Recent content by Cianain

Nothing as bad as that except that at idle, the engine sounds noisy with some vibration - it almost seems as if it were ready to stall. Raising the revs even slightly removes all these 'annoyances'. I had thought about the carburation - maybe the idle speed too low - but it just seems to have...

Thanks for this info, Frank - I must admit that I have not even got to the point of removing the distrib cap - I am glad you put me right first.

I have a Nissan Micra 1.0 Shape K11 with a CG10 engine. I am begining to think that the ignition timing may be off slightly. Plugs look ok - does anyone know what the dwell angle should be on the distrib contacts? I am reluctant to go out and buy a Haynes manual simply because I have too many...

You can get an illuminated Cig Lighter from Halfords for about £7.00. The come with three wires - two red, one black. The black is your 'ground' or 'earth' - just connect it to the earth connector on the cig lighter wiring thats already part of the wiring loom. The first 'red' is connected to...