minutes or seconds then it seems that a few of my cylinders stop and the car stops somethimes to the point of the engine dying completely.i dont know if it has anything to do with it but the tacho plays games, sometimes sitting at nothing and then sometimes goes as far as it can and it seems to change when the engine plays games sometimes but im not sure. and as far as i can tell it has no head or head gasket problems. if anyone has any ideas could you please let me know.

[JMW]

Find a workshop with a nissan consult, see what faults come up. could have fried something if the did'nt jump start it the right way.

[samuel]

Hey, I recently got a y31 cima too. Like yours, mine was sitting for a few months. Mine splutters on a cold start up, or if I have not started it for 2/3 days. For some reason it only lasts about 5 seconds, when I first turn the ignition. (for these few seconds it sounds like its firing on only some cylinders, but then after just leaving it, all cylinders start working or something and from that point on..it runs perfectly. For me, the problem isnt bad enough to take it in to anyone yet..but I've done some research and Im thinking it might just be bad fuel injectors..which makes sense I suppose. If you google vg30 sputtering, you get quite a few stories about people who have got vg30 engines with injector problems. Maybe get them checked out? I dont know what would be affecting the tacho though..anyway, if you find anything out, let me know cause im pretty curious myself.