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Hi Guys & Gals, Having sold my beloved K11 due to Ulez in london aera I have a refurbished throttle body £120 including P+P & a passenger side door mirror £30 inc: postage. Contact me [email protected] Yours Peter0003

hi All, My igiation barrel on my 1998 micra has now got a fault & that when I take the key out of the lock the light come on again on the dashboard and I have to disconnect the battery on the + terminal just to mske sure that the engine is out. Is it the switch( being 24 years old) or...

Hi All, Whilst I was on the Tfl website reading about cars for ULEZ I found out that you could do a retrofit to your car via the exhaust i.e. 2 new cats & the rest of the exhaust pipes in sstainless steel or the standard pipes etc: including silencers which would be alot less the buying...

Hi All , I managed to remove the rocker cover ( many thanks from YOU all) . But nobody has said how you replace the oil seals which are not easy and at one point I tried heat from my camping stove trying to melt it off . But these seals are designed to withstand heat so that didn't work. All...

Hi All , I'm trying to fix the spark plug oil seals in the rocker cover but it would help if I could remove the aluminium rocker cover in the first place ? How is it done, I removed all the screws & rubber tubes holding it in place and apart from hitting it with a hammer & small peace of wood...

Hi Everyone, Can you help? My K11 wouldn't start on saturday when I needed it the most. Later in the day I removed all the spark plugs & found they had black oil covering the spark area & threads how do I fix it and any idea how much to fix it? Peter0003

Hi All, This afternoon I fitted my rear anti roll bar / panhard rod to my car after, I had painted it with hammerite rust number 1. Did you know that they come in different thickness's to the r/a/r/bar / panhard rod, mine was thin metal where it twister and snapped eventually & that one was on...

Hi All, My rear wheel panhard rod snapped last week and have just bought another on ebay, To make this one last longer should I paint in anti rust paint or anything else and should I renew the the bushes in this rod & used the same nut & bolts. Yours peter0003

Hi All, What should I be replacing or checking on my k11's 100,000 mile service, I could give it a basic service but is there anything else I need to do example replace the thermostat as I don't know when that was fitted last and the radiator is looking old as it is probably 24 years old. I...

Hi All, My side lights won't work at all and maybe I should go back to the garage that did my welding work in the pass week. I don't like that Idea as I don't have much money now and as it was welding they might charge me again . The sidelights won't come on either side, is it the bulbs or...

HI all, I picked my repaired k11 up & had a full PASS on my MOT Certificate. The welding work that was needed was the cross member & drivers side inner & outer sill. And sometime this year I'm going to paint the car underbody with a anti rustproofer as well. Yours Peter0003

Hi All, Having had my 1998 k11 since October 2018 and have done lots of basic services to it. I have discided to spend lot of money £750 on welding 2x reinforced sills & 1x cross member ( the reinforce sills are made by the service garage as they race k11's in rally cross) to get my car though...

Hi All, If anyone of you live in Croydon, London aera and require welding work done on sills & cross member or any mechanical repairs go to Addington Garage in New Addington as they specialise in Nissan micras and any other cars. The family run business races Micra's in rallycross so they...

Hi All, I'm without a car at the moment as mine has failed its mot & the work to fix it would be over a thousand pounds lots of welding to be done and other things. Does anyone got more than one that I can borrow or buy?

Hi All, Any one know where I can buy a cheap a front catalic converter and the one in middle of exhuast. I would prefer a good quality second one or a refurbished one without the expensive price. yours Peter0003

Hi All, I was working in Farnborough exhibition centre this week & My k11 broke down in the town, then I was towed to the Auto services centre, North Camp by the AA & the clutch was replaced took 4hrs costing £320 the following day. However on one tells you how to drive when a new clutch is...

Hi All, Has anyone thought about fitting a light bar to the roof of your k11. This is because I don't have the space anywhere for auxiliary LED fog lights , any idea as I have a 1998 shape k11. Peter0003

How easy is it to replace my thermostat for my k11 ? My mechanic advised me not too on my 1998 k11 as it probably has its orignal from factory back in 1998 and I could break the housing joint etc. I would most likely to use wd40 on the bolts anyway before removing anything . Any advise on...

Hi Everyone, How accurate are the fuel gauges on our cars (k11) as I have been running my car when the gauge read nearly empty and when I did get super unleaded my bill read 20litres and the gauge showed full!! There must something worry with it? anyone had the same problem. Peter0003

Hi All, Has anyone used Red x to clean the inside of engine? And also the new version of it says REDEX Fuel System Cleaner, Protects Against Corrosion from E10 Petrol, 250ml via ebay only £3. Has anyone used it ? Thanks Peter0003