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    Micra issues :(

    I am thinking it might be a coil pack or maby leads or something but I know absolutly nothing about these engines, ill have to use my other car for work this week and get a proper look at it at the weekend :/
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    Micra issues :(

    I have a 1999 1.3 manual micra and when you are putting under load leaving junctions and stuff it pulls out then all of a sudden cuts out and takes a few turns of the key to start again, getting a little dangerous!! Anyone have any idea what could be causing this? Cheers
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    new owner :)

    Before coming on this forum I would of never thought micras would of came close to keeping up but maby I'm wrong! Maby the 300+ bhp focus should be the daily and my micra the fun car haha
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    new owner :)

    I'm pretty impressed that you can keep the internals stock! Maby the micra is a slightly more impressive car than I thought!
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    new owner :)

    Sorry you are going to have to dumb that down for me! What do you do to strengthen them?
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    new owner :)

    God you have turbo'd it! Didn't expect that! Haha quality, how do these little engines hold upto that kind of abuse? Do you need to change internals or they able?
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    new owner :)

    Well I hope your right! The main reason I bought the micra is to save some fuel!
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    new owner :)

    Yeah the st has had a fair amount of work done to it, full cobra exhaust system, uprated intercooler, pumaspeed ultimate induction, eibach lowering springs, uprated driveshafts, rs vents, rs ecu relocator, mapped to stage 3 so should be sitting at about 300-315 bhp I haven't had it dyno'd yet...
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    new owner :)

    The k11 is acually a pretty strong car for its age, well so the two weeks of ownership have proven so far.. With only 55k on the clock I'm hoping she will last a while, I drive the micra carefully to try and preserve it and save the thrashing for the focus as that Volvo engine is a sturdy beast...
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    new owner :)

    Haha, what's wrong with the focus? By far the best car I have ever owned!
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    new owner :)

    Even tho the micra always starts first time sometimes it's on the first turn over and the next time it's the 7th, is this normal?
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    new owner :)

    Hello guys, I picked myself up a little micra to be used as a daily as the milage I was doing for work was alot to be running my 2.5T focus ST about with, I got myself a 1.3 manual micra on a 1999 plate with only 55k on the clock! I am happy enough with it for now, is there anything I...
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