*Nissan 200SX Club - South Africa

Hi Everyone Thank you so much for all of the help with the headgasket and waterpump! This weekend i pulled my motor out to rebuild it from scratch. My biggest surprise though was the turbo... its a TB28... :D :D :D :D :D But then came the bad news. Exhaust manifold has a huge crack in it! that needs...

Thx Riekert!!
Btw I love what you did with you car!

Thx man.

Im just struggleing to vind the FSM for the S13 with CA18DET!!!

If someone could give me the url I wil be most Aprieciative!!

Thank you everyone who posted reply`s!

Im going to pull my motor out this weekend! Going to fix what needs to be fixed!

Hopefully i wont skrew it up!

Wish me luck!

How much for the intake manifold and Cam covers? Do you have a water pump?

Thank you richard.

The thing is i dont want to start the car, so i cant take it to a radiator shop, but will make a plan! in wich area are u located?

Will call you a little bit later!

Check your waterpump, mine leaked on the shaft and I had to replace, also check, there is a T-piece on your bottom radiator hose that goes into the block, these get rusted bad and I had to make one up. How much is a waterpump? Is it diffucult to change? I rather hope iets the waterpump! The motor h...

Guy wrote: A compression test would probably tell you if there is any other internal damage, but should never cost near R1500.

Can i do a compression test on my own? And how do i do it?

What does it normally cost?

How strong is the CA18DET motor`s headgasket?

Thank you Guy! I have checked the block for sighns of oil, You know how difficult that is on an SX! The first sign of oil i can see on the block is down at the sump. The oil has no water in it, and the water has no oil in it! The fact that the water is leaking when the motor is not running is not so...

All That I need is info on what it could possible be! Half of the Mechanics i visited dont even know the SX is a Nissan! All of them start talking about all these tests: Compression test, Water presure test, Oil presure test. Each of the test is more than R1500 and everyone wants to pull the motor, ...

Hey guys, I have a haedache and a half! I Bought my dream car about 6 months back, Wil never forget my first drive in an SX! From the second day I had the car I started expieriencing Problems! 1) The car somethimes just did not want to start! It would start the first time i tried, then ideling uneve...