I had a nissan oem clutch installed yesterday and now I have issues with starting the car. The problem seems to occur about 80% of the time. What happens is I turn the key and the starter cranks and the rpms bounce from .0-.3 RPM just for about two seconds and the car shakes a little bit and then it starts up and runs perfect{after 2 or 3 seconds}. My car has always started up perfectly until yesterday when my clutch was installed by a half **** mechanic. The guy seems like a real amature, he left out 2 bolts {#'d 9}, drained my MTL from the wrong bolt which inturn made him lose the spring & and barring that holds the 1-2 gear in place, he also forgot to plug in my speedo! I went back today and made him put the 2 bolts back in which were located near the starter and plug my speedo in and then put the spring and barring back in place. It's a good thing I know a good amount about cars. Anyways what could be causing my car not to start correctly now? Any ideas? Maybe a ground or a plug is not connected properly? Thanks a lot for your help.

 

I had the same problem a few days ago after i installed my clutch also. When i took it back to nissan they told me my car key needed to be reprogramed. After that i havn't had any problems.

 

The Crankshaft Position Sensor (POS) is located on the clutch housing. This sensor must be disconnected in order to remove the tranny and install the new clutch. A careless technician may have overlooked this detail and attempted to remove the tranny without first disconnecting this sensor. Rrrrippp! This might have damaged the harness, the connector, or the sensor. Please check on this.

Refer to the Chilton repair manual (page 4-21) or the Haynes repair manual (page 6-12) for a depiction of this sensor and its location. You may test the sensor with an ohmmeter. The resistance should be 470-570 ohms at 68 degrees F.

 

Thanks Daniel, I noticed last night that my starter is actually working intermitently. It cranks for a second, then it stops, then it cranks again and then the car starts. Maybe my no good mechanic droped the starter? Is there maybe a ground or a wire of some sort I can check? I may swap my starter from my I30 with my max on Sunday, this may help pinpoint the problem. BTW there is no check engine light visible. If you have any other ideas with the new info I presented I whould appreciate it. Thanks..


kaltex, I appreciate you trying to help, but there is no electrical circuits in the key's on a 4th gen max. So I don't understand what you mean?

 

This is a guessing game. There's no telling what he might have done wrong. Yes, he may have dropped your starter.

The starter motor has two wires. The thick one comes directly from the battery positive terminal. The thin one is the signal wire from the ignition switch which tells the starter "Crank Now!". Make sure both wires are securely connected. Make sure the two mounting bolts are tight. Check the block end of the thick wire from the battery negative terminal to the engine block.

'99-up Maximas have the "chipped key" anti-theft circuitry. Perhaps that's what Kaltex was referring to. Your '95 doesn't have this circuit.