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Update - we checked the compression and good news, it's solid and consistent. The No.3 plug I mentioned was a bit dark and oily. We ordered and fitted a replacement injector and indeed the misfire has gone! Good news but now we have mad idle variation and hunting. And so I guess it's throttle...

No the water in the rad and header is unusually clean and anti freeze coloured .... amazingly so, no discolouration as all. Odd in a car this age. Finger crossed it's an injector but otherwise we start looking at that later today.

Good call Bubba .... no I didn't. We have just removed the injectors and No.3 seems off. We just going to swap 3 and 4 and see what happens. But no I didn't think to test compression. We not loosing a drop of water to fingers crossed not head gasket. We are dropping some oil . I think that's...

Morning all. Had a misfire for the last few weeks. Car is a 94 1.0 Base model, all standard, no mods. Car starts a treat, runs but power low and running rough. This is what I've done today: 1. Changed plugs for nice fresh NGK's .... 1 & 2 were a nice colour, 3 & 4 were quite dark and a bit...

I found the post! .... have a read. .... https://micra.org.uk/threads/lands-end-to-john-o-groats-94-k11-1703-miles-never-missed-a-beat.72065/#post-781075

100% and had thought similar. The Micra ate that journey and it wasn't years ago it was days before the pandemic 1st Jan 2019. Think I did a post and photos on here somewhere. I'm not good at searching but yes I definitely did a post on it which you can find and read. Never missed a beat. In...

Agree they look great and have looked at a few of these. Very tempting. But the whole point of this one it that it has done the full journey there and back over many years. It's the carry on the journey with the same car but to give it a late life refresh. Even if that has a cost to it...

Hi Paul. Yes I agree and that's in reality what we have been doing for many years now, including the welding .... this thing has been used hard, maintained hard, And yes we do follow and discuss the bangernomics principles on the site. It's had the front ripped off it and replaced, been used by...

Morning all. My 94 base K11 we consider our workhorse. It's tows, roof carrys and interior is always full of various projects. But it's still in great overall condition and we have maintained it well. Every month we get at least 2 folks knock and ask if we want sell it. This started maybe 3...

Evening all. A nice article in today's Auto Express looking back at the K11. They conclude .... "As simple, honest transportation, the second-generation Micra nailed the brief (arguably in a more successful fashion than its less impressive successors), and continues to do so to this day. The...

Seems to be the case. I'd been having a steadily increasing stream of folks knocking on the door asking if we want to sell the Micra or the same age 106. We are regularly getting a couple a month now and they seem serious about it. Yeah I also do that every now and again ... an ebay search for...

Yeah that would be good to see. I hope he's true to his word. In a way, passing on these things is an even better accolade of their durability and fitness for purpose. I wander if given the price of fuel and the state of the economy upon people, if there might be a return to keeping older...

A first class Micra story bls. They really play such a roll in people's real world stories. The number of times our unit has come to people's rescue I cannot count. Divorces, learning to drive, money issues, you name it. They throw it back each time the 'life emergency' has gone but it is...

Is rare see a K11 in a yard round our way now. Used to be you'd see 4 of them at a time. Same with MK1 106 .... very rare now.

Can I ask where you got the bars from please? I bought a set 3 years back .... came to fit them the other week and they for a 5 door! Argh

Is definitely getting harder source some bits. Most are still bread and butter. Not Micra but a good example .... the 106 I've leant long term to our Ukrainian guest to get to work etc .... started making a blowing noise. Odd. Took it to our exhaust place and they said exhaust manifold gone...

Total respect sir. 451k that's impressive and you absolutely have to get to get it to the half million mark .... even if I help you with the next service or repair! :) Mine the same age but with less than 100K on the clock. A mere youngster. That one you have is the stuff of legend...

Just had a look for some of the E10 additive in a can rather than the dreaded plastic. Found this on ebay. 4 x 500ml tins for £26 and also today ebay have a 15% voucher that can be used. Sounds ok. Voucher code if anyone interested is SHOP15 ..... also shown on the screenshot below if useful...

Think both those worth to put on the Summer car work list Peter. And the E10 additive definitively worth a try. Cheers Peter

The big 30. Blimey yours older than mine. Problem is with Micras is that some users concentrated on the polish, the gear knob, steering wheel and tinted glass more than the front cross member, inner sills, outer sills and rear mud flap inner mounts :) It's less sexy looking at those. Mine's...