Maxmann

I had developed a pretty serious engine miss in my SE and dealer speculated it might be a bad coil. So, I bought some used coils off NissMaxSE, he told me that they had about 50k on them, and installed them over the weekend. All was going well until today, and I got a brief hiccup once. So far, I've driven 200 miles with just the one blip. Previously, couldn't get 1-2 miles w/out a miss.

I know that the plugs were changed @ about 100k; I now have 128k. I'm not certain the guy put in spec plugs. My question to those of you out there that have experienced similar problems is what would you check next? Should I replace plugs? Or could there be another problem?

Any help from the experts out there would be appreciated. I'm not inclined to let the dealer try to figure out. They'll probably tell me I need a new engine...well, just kidding, but probably close. They are the ones that told me coil replacements was $1800...so you understand my apprehension.

Thanks!

Scott

bigjay

replace plugs,use only nissan plugs, alsobosch makes the plugs for nissan but ive herd of problems with the ve engine that even the bosch named ones just arent the same as the nissan plugs, so if you have a ve go to nissan, p.s. never clean & reuse platnum plugs. if problem persists you might want to change the heat range, or v regulator

Maxmann

By heat range, does that explain the "standard", "cold type" and "hot type" classifications I've seen? I have no idea what that means. How do you determine what to get. Some have said that if the car is modified, try cold (mine is not). But what does standard and hot do?

Thanks. srm

Jon91SE

my car just got a full tune up and even after that it started missing like crazy.....turns out the injectors were shot, they were green with corrosion and thats what was causing the miss fire............

flyry110

mine is doin something wierd, it's pulling kinda funny on acceleration. it's not a smooth pull through the rpm's. it's like a pull, not pull, pull harder, rev out. not really a miss, but more of a power loss. i know others are having this problem. i was gonna replace the plugs and O2 sensor, my motor doesn't clack or tick to indicate VTC failure. any ideas? timing maybe?

NYCe MaXiMa

iTrader: (9)

I have been having the same problem for a while.... It's like you give it some gas at a smooth paste without smashing the pedal to the floor and it doesn't accelerate right, just with sudden bursts of RPM's, i press the pedal down slowly and it only reacts after a little while with the RPMs jumping up about 500-800... This happens on speeds higher then 40 a lot.... I changed the O2 sensor, spark plugs, fuel filter, air filter and not really a big difference, still bugs me, my gas milage blows though, i am suspecting Fuel pressure regulator or maybe a problem with the injectors... How is your gas milage guys?

flyry110

i'm at 240 miles and just past half a tank.