Need Help!! idling problem

**blacksun25** · February 20th, 2008 12:41 PM

Hello Everybody. I am just new here and I need your help. I just purchased a second hand car, a 1992 Nissan Sentra ECCS. Namamatay kasi makina ko pag hindi naka-ON yung aircon or kapag nag-automatic shut-off na yung compressor. Giniginaw na ko sa aircon pero di ko naman ma-turn off kasi namamatay makina ko. Tsaka there are times na ayaw ko talaga mag aircon for fuel economy reasons. Any inputs will be highly appreciated. Can you also recommend a good shop? Thanks.

**istan** · February 20th, 2008 12:59 PM

Sounds like my sentra months ago. What I did was go to the casa, let them fiddle around with my throttle cable. Found out that your neighborhood mechanic should not touch those cables because if they're out of alignment, engine won't run well.

Anyway, Take your Sentra to the casa, let them check out the throttle cable, w/c is in front to the ECCS. Let them check via computer, your compression and sensors. LEt them clean your sensors too.

Cost me less than 2k to do it. But after that...ok na ok ang car.

Oh yeah, also let them check your spark plugs. You might have the wrong sparkies... ie Cefiro type/Platinum - Inde raw pwede yun sa 1.6L ECCS engine

**niky** · February 20th, 2008 06:27 PM

Sounds like a cable or your idle screw isn't set right.

Kung under 2k yung service na yun... sulit na... which casa was that?

**afrasay** · February 20th, 2008 09:13 PM

Advice ko lang sa mga bumili ng EFi (with computer) na engine na may problema o kahit na yun wala, dalhin sa casa for a one time check-up and computer diagnostic. after that don't tinker with your car. it takes out the guess work of troubleshooting plus you'll know your car is running up to specs. the TS made the right decision.

**blacksun25** · February 20th, 2008 10:29 PM

maraming salamat po sa lahat ng nag-advise. i think you guys are right, i'll try to bring it sa casa for diagnostics and check-up. It makes sense to leave the tinkering to the professionals who have the right equipment and training.

Sir Istan, saang casa po yung pinagpagawaan niyo?? i'm afraid kasi pumunta sa mga casa, baaka tagain lang ako at papalitan ang hindi naman kailangang palitan which was my experience before with my previous car. meron ba kayong mai-rerecommend na casa and contact person?

salamat po ulit and more power!!!

**niky** · February 21st, 2008 11:17 AM

Never did like Mantrade. Too crowded, so you don't get good service... but my problem was I lived very far away, so hindi ko sila kayang tutukan. It might be different now, though (we sold our Nissan five years ago.

Ang tip ng uncle ko who did get good service at Mantrade? Go in with the car on your first visit, and if the job looks like it'll take a while, offer smokes and/or drinks to the service crew working on the car. A little PR goes a long way.