yeah i searched and saw the first link before but not the second. i was trying to figure out how anybody got there hands in that little "work area" but i saw the the part when he said get a girlfriend or somebody with little hands to do it.

 

hey guys hows it going?

has neone ever had a problem like this: i park my car in my garage and when left for a little while i get back in my car and theres this wierd smell. idk how to explain it other then it smells like *** lol. makes me kinda sick to my stomach, once i drive around tho the smell goes away. and even if i park on the street i can still smell the smell. im just afraid its carbon dioxide or something getting in my cabin, and that would SUCK.

Thanks
Jonathan

 

Unless you can describe the smell...

Musty? Sweet?

 

its kind of sour and stale

 

I hope someone has an asnwer for me, becaue I am baffled.
I have a 4th gen sel, just pulled out the old air box and put in a short ram air just behind the battery. I took the crankcase hose off and left a small filter on it as a temp, I'll y-joint it to the big air vacuum hose, which is currently inline with the cold air. also I moved the vacuum line and the sensor to the air intake. I'm sure everything is air tight.

The problem is that the idle is running around 650 - 700 in park, and 450-550 in drive. When I start my car it fires right up, but when the idle drops it drops all the way and dies out unless I give it some gas. I reset the ECU via the battery since I had to luck reseting the ECU itself, I read in a previous forum that this should let the ECU relearn your idle if u let it run for a few fan cycles. Bareley any effect.

Any ideas?

 

if it smells like rotten eggs its your catylitic, sweet is probably you coolant. whats it smell like?

 

How exactly do you have the IACV hose routed? You say 'inline', but that doesn't really mean anything. At least, I'm assuming you say the 'big air vacuum hose' is the IACV hose.

Do you have a pic of this new setup?

FWIW that breather is going to let unmetered air into the system.

 

Is it sour and stale, or sweet and musty?

Anyway, are you running your heater or AC right before you park when this happens?

 

no im running neither one, and yea sorry that was an edit

 

inline, meaning I bought the 3" pipe with the 3 holes from autozone, so i hooked up the sensor, vacuum line, and the iacv each into their own spot. I made sure nothing was being bent, or stretched. And I thought that the crank blew out, not sucked in, so the filter was there to catch any crap being blown out, at least until I can conntect it to the iavc. Are you saying that the filter may be my problem?

 

What sensor? What vacuum line?

The filter is unlikely to be your current problem. Just an FYI.

 

when I pulled the air box out, I also pulled out the black box that connected behind the maf. there were 3 hoses plugged into that box. one was a small vacuum hose. that's the one i'm refering to. And the sensor came off the bottom of the air box, well from the plastic pipe thats a part of it. I figure its some kind of air temp sensor.

If I used a slightly smaller hose to make the iacv reach, could that be causing the problem.

I don't see how it could be anything unrelated to installing a short ram air, it was working beautifully before I tinkered with it. I will try to take pictures in the morning, as it is getting dark out here.

 

When my car would die right after starting right up it was my throttle body being dirty. I cleaned it and it fixed it right up.

 

that makes a lot of sense. There was quite a buildup when I looked in. Thank u.

 

ya it's usually the simplest thing that causes the problem. Although a similar problem to this happened on my work truck but it was the distributor cap... i was sure it was the throttle body since its probably never been cleaned.

 

New to the forum and not very savvy when it comes to car engines.

I have a '96 Maxima (3L V6) that's been making a high-pitched noise at certain times and very often. It only makes the noise once I’ve driven it for a while (all warmed up I guess) AND I have my foot off the gas. For example, when I come to a red light, or am sitting in a drive-through line. Since the sound is pretty annoying (it’s loud, but it’s the high frequency of it that makes it more embarrassing) I usually try to get rid of it by putting the car in Park, which sometimes helps, sometimes makes no difference. If I apply even the tiniest bit of gas, so the RPM goes up, the noise stops instantly, to return again when the RPM drops to normal idle values. The engine usually idles at around 500-600 RPM.

Well I took it to a shop and the mechanic heard the sound because it was making it at the time but he said to me that it was “probably just that truck driving by making the noise, its brakes or something.” Yeah, right.

It is difficult to demonstrate the sound on cue so I ran the car for an hour and taped it once it started making the noise again. Unfortunately it was only making it when the car was in Drive so I had to just video the engine from afar and not up close – since I was by myself.

I would appreciate it if you could please take a look at the clip at YouTube - Maxima Noise and let me know if it sounds like anything you’ve heard before, or if you have any suggestions...

Thank you very much, I hope I posted in the right place.

 

Sounds like the noise didn't start until the fans came on. Is this always the case?

