surrogatesng:
I came across this car for sale.It is a nissan pulsar but i am unable to find much information about it online
Does it share engine with other models?.What is the engine configuration and fuel economy like?

surrogatesng:
I came across this car for sale.It is a nissan pulsar but i am unable to find much information about it online.Does it share engine with other models?.What is the engine configuration and fuel economy like?

surrogatesng:
Thanks to all who contributed.Now,i know better about the car

nurey:


Nissan pulsar/Almera/Sunny/bluebird name depends on region it came from.

1.5 to 1.8L 4 cylinder highly fuel efficient

It's a reliable vehicle, good and parts available as long as you are using in SW, Nissan parts are expensive in North.

I used the car b4, Almera from Belgium RHD converted and worked well without issues.

Major problems
1. NATS if available can misbehave and cause issues

2. Camshaft and cranshatf sensor can fail at ungodly hours solution is to have extra of the 2 available and a corresponding spanner to loosen it also knowledge of where it is in the engine else you will be stranded or fleeced by mechanic for something you can easily do on your own.

AgentGoat:



What's the sign of this sensor's failure?

AgentGoat:
How much is it?

nurey:


Engine crank but no start

Engine pulsing during acceleration.

Most mechanic would believe it is fuel pump or plugs but a scan would point you in the right direction but kazeem rarely starts with that

Dpzeewonder:
Mr.Nurey this is the exact issue am having right now with this same model of this car.I just changed my fuel pump yesterday,serviced the car,changed my spark plugs last week,yet the car is still not fine,until the mechanic checked the crankshaft sensor under the engine,unfortunately it broke leaving the main sensor in the engine.It has been removed though and i sent him money to buy another sensor,do you think this is the main fault with this car,he scanned the car after the trial by error then it brought crankshaft sensor but this was after he tried to loosen the sensor and could not at first try,the car won't start after he first tampered with the sensor which made him to tap the sensor by force thinking it will key back,thereby causing the sensor to break.Please help me.

nurey:


There are two sensors, change them first with a known working unit, you should be fine

Dpzeewonder:
P0100 Mass Air flow sensor circuit
P0115 Engine coolant temperature sensor circuit
P0120 Thrtl POS SEN/Circ
These are the error codes it brought after fixing the Crankshaft position sensor Sir

nurey:


P0120- clean the throttle body, though I don't know whether yours is drive by cable or drive by wire. But your throttle body has issue.

P0100- you need to check the MAF sensors and your air intake hoses. It's those two issues that can cause your current situation.

Dpzeewonder:
I just changed the throttle sensor this morning,it works fine a bit but the remaining codes are still coming up

nurey:


you might probably need a good mechanic to work on your vehicle. Online diagnosis can only get you far. After changing the throttle sensor, what is the vehicle behaviour and which codes are still popping up?

nurey:


you might probably need a good mechanic to work on your vehicle. Online diagnosis can only get you far. After changing the throttle sensor, what is the vehicle behaviour and which codes are still popping up?

Dpzeewonder:
I am actually not there but he said the car moves fine after test driving it but it still stalls when depressing the accelerator,also he noticed dark emission which comes out when he depressed the accelerator when the car is parked.

nurey:


The blue circled part is the MAF sensor and that is where he needs to check, wires clean first and check before replacing the part. I believe you meant black smoke from the exhaust when vehicle is raised? if yes, then it must be unburnt fuel in the chamber maybe caused by less volume of air. Check your air filter too.