CMF_Geoff W
» CMF Member
Hey guys just thought I'd give a heads up on one of the latest adventures my Mum and Dad had with their 95 SLX.
They had been chasing an irregular miss whilst accelerating lightly. Like when merging at a casual pace. Flat out and the performance was good.
They had the injectors looked at, ignition, throttle body AFM water temp sensor changed etc etc. But all to no avail.
The other day the car decided that it would not idle anymore. Had to really pedal it to keep it running. when you started the car it would rev up to about 2000 rpm and then die.
Investigations found that the little plastic elbow straight out of the brake booster had been broken off and then re-glued. Over time the glue broke down and the car developed a vaccuum leak. This is the cause of the slight miss. When the glue finally let go that introduced a massive vaccuum leak.
These elbows are getting pretty old and brittle now. The one on my car broke as well whilst I was removing my intake manifold. They are really fragile.
The happy ending is that Nissan had 2 in stock and cost a relatively reasonable $80 each to replace. I know that's relatively expensive for such a little part. However I would much rather have a brand new part like this than a used/brittle part that could do the same thing in the near future.
Mum's SLX is now running the best it has for a long while and they are super relieved that a niggling problem has been addressed.
I will take a pic of the replacement part and where it goes into the booster asap. Watch this space!!
They had been chasing an irregular miss whilst accelerating lightly. Like when merging at a casual pace. Flat out and the performance was good.
They had the injectors looked at, ignition, throttle body AFM water temp sensor changed etc etc. But all to no avail.
The other day the car decided that it would not idle anymore. Had to really pedal it to keep it running. when you started the car it would rev up to about 2000 rpm and then die.
Investigations found that the little plastic elbow straight out of the brake booster had been broken off and then re-glued. Over time the glue broke down and the car developed a vaccuum leak. This is the cause of the slight miss. When the glue finally let go that introduced a massive vaccuum leak.
These elbows are getting pretty old and brittle now. The one on my car broke as well whilst I was removing my intake manifold. They are really fragile.
The happy ending is that Nissan had 2 in stock and cost a relatively reasonable $80 each to replace. I know that's relatively expensive for such a little part. However I would much rather have a brand new part like this than a used/brittle part that could do the same thing in the near future.
Mum's SLX is now running the best it has for a long while and they are super relieved that a niggling problem has been addressed.
I will take a pic of the replacement part and where it goes into the booster asap. Watch this space!!