If so, I'd first suspect the bearings in the fan motor(s).

 

Okay, I'm obviously new here, but have been a long-time reader. My wife's 97 (auto) hasn't been starting, especially in the mornings, or after sitting for a few hours. I've read many posts here that point to the starter and fuel systems, but one thing her car is doing is when she turns the key to start, all we hear is a click, the fuel pump and that's it. It's many turns and tries (about 2-5 minutes) before the car would fire up. What gives?

 

No, it doesn't seem connected. I had the car running for over an hour with fans going on and off. I honestly think it was just a coincidence... Besides, I don't understand why increase in RPM would make it stop if it were the fans...

Could a dying alternator make a sound like that?

 

So it doesn't crank at all, then? Why do you think the clicking is the fuel pump?

Do you have to do any special jiggling or moving around of the key sometimes?

I'd do the ignition switch first, it's only ~$40.

 

It's possible. Anything belt driven, really.

You really need to narrow the noise down to a specific location. What I'd do is pull the Alt/AC belt off and spin all of the pulleys by hand, make sure they all spin freely and feel good.

 

I can spin the crank pulley with my pinky

 

I installed a one-way clutch on my crank pulley just to show off my brute strength

 

Thanks for the quick reply. What I meant was that there is a clicking sound, as well as the fuel pump working. I changed the ignition switch about 3 years ago, and as far as I know, the starting issue is not related to any special key tricks. I've checked the shift cable (ok).

 

Hi, I am very new to this site, so please excuse my ignorance. I just bought a 97 Max yesterday, and it runs great, but won't get over 75mph. At first I thought maybe it had a governor on it, but it doesn't. Timing? It has a new timing cover, that has recently been sealed. Any ideas? Thanks

 

No A32 has a speed limiter at 75 MPH.

Automatic? Have you tried it in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th? What does it do at 75 MPH? Will it fully rev out to redline otherwise?

Why exactly was the timing cover replaced?

Any codes?

 

My check engine light went on and found it is the "Front Right Heated O2 sensor".
Does anyone have a diagram on where it is\ instructions to replace

 

Rear bank, in the Y.

No real need for replacement instructions. Unplug old sensor, remove from exhaust pipe. Install new sensor in exhaust pipe, plug new one in.

 

Any ideas, anybody? I sometimes think it might be the fuel pump getting weak, but...well, I just don't know!

Y'all have been great!

 

Where is the click coming from? Interior? Engine bay?

Are you still on the original starter? When it just clicks, have you tried hitting the solenoid?

 

The click is coming from the engine bay. Original starter which has always been strong, no hesitation. And no I've not hitting the solenoid, would that help or it that a test to see if it needs replacement?

 

As it turns out, it was the iacv hose I used as a replacement, it was choking the engine out with it's way to small inner diameter. I replaced it with 3/4" hose I bought at autozone, car started right up, idle did not drop, and it ran great.

I did clean out my throttle, and I used deep creep. No smoke though, was kind of dissapointing, however... My car is running fantastically so I can't complain much.

My buddy used it on his wifes kia, smoke was produced, just not a lot of it. I'm guessing seafoam itself produces a lot of smoke?

 

It's a standard. it doesn't redline, you just have the pedal to the floor, and it just doesn't go any faster. I don't know why the timing cover was replaced. I just bought it. No codes. Any ideas? Someone told me maybe catalytic converter?

 

So it won't redline even in neutral? Or in any gear?

When it 'just doesn't go any faster' do the RPMs stay at the same exact spot? Same with the speed? Does it feel like a rev limiter, or that it just plain doesn't want to accelerate at all?

Again, does it not happen in every gear, or what? 3rd and up are all capable of going over 75 MPH, try it in all gears.

It is possible it's an exhaust restriction, but not being able to even hit redline in neutral is questionable.

If it's the starter, hitting the solenoid may very well help. I'd pull the starter and bench test it a dozen times or so, see if it acts up.

 

ok i have a 1999 Nissan Maxima SE

its automatic

im trying to do a transmission swap to manual

is there anyways some one can post a list of what parts i need to do this cause i have a guys who will do it i just need all the parts

 

Right out of the stickies....
http://forums.maxima.org/all-motor/3...arts-list.html

Please next time.

 

Search, seriously.

 

I'll give it a shot early tomorrow morning, and report back. Thanks!

 

I was messing with my intake a little while back to get to some parts below about a month ago.i got the new part yesterday and found out i never pluged this sensor back into the stock intake tube. ever since i first messed with it i had rough idle and some other small things that have now vanished hah. what exactly is it.pic is the sensor itself.

 

IAT sensor. Should go back into the snorkel.