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[Messiah]

Shit dude!!, i thought that "bugger up engine now" button was a joke, i only pressed it for a laugh.

Nah we looked but didnt touch, nice ride is it s1 or s2 tho, it seems to have a mix of bits and its confusing me.

interesting problem tho, no idea where to start on it, keep us updated tho.

[red900ss]

Jimbo, read post #11 and then look at the pics. It's the thing that looks like a super log nut in the top right of both pics. Has wires coming out of the end.

[Jimbo2000]

Shit dude!!, i thought that "bugger up engine now" button was a joke, i only pressed it for a laugh.

Nah we looked but didnt touch, nice ride is it s1 or s2 tho, it seems to have a mix of bits and its confusing me.

interesting problem tho, no idea where to start on it, keep us updated tho.

its all good dude you're paying for all repairs :wassup:

nah dont worry at all, i'm positive you guys did nothing, just cant figure out why this has happened :confused:

yeah its one of those series 1.5 kinda things, nissans own mix and match special

thanks dino

[GTRgeoff]

just took it to another garage and he had a look and guessed it could be a lash adjustor??

Jimbo2000 I thought the same of mine, as did a few workshops, and pulled the head down and it was not the lash adjusters but number 3 big end. Drain the oil and look for gold sparkles and flakes...sure sign of the bearing damage. Hope it isn't tho. You can get ACL race heat treated mains for RB30 and SR20 big ends for about 140 though plus machining if it is.

[Jimbo2000]

this?

[GTRgeoff]

Thats the cam solenoid.....so check it as well

[Jimbo2000]

and its safe to pull this off while the engine is running

[DoughBoy]

this?

Yep, just touch it when you car is clicking alot, or pull the plug off the back.

[Jimbo2000]

nah it aint vibrating at all.

is that a good sign or a bad sign?

[red900ss]

Is it the variable valve timing solenoid? It's the protruding knob in front of the inlet on cylinder one, when the motor is ticking put your finger on it - if it's dancing in sync to the clicking sounds then enrol it in an all boy band. Or disconnect it and see if the ticking goes away.

So if you did as DB said you can strike this option.

[DoughBoy]

Heh not sure if it's good or bad - good that you eliminated one possiblility, bad that the VVT solenoid was an easy one to fix, the other options aren't so cheap 'n easy.

[paulr33]

i had a similar problem when my car was serviced, they checked heaps of crap for hours, changed coil packs, checked ecu and ignition leads, turned out to be a fuse was blown

[Jimbo2000]

do you know which fuse mate?

could save me alot of money.

[Jimbo2000]

UPDATE:

took car to garage this morning and just called them to hear them say its fixed, he said he just did an oil change again but with a special PensOil Turbo oil that he imports from the US, as i said he works a lot with RX7's and he says its the goods for them.

picking it up tonight and we'll see.