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20-10-2011, 09:15 PM
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I just had a test drive of a 2004 N16 1.8 auto with 95k and full log book service history and besides being guttless it had a very loud engine which sounded like it had a lot of valve train noise or even piston slap.
Not knowing anything about Nissans I am not sure if this harsh sound is normal, car was well looked after otherwise. |
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20-10-2011, 09:19 PM
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Pulsars? Nice watches.
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20-10-2011, 09:25 PM
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Normally a very quiet engine I'd steer clear of that one
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20-10-2011, 09:44 PM
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think I will stick to looking for Toyotas as a 2nd car
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20-10-2011, 09:48 PM
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nisans are good cars 2 but that one sounds like trouble.
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20-10-2011, 10:56 PM
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let it burn
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Im better with quasars.
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20-10-2011, 11:00 PM
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A mate had one of these. Piece of rubbish, everything broke and Nissan admitted that his car wasnt "abnormal".
But the 80s ones had a decent engine but a rust bucket of a body.
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20-10-2011, 11:08 PM
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Hi 4vxc,
I had the exact same Pulsar, (Except it was a 5spd Man), before upgrading to my 2009 FG. It never let me down not once, never had any issues, I actually sold it to my father-in-law & he loves it. However, the one you looked at sounds like rubbish though, they are failry quiet normally. I know Brooksy said his mates one was rubbish, but you get lemons at times with any cars really. Anyways, good luck with your search.
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21-10-2011, 06:55 AM
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We had one in the family from new, it was a 1999 model hatch back. it did over 250,000km and it was still going strong, we didnt have a single issue with it. If i was after a small run about i would consider one since ours was reliable.
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21-10-2011, 07:58 AM
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I own a '99 N15, and it hasn't been serviced in almost two years...doesn't come anywhere near sounding like it has 'piston slap' though. I've had mine for almost 8 years and never had any major problems - I just can't kill the thing no matter how hard I try...
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21-10-2011, 10:20 AM
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yeah, my mate has the exact same car and he thrashes it and it doesn't have any piston slaps or loud engine noises. this one sounds bad
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21-10-2011, 11:17 AM
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did some reasearch this morning the 1.8l versions had problems with piston rings
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21-10-2011, 11:31 AM
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I've got one at the moment (N16 1.8 auto) and its been in the family since 2006. Apart from overheating once due to a head gasket, the car has been fantastic. It's about to pass the 150k mark and it feels like its got another 150k in it at least.
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21-10-2011, 11:36 AM
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As usual with Nissans, they're pretty hit and miss
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Who knows about Pulsar's?
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