My son got a job 200 miles away from home and soon after bought his first car, a 2002 1.0L K11. Sadly, as I live so far away from him now I wasn't there at the time of purchase. I suspect he was ripped off by some scumbag that knew the car was unlikely to pass it's next MoT. He now knows it has a few problems and I would like to fix it for him if he leaves it with me. He spent £700 on the car and another £120 on two tyres so far. I am hoping that he's not looking at scrapping it already, but that could be a possibility depending on how much it needs in parts.
I have never worked on a Micra before, so far I have found out that the front cross member and sills are likely welding jobs but I haven't found much else. My local MoT tester doesn't see many Micras so can't provide much advice. My son reckons one of the rear coil spring upper seat/mount is corroded and he thinks this might be a bolt on part to replace. He also says that he has knocking noises from the front. I suspect this could be the crossmember or driveshafts/cv joints. From what he describes regarding a taped up brake hose on one strut it sounds like it has two LH struts or two RH struts.
If you were buying a 2002 Micra completely blind, what faults would you expect if the seller could take advantage of you?
I have never worked on a Micra before, so far I have found out that the front cross member and sills are likely welding jobs but I haven't found much else. My local MoT tester doesn't see many Micras so can't provide much advice. My son reckons one of the rear coil spring upper seat/mount is corroded and he thinks this might be a bolt on part to replace. He also says that he has knocking noises from the front. I suspect this could be the crossmember or driveshafts/cv joints. From what he describes regarding a taped up brake hose on one strut it sounds like it has two LH struts or two RH struts.
If you were buying a 2002 Micra completely blind, what faults would you expect if the seller could take advantage of you?
