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Due to it being in warranty I'm looking for replacement part being fitted. I've gone directly to Nissan so it'll get genuine parts and mechanics.Felix wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:53 pm I was getting EML on my van every other day but high pressure. Bought a new MAP sensor and cleaned the MAF with break and clutch cleaner and its been great since.
Quite right its what the warranty is for. I had to fix mine for the MOT but the bugger came on again when he was testing that. Fail with a few other non costing fixes but...... It turns out my van being a 2007 should not have failed as the EML light is for diesels after June 2008. Not worth arguing as it never cost me and it failed on fog lights and main beam aim also but i will mention that when i put my other van in for its MOT.weeksy wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 2:15 pm Due to it being in warranty I'm looking for replacement part being fitted. I've gone directly to Nissan so it'll get genuine parts and mechanics.
Did you go home?weeksy wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:42 am Well that went the way of the pear !!!
Got up this morning in the sleet/snow, we were heading to 417 Flyup in Gloucestershire...
2021-11-27_09-15-18 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr
Greeted by an Engine Management light when starting the car ! eeeek.
Spent the next 45 mins looking for my OBDII Diagnostic tool, which for the life of me i still can't find so had to borrow one from a mate.
2021-11-27_09-15-13 by Steve Weeks, on Flickr
Google tells me the EGR valve is stuck/seized/whatever. Not a massive issue, can be replaced...
Spoke to the dealer who i bought it from and sorted out the warranty side of things.. "anything on top that needs paying, just ring me and i'll sort it"... Can't say fairer than that... So it's booked in with Nissan on Tuesday morning to be diagnosed and hopefully sorted.
Bunch of arse...
It was kinda happy though.... as if it'd worked, we'd have got to 417 just as they were closing it due to high winds and snow LOL.
Go home? I never left home.Bigjawa wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 6:39 pmDid you go home?weeksy wrote: Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:42 am Well that went the way of the pear !!!
Got up this morning in the sleet/snow, we were heading to 417 Flyup in Gloucestershire...
Greeted by an Engine Management light when starting the car ! eeeek.
Spent the next 45 mins looking for my OBDII Diagnostic tool, which for the life of me i still can't find so had to borrow one from a mate.
Google tells me the EGR valve is stuck/seized/whatever. Not a massive issue, can be replaced...
Spoke to the dealer who i bought it from and sorted out the warranty side of things.. "anything on top that needs paying, just ring me and i'll sort it"... Can't say fairer than that... So it's booked in with Nissan on Tuesday morning to be diagnosed and hopefully sorted.
Bunch of arse...
It was kinda happy though.... as if it'd worked, we'd have got to 417 just as they were closing it due to high winds and snow LOL.
It should drive fine?
I get that, it just irks a bit when it's 4 days after purchasing itwheelnut wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 7:47 am It’s a eight year old car weeksy. It’s going to go wrong from time to time.
The part was £150 or so for one of them and about £400 for the EGR (you can buy a pattern one for £150 i think). As i'm not paying for it, i've pretty much just left the dealer/nissan/warranty co, to work out the details themselves and i've not touched the car for a week now. Well, apart from @Welsh Muffin taking it to Nissan yesterday. Luckily at the moment i/we don't really need the 2nd car as i only really use a car for MTB stuff currently, so it's no biggy. Whatever they did yesterday the light has gone out anyway, for at least the short term lol. But i get the impression it'll be in Nissan before the end of the week for repair.
So, the official Nissan part to fix this is part no 20010bb60b, which is the full exhaust section I presume, containing said flappy valve.
Through my research, I have noticed that Renault do a part that resolves this issue, but using just the valve section of the exhaust, on part number 147253272R. this involved cutting out the offending section and replacing with the new smaller part, and using exhaust sleeves to bridge the sections.
The difference between the two is £552 vs £140 respectively.
That's something I'm now sitting thinking "should I have gone petrol" but with this being replaced now I'm hoping the fix will outlast the lifespan of my ownershipTaipan wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:48 am Poxy EGRs and DPFs are a reason I stopped owning diesels a number of years back. Although I changed both of our cars recently and to diesels!
The wife's Car was better than free as it was won and came with a grand, so that's a few repairs already paid for. I couldn't actually find the Merc I wanted in a petrol! But after researching the diesel variant a bit, I found the EGR valve is readily accessible and an easy swap for a home mechanic.
DPFs can often be cleaned or sorted one way or another and both our cars got a tin of Hydra DPF cleaner put in the tanks for what good any additive will actually do. My wife only does short journeys which are far from ideal for a diesel, so I'll take that for a good run once a month and hope the regen kicks in when I do. My car doesn't get used often but when it does its mostly on a 40+ trip on a main A road, so hopefully gets cleared out enough. That said I still expect some sort of smog related repair from both cars. I guess the economy of a diesel goes in some way to contributing to its maintenance/repairs?
Well they would if you actually saved the difference in a spare account, for both tax and tank, but none of us put the £3 or £5 in a spare account in reality do we... .so you just potentially end up with a bill.Taipan wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:15 am The one redeeming feature of a diesel is the bottom end grunt they have! I'd forgotten about that! The WIfe's Cooper SD is fooking hoot to drive and really powers out of corners! My 3.0 BMW had about 100BHP more, but you had to stretch its legs to get it howling, whereas the Mini is chomping at the bit from idle!
Both our diesels do more than double the BMWs mpg though and the Cooper SD is about 20mpg better than her old petrol Cooper, so as I said, the fuel savings do offset some of a diesel's probable repairs?
True. I quit smoking about 15 years ago and saved a fortune by not having to buy smokes every day, but I've never been better off for it!weeksy wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:20 amWell they would if you actually saved the difference in a spare account, for both tax and tank, but none of us put the £3 or £5 in a spare account in reality do we... .so you just potentially end up with a bill.Taipan wrote: Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:15 am The one redeeming feature of a diesel is the bottom end grunt they have! I'd forgotten about that! The WIfe's Cooper SD is fooking hoot to drive and really powers out of corners! My 3.0 BMW had about 100BHP more, but you had to stretch its legs to get it howling, whereas the Mini is chomping at the bit from idle!
Both our diesels do more than double the BMWs mpg though and the Cooper SD is about 20mpg better than her old petrol Cooper, so as I said, the fuel savings do offset some of a diesel's probable repairs?
Power is completely and utterly irrelevant to me, i'm not a car person at all. The QQ has more than the Mondeo had, by a lot.... but i don't care in honesty. I don't do over 70mph and rarely break the speed limits by more than a couple of mph in the car anyway. I think the QQ may have the 130bhp engine, but i've not honestly checked on the spec/performance.