Recent content by MikeGR

BTW I'm Mike Grierson ( SV03 SGU) and STILL loving Steve (I gave him a name!) I drop the oil and filter every 5K miles. regardless, and Steve is going faster than ever! 1.4 engine, quite the pocket rocket, which still manages to show pretentious porches a clean pair of heels (seriously)...

BTW.... have you checked the timing chain protrusion? It's not that big a job to get down and dirty on that (probably an hour DIY to strip down) that is your reference point Pieter...... if it "IS" the timing chain then you will know one way or the other. The main thing is, don't worry...

Same thing was happening with my Micra and I pinpointed the fault to a dodgy camshaft position sensor. There was a dry solder joint somewhere inside it and from cold the engine was "apparantly" hunting like mad, as soon as the engine warmed up it ticked over perfectly. This makes sense as the...