Right hello,
I have a 1987 K10 1.0 MA10 Nissan Micra, I have been driving it for years, and from this discovered that it is essentially bomb proof!
But when we had the snow back in January, it started to suffer a bit, but i still used it until finally one snowey evening, it fired up for a couple of seconds and then died. ever since then i have tried to fire it up a few times with not so much as a cough (it will turn over forever but never catch)...so yesterday and today about a month or so after it died i have started to have a proper look at her here are things i have checked:
1. There is fuel getting to the cylinders, due to wet plugs and trying the bit of petrol down the throat approach.
2. Plugs are not firing tried earthing them to the engine block, and there is no signs of any spark between the electrodes,
3. Had the Dizzy cap off and inspected it and the rotor arm, all seem to be in top notch condition
4. Cleaned up most of the electric terminals around the engine bay to do with the ignition system..
So i'm thinking that the cold snap killed off the coil, or that little rusty condenser type thing bolted to the body below the coil.
Does this sound like the most likely option? or have i missed something like a fuse...
Alastair
I have a 1987 K10 1.0 MA10 Nissan Micra, I have been driving it for years, and from this discovered that it is essentially bomb proof!
But when we had the snow back in January, it started to suffer a bit, but i still used it until finally one snowey evening, it fired up for a couple of seconds and then died. ever since then i have tried to fire it up a few times with not so much as a cough (it will turn over forever but never catch)...so yesterday and today about a month or so after it died i have started to have a proper look at her here are things i have checked:
1. There is fuel getting to the cylinders, due to wet plugs and trying the bit of petrol down the throat approach.
2. Plugs are not firing tried earthing them to the engine block, and there is no signs of any spark between the electrodes,
3. Had the Dizzy cap off and inspected it and the rotor arm, all seem to be in top notch condition
4. Cleaned up most of the electric terminals around the engine bay to do with the ignition system..
So i'm thinking that the cold snap killed off the coil, or that little rusty condenser type thing bolted to the body below the coil.
Does this sound like the most likely option? or have i missed something like a fuse...
Alastair