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    Alternater belt tension.

    The belt is on an auto tensioner so it should sort itself out.. When I had our car (DIG-S engine), the tensioner unit did fail but was only evident when cold and would make a 'clack' within the first 2-3 seconds of startup before settling down again. Just before we got rid, it did squeal a...
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    Timing chain

    Timing chains are generally fitted for life, as such there is no service interval for them. Your friend is correct, a rattle, especially at startup or cold could indicate that the chain or tensioners need attention however it's a reasonably big job as the side of the engine needs to be...
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    End of an Era - 11 years with a K13 DIG-S

    Minimal hassle... I'm not so sure about that. My Megane 4RS is on its 3rd fuel pump and 2nd gearbox. There are other known issues with the car such as burning up DRLs As unlucky as I feel, when doing research I to other marks, it seem that the issues encountered on the Megane are not that...
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    End of an Era - 11 years with a K13 DIG-S

    <best make a brew for this and grab a couple of hob nobs.... I have rambled on a bit 🤣> As you may have spotted in another thread, in a few days, we will no longer own our K13 Micra which we have owned for 11 years, and will be the first time since I started driving many (many!) years ago that...
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    Micra DIG-S rough idle / stalling

    Just to bring this to a close... We have 'solved' the problem by getting rid of the car! To be clear, we didn't get rid of the car because of this issue, but it was the right time for us to move on after ~11 years of ownership. It has not stalled on us in a while, however, but we have noticed...
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    K13 jitter pulsing when accelerating

    The MAF does not read (or report on...) the intake temp. There is a separate sensor near the throttle body. AS for 50c intake temps, its plausible due to the location of the sensor being after the supercharger, it could be reading charge temps.... however after siting over night on cold start...
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    K13 Broken Down

    you scrapped a car over a £465 repair bill with only 27k on the clock?!?!?
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    Micra K13, 2012 - Rain water at the rear seat footwells

    thanks for posting back! Thats really interesting that rain is making its way from that far back to the rear footwells but something to keep an eye on! Was the spare wheel well dry or wet?
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    Micra DIG-S rough idle / stalling

    Well, the idle stumble/stalling is back (well, has been for several months). More often than not, the engine will stumble at idle and revs will drop quite low before it catches and regains its composure, but every now and then it won't catch it and it will simply stall out. Unable to...
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    12V/ Lighter fuse

    Tried looking through the service manual and this is as much as I got! The fuse itself will be in the fuse panel which is on left side of the dash. Open the passenger door and there will be an access panel where you can access the fuses. There should be a fuse map on the rear of the cover to...
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    Micra K13, 2012 - Rain water at the rear seat footwells

    The rear lights could be an issue, but there are quite a few places where water could come in.... Lights, boot lid seals, door seals, antenna..... I am not aware of a common issue... Although if it was the rear lights, then i doubt it would work its way to the rear seat footwell, it would...
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    Water in boot/wheel well?

    My wife's Micra had some water in her wheel well..... I believe it was either water from a bottle she had left in her boot which had leaked OR the passenger side rear light cluster letting water by. A light had blown anyway so had to remove the light cluster and refit. Wheel well has stayed...
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    Can I swap over standard K13 heating control panel to a climate control one ?

    Potentially yes, but it is not as simple as just swapping the dials for the digital version. You will also need to replace the HVAC gubbins behind the dash... and its a dash out job - it would be a significant job. The heater control nob being stiff is a common complaint. You can help it...
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    TEMPATURE GAUGDGE

    Is there really a need for it? Sometimes they are known as 'worry gauges' and don't really represent true water temp. They get 'to temp' but then sit in the middle despite the water temp swinging by 20-30c before they creep up, simply to stop people going back to the dealers and complaining...
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    TEMPATURE GAUGDGE

    Just a warning light for too hot
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    FUEL filter

    Your understanding is wrong.... a fuel filter (typically under the car or in the engine bay on older Nissan's) is fitted AFTER the pump to protect the injectors, not the fuel pump. Pick up socks are there to stop anything going through the tank pump that could cause it harm so the situation has...
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    FUEL filter

    There is no serviceable fuel filter to replace on the petrol engines, however, I understand there is a 'filter sock' on the pump inlet which is a 'for life' unit.
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    Vacuum leak - HR12DDR

    When you say leaking, do you mean sucking/blowing air or are you talking about the oil misting? This engine seems to be quite a messy engine as the pipes around the air intake on mine are oil misted. I also recently took the pipework off from the throttle body to clean that and there was a good...
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    K13 DIG - S

    To be fair - any car can break down...As mentioned, my Megane RS, a 2019 registered car broke down when the fuel pump failed in the summer of last year. Thankfully it did it in a fairly sensible place but I did have my kids in my car on the school run! Just because it's new/newer, doesn't...
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    K13 DIG - S

    Ours does between 8-10k a year of local driving (so it does get hammered with the cold starts!), so 14k a year with a good amount of long runs should do well - like with any car, looking after the service items on time is key. The wing mirrors on ours are position adjustable (although not...
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